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GM: Tom Grieve (since 1985)

1990 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.3
WAB — wins above budget
+3.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
83–79 (0.512)
record
+1M
surplus $M (value/$)
35.4
roster fWAR
$14.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Julio Franco 31 FA-elig 157 5.9 1.6 +1.0
Nolan Ryan Jr. 43 FA-elig 30 5.2 1.4 +0.9
Bobby Witt 26 arb 35 5.0 0.4 +1.8
Rafael Palmeiro 25 arb 154 4.3 0.3 +1.6
Kevin Brown 25 arb 27 2.4 0.2 +0.9
Gary Pettis 32 FA-elig 136 1.9 0.7 +0.1
Pete Incaviglia 26 arb 153 1.5 0.8 -0.1
Ruben Sierra 24 arb 159 1.5 1.6 -1.0
Kenny Rogers 25 pre-arb 69 1.3 0.1 +0.4
Jack Daugherty 29 arb 125 1.2 0.1 +0.4
Geno Petralli 30 FA-elig 133 1.2 0.5 +0.1
Harold Baines↔ OAK 31 FA-elig 103 1.1 0.9 -0.4
Jeff Huson 25 pre-arb 145 1.1 0.1 +0.4
Jamie Moyer 27 arb 33 1.0 0.3 +0.1
Mike Jeffcoat 30 FA-elig 44 1.0 0.2 +0.2
Juan Gonzalez 20 pre-arb 25 0.8 0.1 +0.3
Scott Chiamparino 23 6 0.8
Kevin Reimer 26 pre-arb 64 0.3 0.1 +0.1
John Barfield 25 pre-arb 33 0.3 0.1 +0.0
Steve Buechele 28 arb 91 0.3 0.6 -0.4
Mike Stanley 27 arb 103 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Brad Arnsberg 26 arb 53 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Kevin Belcher 22 pre-arb 16 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Charlie Hough 42 FA-elig 32 0.2 1.0 -0.9
Gerald Alexander 22 3 0.1
Jeff Russell 28 FA-elig 27 0.1 1.2 -1.1
Joe Bitker↔ OAK 26 5 0.1
John Hoover 27 2 -0.0
Ramon Manon 22 pre-arb 1 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Jeff Kunkel 28 FA-elig 99 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Chad Kreuter 25 pre-arb 22 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Bill Haselman 24 pre-arb 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Thad Bosley 33 FA-elig 30 -0.2 0.2 -0.3
Gary Green 28 arb 62 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Gary Mielke 27 arb 33 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Cecil Espy 27 FA-elig 52 -0.3 0.2 -0.3
Brian Bohanon 21 pre-arb 11 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
Craig McMurtry 30 FA-elig 23 -0.5 0.2 -0.5
Scott Coolbaugh 24 pre-arb 67 -0.6 0.1 -0.4
John Russell 29 FA-elig 68 -0.6 0.2 -0.4

40 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (90%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for TEX
Rafael Palmeiro198842.3
Elvis Andrus200729.8
Michael Young200025.0
Charlie Hough198011.2
John Burkett199411.0
Nathaniel Lowe202010.8
Scott Fletcher198510.3
Aaron Sele19979.6
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Kyle Hendricks201224.4
Travis Hafner200222.3
Rich Aurilia199419.8
John Danks200617.4
Ian Kinsler201316.3
Tom Henke198516.2
Ron Darling198214.0
Odúbel Herrera201413.2