Rangers — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1991, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$19M

Surplus $M

-2

Win %

0.525

TAB

+3.4

WAB

+5.7

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

35.1

Dead money %

28%

Depth Players

7.0

Dead WAR

-6.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1991 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RIvan Rodriguez88

LGeno Petralli66

RMike Stanley58

RBrian Downing25

RJohn Russell5

RMark Parent3

BChad Kreuter1

1B

LRafael Palmeiro157

RMike Stanley12

BJack Daugherty11

LRob Maurer4

2B

RJulio Franco146

RMario Diaz20

RSteve Buechele⇄13

RMonty Fariss4

LJeff Huson2

3B

RDean Palmer50

LDenny Walling14

RMario Diaz8

LGeno Petralli7

RMike Stanley6

RJosé Hernández1

LJeff Huson1

SS

LJeff Huson116

RMario Diaz65

RJosé Hernández44

RGary Green8

RSteve Buechele⇄4

LF

RJuan Gonzalez92

LKevin Reimer61

BJack Daugherty34

RDean Palmer29

RMonty Fariss8

RJohn Russell6

RTony Scruggs5

LDenny Walling3

RDonald Harris2

RMike Stanley1

RNick Capra1

CF

BGary Pettis126

RJuan Gonzalez93

RDonald Harris7

BRuben Sierra3

RNick Capra1

RTony Scruggs1

RF

BRuben Sierra161

RJuan Gonzalez8

LKevin Reimer6

RDonald Harris5

BJack Daugherty3

LDenny Walling2

RJohn Russell2

DH

RBrian Downing98

LKevin Reimer48

RDean Palmer4

RJuan Gonzalez4

LGeno Petralli2

LRob Maurer2

LRafael Palmeiro2

RMonty Fariss1

RMike Stanley1

Starters

RNolan Ryan4.9 WAR

RJose Guzman2.7 WAR

RKevin Brown1.5 WAR

RTerry Mathews0.9 WAR

LBrian Bohanon0.9 WAR

RBobby Witt0.9 WAR

RHector Fajardo⇄0.3 WAR

RScott Chiamparino0.2 WAR

LJohn Barfield0.0 WAR

ROil Can Boyd⇄0.0 WAR

RMark Petkovsek-0.3 WAR

RGerald Alexander-0.3 WAR

LKenny Rogers-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeff Russell30 sv

LMike Jeffcoat0 h

RRich Gossage0 h

RWayne Rosenthal0 h

RTerry Mathews0 h

RBrad Arnsberg0 h

RJoe Bitker0 h

RBarry Manuel0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1990)

Player	fWAR
Jose Guzman	2.7
Brian Downing	2.2
Terry Mathews	0.9
Ivan Rodriguez	0.7
Hector Fajardo	0.3
Monty Fariss	0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player	1990 fWAR
Pete Incaviglia	1.5
Harold Baines	1.1
Jamie Moyer	1.0
Kevin Belcher	0.2
Charlie Hough	0.2
John Hoover	-0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rangers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1991; everyone else is shown as a 1991 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Nolan Ryan Jr.	1991	+4.9	+85.1	3.3	+81.8	$0.7M	2.19×	–
Ruben Sierra	1991	+4.8	+68.3	2.6	+65.6	$0.6M	1.79×	–
Julio Franco	1991	+5.9	+65.4	2.4	+63.0	$0.4M	1.38×	–
Rafael Palmeiro	1991	+5.9	+64.3	1.5	+62.8	$0.3M	1.37×	–
Steve Buechele↔	1991	+3.2	+27.3	0.6	+26.7	$0.2M	1.07×	–
Kevin Brown	1991	+1.5	+18.2	0.4	+17.9	$0.2M	1.49×	–
Brian Bohanon	1991	+0.9	+7.3	0.1	+7.2	$0.1M	1.02×	–
Bobby Witt	1991	+0.9	+7.2	1.5	+5.7	$1.7M	1.02×	–
Gary Pettis	1991	+0.8	+5.2	0.9	+4.3	$1.2M	0.83×	–
Mike Stanley	1991	+0.8	+3.1	0.1	+3.0	$0.2M	0.52×	–
Scott Chiamparino	1991	+0.2	+1.6	0.1	+1.5	$0.6M	1.02×	–
Geno Petralli	1991	+0.5	+1.9	0.6	+1.4	$1.2M	0.52×	–
Jim Poole↔	1991	+0.1	+0.4	0.0	+0.4	$0.2M	0.67×	–
Mike Jeffcoat	1991	+0.1	+0.7	0.4	+0.3	$3.0M	0.67×	–
John Barfield	1991	+0.0	+0.2	0.1	+0.1	$2.8M	0.67×	–
Eric Nolte↔	1991	-0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	–	0.67×	–
Mark Parent	1991	-0.0	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	–	0.52×	–
Chad Kreuter	1991	-0.1	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	–	0.52×	–
Oil Can Boyd↔	1991	+0.0	+0.0	0.6	-0.6	$685.5M	1.02×	–
Brad Arnsberg	1991	-0.4	-2.2	0.3	-2.5	–	0.67×	–
Jeff Russell	1991	-0.2	-1.7	2.2	-3.9	–	1.34×	–
Kenny Rogers	1991	-0.5	-4.9	0.3	-5.2	–	1.34×	–
Jack Daugherty	1991	-0.9	-6.3	0.2	-6.5	–	0.83×	–
Barry Manuel	1991	+0.1	+0.7	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Brian Downing	1991	+2.2	+17.6	–	–	–	1.01×	–
Calvin Schiraldi	1991	-0.5	-2.8	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Dean Palmer	1991	-0.8	-3.9	–	–	–	0.58×	–
Denny Walling	1991	-0.6	-2.9	–	–	–	0.58×	–
Donald Harris	1991	-0.0	-0.3	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Gary Green	1991	-0.2	-0.7	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Gerald Alexander	1991	-0.3	-1.8	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Hector Fajardo↔	1991	+0.3	+2.7	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Ivan Rodriguez	1991	+0.7	+3.1	–	–	–	0.52×	–
Jeff Huson	1991	+0.7	+3.2	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Joe Bitker	1991	-0.3	-1.4	–	–	–	0.67×	–
John Russell	1991	-0.4	-2.9	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Jose Guzman	1991	+2.7	+42.3	–	–	–	1.96×	–
José Hernández	1991	-0.3	-1.4	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Juan Gonzalez	1991	+1.9	+18.7	–	–	–	1.22×	–
Kevin Reimer	1991	+1.3	+8.3	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Mario Diaz	1991	-0.2	-1.1	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Mark Petkovsek	1991	-0.3	-1.6	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Monty Fariss	1991	+0.3	+1.9	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Nick Capra	1991	+0.1	+0.9	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Rich Gossage	1991	+0.0	+0.2	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Rob Maurer	1991	-0.2	-0.8	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Terry Mathews	1991	+0.9	+4.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Tony Scruggs	1991	-0.1	-0.9	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Wayne Rosenthal	1991	-0.1	-0.6	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Total	—	+35.3	+421.9	18.6	+321.9	—

