Rangers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Ivan Rodriguez	24	arb	153	5.6	4.0	+0.7
Ken Hill	30	FA-elig	35	5.6	3.1	+1.6
Rusty Greer	27	pre-arb	139	4.8	0.3	+3.7
Mark McLemore	31	FA-elig	147	4.1	1.2	+2.2
Juan Gonzalez	26	FA-elig	134	3.5	7.4	-4.5
Dean Palmer	27	FA-elig	154	3.0	2.0	+0.5
Bobby Witt	32	FA-elig	33	2.5	1.4	+0.8
Roger Pavlik	28	arb	34	2.4	1.2	+0.7
Darren Oliver	25	arb	30	2.3	0.2	+1.7
John Burkett↔ MIA	31	FA-elig	10	2.0	1.0	+0.7
Will Clark	32	FA-elig	117	1.8	5.7	-4.1
Kevin Elster	31	FA-elig	157	1.5	0.3	+1.0
Dennis Cook	33	FA-elig	60	1.5	0.3	+0.9
Kevin Gross	35	FA-elig	28	1.3	3.3	-2.2
Dave Valle	35	FA-elig	42	0.9	0.7	-0.0
Mickey Tettleton	35	FA-elig	143	0.8	1.5	-0.8
Mike Stanton↔ BOS	29	FA-elig	22	0.5	0.5	-0.0
Ed Vosberg	34	FA-elig	52	0.5	0.2	+0.2
Mark Brandenburg↔ BOS	25	pre-arb	26	0.5	0.1	+0.3
Mike Henneman	34	FA-elig	49	0.4	1.5	-1.2
Damon Buford	26	arb	90	0.4	0.2	+0.1
Gil Heredia	30	arb	44	0.3	0.4	-0.1
Warren Newson	31	arb	91	0.2	0.2	-0.0
Lee Stevens	28	FA-elig	27	0.2	0.1	+0.1
Jeff Russell	34	FA-elig	55	0.2	0.6	-0.4
Lou Frazier	31	arb	30	0.2	0.2	+0.0
Craig Worthington	31	FA-elig	13	0.2	0.2	-0.0
Danny Patterson	25	–	7	0.1	–	–
Darryl Hamilton	31	FA-elig	148	0.1	1.3	-1.2
Luis Ortiz	26	–	3	0.1	–	–
Kevin Brown	23	–	3	0.1	–	–
Jack Voigt	30	–	5	0.0	–	–
Benji Gil	23	arb	5	0.0	0.2	-0.2
Jose Alberro	27	–	5	-0.0	–	–
Rikkert Faneyte	27	–	8	-0.1	–	–
Kurt Stillwell	31	FA-elig	46	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Rene Gonzales	35	FA-elig	51	-0.3	0.2	-0.4
Rick Helling↔ MIA	25	–	6	-0.3	–	–
Matt Whiteside	28	arb	14	-0.4	0.4	-0.7

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 32 of them (82%). 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

Player	Year	WAR for TEX
Rafael Palmeiro	1988	42.3
Elvis Andrus	2007	29.8
Michael Young	2000	25.0
Charlie Hough	1980	11.2
John Burkett	1994	11.0
Nathaniel Lowe	2020	10.8
Scott Fletcher	1985	10.3
Aaron Sele	1997	9.6

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Kyle Hendricks	2012	24.4
Travis Hafner	2002	22.3
Rich Aurilia	1994	19.8
John Danks	2006	17.4
Ian Kinsler	2013	16.3
Tom Henke	1985	16.2
Ron Darling	1982	14.0
Odúbel Herrera	2014	13.2

Rangers TEX

1996 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)