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Rangers TEX

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GM: Tom Grieve

Overview

WINDOW ↘ cooling
cheap & winning · year 4 in this regime · payroll 0.81× league · TAB +3.4
+3.4TAB — talent above budget8th/26
+5.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)8th/26
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars8th/26
-6.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag23rd/26
28%dead money %12th/26
0.525win %7th/26
35.1roster fWAR11th/26
-2surplus $M (value vs cost)11th/26
$19Mpayroll $M19th/26

Roster

CFGary Pettis 126GJuan Gonzalez 93GDonald Harris 7G
LFJuan Gonzalez 92GKevin Reimer 61GJack Daugherty 34G
RFRuben Sierra 161GJuan Gonzalez 8GKevin Reimer 6G
SSJeff Huson 116GMario Diaz 65GJosé Hernández 44G
2BJulio Franco 146GMario Diaz 20GSteve Buechele 13G
3BDean Palmer 50GDenny Walling 14GMario Diaz 8G
1BRafael Palmeiro 157GMike Stanley 12GJack Daugherty 11G
STARTERSNolan Ryan Jr. 4.9WARJose Guzman 2.7WARKevin Brown 1.5WARBrian Bohanon 0.9WARBobby Witt 0.9WAR
CIvan Rodriguez 88GGeno Petralli 66GMike Stanley 58G
DHBrian Downing 98GKevin Reimer 48GJuan Gonzalez 4G
BULLPEN★ Jeff Russell 30svMike Jeffcoat 0hRich Gossage 0hWayne Rosenthal 0hTerry Mathews 0hJoe Bitker 0hBrad Arnsberg 0hBarry Manuel 0h
CIvan Rodriguez 88 · Geno Petralli 66 · Mike Stanley 58
1BRafael Palmeiro 157 · Mike Stanley 12 · Jack Daugherty 11
2BJulio Franco 146 · Mario Diaz 20 · Steve Buechele 13
3BDean Palmer 50 · Denny Walling 14 · Mario Diaz 8
SSJeff Huson 116 · Mario Diaz 65 · José Hernández 44
LFJuan Gonzalez 92 · Kevin Reimer 61 · Jack Daugherty 34
CFGary Pettis 126 · Juan Gonzalez 93 · Donald Harris 7
RFRuben Sierra 161 · Juan Gonzalez 8 · Kevin Reimer 6
DHBrian Downing 98 · Kevin Reimer 48 · Juan Gonzalez 4
SPNolan Ryan Jr. 4.9 · Jose Guzman 2.7 · Kevin Brown 1.5 · Brian Bohanon 0.9 · Bobby Witt 0.9
BP★ Jeff Russell 30 · Mike Jeffcoat 0 · Rich Gossage 0 · Wayne Rosenthal 0 · Terry Mathews 0 · Joe Bitker 0 · Brad Arnsberg 0 · Barry Manuel 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