Trades

Every graded 1991 deal involving the Rangers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

1991 · TEX / PIT

TEX · Tom Grieve +$4.8M

Kurt Miller, Héctor Fajardo

PIT · Larry Doughty −$4.8M

Steve Buechele

TEX came out ahead by $4.8M

1991 · WSN / TEX

WSN · Dave Dombrowski +$9.6M

Jonathan Hurst, Joey Eischen, Travis Buckley

TEX · Tom Grieve −$9.6M

Oil Can Boyd

WSN came out ahead by $9.6M

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)

Player	Age	Svc	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Nolan Ryan Jr.	44	25.000	$3.3M	$4.2M	$3.8M	FREE AGENT
Julio Franco	32	9.000	$2.4M	$2.5M	$3.0M	FREE AGENT
Jeff Russell	29	8.000	$2.2M	$2.2M	FREE AGENT		$615k	$615k
Gary Pettis	33	9.000	$903k	FREE AGENT
Steve Buechele	29	6.000	$617k	FREE AGENT
Oil Can Boyd	31	9.000	$581k	FREE AGENT
Geno Petralli	31	9.000	$562k	$675k	$650k	FREE AGENT
Mike Jeffcoat	31	8.000	$390k	FREE AGENT
Brian Downing	40	18.000	—	$950k	FREE AGENT
Rich Gossage	39	19.000	—	FREE AGENT
Jose Guzman	28	6.000	—	$1.4M	FREE AGENT
John Russell	30	7.000	—	FREE AGENT	$170k
Calvin Schiraldi	29	7.000	—	FREE AGENT
Denny Walling	37	16.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

Player	Age	Svc	1991	1992	1993	1994
Ruben Sierra	25	5.000	$2.6M	FREE AGENT
Bobby Witt	27	5.000	$1.5M	FREE AGENT
Rafael Palmeiro	26	5.000	$1.5M	FREE AGENT
Kevin Brown	26	5.000	$355k	FREE AGENT
Brad Arnsberg	27	5.000	$288k	FREE AGENT
Mark Parent	29	5.000	$280k	FREE AGENT
Jack Daugherty	30	4.000	$205k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Stanley	28	5.000	$145k	FREE AGENT
Chad Kreuter	26	3.000	$110k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Eric Nolte	27	4.000	$33k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mario Diaz	29	4.000	—	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Gary Green	29	5.000	—	FREE AGENT
Jeff Huson	26	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Kevin Reimer	27	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (21)

Player	Age	Svc	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Kenny Rogers	26	2.000	$288k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Scott Chiamparino	24	1.000	$112k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
John Barfield	26	2.000	$110k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brian Bohanon	22	1.000	$105k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jim Poole	25	1.000	$18k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Gerald Alexander	23	–	—
Joe Bitker	27	–	—
Nick Capra	33	–	—
Hector Fajardo	20	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Monty Fariss	23	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Juan Gonzalez	21	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Donald Harris	23	–	—
José Hernández	21	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Barry Manuel	25	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Terry Mathews	26	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Rob Maurer	24	–	—
Dean Palmer	22	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mark Petkovsek	25	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez	19	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Wayne Rosenthal	26	–	—
Tony Scruggs	25	–	—

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 1991 acquisition stacked onto Rangers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Rangers TEX

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

1991 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1990)

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (14)

Arbitration-eligible (14)

Pre-arbitration (21)

Graphs

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

Rangers TEX

Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

1991 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1990)

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (14)

Arbitration-eligible (14)

Pre-arbitration (21)

Graphs

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

Offense

Pitching & Defense