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GM: Sandy Johnson (since 1994)

1994 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-5.8
WAB — wins above budget
-10.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
52–62 (0.456)
record
-13M
surplus $M (value/$)
16.5
roster fWAR
$32.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Kevin Brown 29 FA-elig 26 3.4 4.2 -0.3
Ivan Rodriguez 22 arb 99 3.0 0.5 +3.0
Will Clark 30 FA-elig 110 2.9 3.9 -0.6
Jose Canseco 29 FA-elig 111 2.7 5.1 -2.0
Kenny Rogers 29 arb 24 2.5 2.3 +0.5
Rusty Greer 25 pre-arb 80 1.3 0.1 +1.4
Chris James 31 FA-elig 52 1.1 0.5 +0.8
Juan Gonzalez 24 arb 107 0.7 3.4 -2.6
Tom Henke 36 FA-elig 37 0.6 3.8 -3.1
Jeff Frye 27 pre-arb 57 0.5 0.1 +0.5
Cris Carpenter 29 FA-elig 47 0.5 1.0 -0.4
Hector Fajardo 23 18 0.4
Oddibe McDowell 31 59 0.3
Brian Bohanon 25 arb 11 0.3 0.1 +0.2
Steve Dreyer 24 pre-arb 5 0.3 0.1 +0.2
Manuel Lee 29 FA-elig 95 0.2 1.3 -1.0
Matt Whiteside 26 pre-arb 47 0.2 0.2 +0.1
Billy Ripken 29 FA-elig 32 0.2 0.2 +0.1
Darren Oliver 23 pre-arb 43 0.2 0.1 +0.1
Junior Ortiz 34 FA-elig 29 0.2 0.3 -0.1
Bruce Hurst 36 8 0.1
Rick Reed 28 4 0.0
John Dettmer 24 11 0.0
Roger Pavlik 26 pre-arb 11 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Jack Armstrong 29 FA-elig 2 -0.0 1.1 -1.2
Rick Honeycutt 40 FA-elig 42 -0.0 0.9 -0.9
Chuck Jackson 31 1 -0.0
James Hurst 27 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Terry Burrows 25 1 -0.1
Duff Brumley 23 2 -0.1
Tim Leary 35 6 -0.1
Butch Davis 36 4 -0.1
Gary Redus 37 FA-elig 18 -0.2 0.5 -0.7
Dan Smith 25 pre-arb 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Doug Strange 30 arb 73 -0.2 0.2 -0.5
Rick Helling 23 9 -0.3
Dean Palmer 25 arb 93 -0.4 0.5 -1.0
Esteban Beltre 26 arb 48 -0.5 0.1 -0.7
Rob Ducey 29 FA-elig 11 -0.5 0.3 -0.8
Jay Howell 38 FA-elig 40 -0.7 0.8 -1.6
David Hulse 26 pre-arb 77 -1.7 0.2 -2.1

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (73%). 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