1991 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Julio Franco 32 FA-elig 1465.9 2.4 +1.2
Rafael Palmeiro 26 arb 1595.9 1.5 +2.0
Nolan Ryan Jr. 44 FA-elig 274.9 3.3 -0.4
Ruben Sierra 25 arb 1614.8 2.6 +0.2
Steve Buechele↔ PIT 29 FA-elig 1213.2 0.6 +1.3
Jose Guzman 28 – 252.7 – –
Brian Downing 40 – 1232.2 – –
Juan Gonzalez 21 – 1421.9 – –
Kevin Brown 26 arb 331.5 0.4 +0.6
Kevin Reimer 27 – 1361.3 – –
Terry Mathews 26 – 340.9 – –
Brian Bohanon 22 pre-arb 110.9 0.1 +0.4
Bobby Witt 27 arb 170.9 1.5 -1.0
Gary Pettis 33 FA-elig 1370.8 0.9 -0.4
Mike Stanley 28 arb 950.8 0.1 +0.3
Ivan Rodriguez 19 – 880.7 – –
Jeff Huson 26 – 1190.7 – –
Geno Petralli 31 FA-elig 870.5 0.6 -0.3
Hector Fajardo↔ PIT 20 – 40.3 – –
Monty Fariss 23 – 190.3 – –
Scott Chiamparino 24 pre-arb 50.2 0.1 +0.0
Barry Manuel 25 – 80.1 – –
Nick Capra 33 – 20.1 – –
Mike Jeffcoat 31 FA-elig 700.1 0.4 -0.3
Jim Poole↔ BAL 25 pre-arb 50.1 0.0 +0.0
John Barfield 26 pre-arb 280.0 0.1 -0.1
Rich Gossage 39 – 440.0 – –
Oil Can Boyd↔ WSN 31 FA-elig 120.0 0.6 -0.6
Mark Parent 29 arb 3-0.0 0.3 -0.3
Eric Nolte↔ SDP 27 arb 3-0.0 0.0 -0.0
Donald Harris 23 – 18-0.0 – –
Chad Kreuter 26 arb 3-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Wayne Rosenthal 26 – 36-0.1 – –
Tony Scruggs 25 – 5-0.1 – –
Gary Green 29 – 8-0.2 – –
Jeff Russell 29 FA-elig 68-0.2 2.2 -2.3
Rob Maurer 24 – 13-0.2 – –
Mario Diaz 29 – 96-0.2 – –
Joe Bitker 27 – 9-0.3 – –
José Hernández 21 – 45-0.3 – –
Mark Petkovsek 25 – 4-0.3 – –
Gerald Alexander 23 – 30-0.3 – –
Brad Arnsberg 27 arb 9-0.4 0.3 -0.5
John Russell 30 – 22-0.4 – –
Kenny Rogers 26 pre-arb 63-0.5 0.3 -0.6
Calvin Schiraldi 29 – 3-0.5 – –
Denny Walling 37 – 24-0.6 – –
Dean Palmer 22 – 81-0.8 – –
Jack Daugherty 30 arb 58-0.9 0.2 -0.8

Key additions (new vs 1990)

PlayerfWAR
Jose Guzman2.7
Brian Downing2.2
Terry Mathews0.9
Ivan Rodriguez0.7
Hector Fajardo0.3
Monty Fariss0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player1990 fWAR
Pete Incaviglia1.5
Harold Baines1.1
Jamie Moyer1.0
Kevin Belcher0.2
Charlie Hough0.2
John Hoover-0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

1991 payroll
$18.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1991, 1991–1997. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Nolan Ryan Jr.4425.000$3.3M$4.2M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Julio Franco329.000$2.4M$2.5M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Jeff Russell298.000$2.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT$615k$615k
Gary Pettis339.000$903kFREE AGENT
Steve Buechele296.000$617kFREE AGENT
Oil Can Boyd319.000$581kFREE AGENT
Geno Petralli319.000$562k$675k$650kFREE AGENT
Mike Jeffcoat318.000$390kFREE AGENT
Brian Downing4018.000—$950kFREE AGENT
Rich Gossage3919.000—FREE AGENT
Jose Guzman286.000—$1.4MFREE AGENT
John Russell307.000—FREE AGENT$170k
Calvin Schiraldi297.000—FREE AGENT
Denny Walling3716.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Ruben Sierra255.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Bobby Witt275.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Rafael Palmeiro265.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Kevin Brown265.000$355kFREE AGENT
Brad Arnsberg275.000$288kFREE AGENT
Mark Parent295.000$280kFREE AGENT
Jack Daugherty304.000$205kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Stanley285.000$145kFREE AGENT
Chad Kreuter263.000$110kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Nolte274.000$33kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mario Diaz294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Green295.000—FREE AGENT
Jeff Huson263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Reimer273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Kenny Rogers262.000$288kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Chiamparino241.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Barfield262.000$110kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Bohanon221.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Poole251.000$18kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gerald Alexander23–—
Joe Bitker27–—
Nick Capra33–—
Hector Fajardo200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Monty Fariss230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Gonzalez212.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Donald Harris23–—
José Hernández210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Barry Manuel250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Mathews260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Maurer24–—
Dean Palmer222.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Petkovsek250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez190.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wayne Rosenthal26–—
Tony Scruggs25–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Rangers 1991; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.