President of baseball ops: Jon Daniels (since 2006)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Beltré | 36 | FA-elig | 143 | 4.3 | 16.0 | -2.4 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 32 | FA-elig | 149 | 3.4 | 14.0 | -3.2 |
| Yovani Gallardo | 29 | FA-elig | 33 | 2.7 | 14.0 | -5.6 |
| Colby Lewis | 35 | FA-elig | 33 | 2.6 | 4.0 | +4.1 |
| Rougned Odor | 21 | pre-arb | 120 | 2.5 | 0.5 | +7.3 |
| Mitch Moreland | 29 | arb | 132 | 2.2 | 3.0 | +4.0 |
| Prince Fielder | 31 | FA-elig | 158 | 2.0 | 24.0 | -17.7 |
| Elvis Andrus | 26 | FA-elig | 160 | 1.8 | 15.0 | -9.2 |
| Martín Pérez | 24 | arb | 14 | 1.6 | 1.0 | +4.2 |
| Delino DeShields | 22 | – | 121 | 1.6 | 0.5 | +4.5 |
| Keone Kela | 22 | – | 68 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +4.1 |
| Cole Hamels↔ PHI | 31 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.4 | 8.8 | -4.4 |
| Shawn Tolleson | 27 | arb | 73 | 1.1 | 0.5 | +2.9 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 36 | FA-elig | 17 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +2.6 |
| Sam Dyson↔ MIA | 27 | arb | 31 | 1.0 | 0.2 | +2.8 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 31 | arb | 78 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +1.9 |
| Leonys Martin | 27 | arb | 95 | 0.7 | 4.8 | -2.6 |
| Carlos Peguero↔ BOS | 28 | – | 30 | 0.7 | 0.1 | +2.0 |
| Chris Gimenez | 32 | arb | 36 | 0.7 | 0.2 | +1.9 |
| Kyle Blanks | 28 | arb | 18 | 0.6 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Joey Gallo | 21 | – | 36 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +1.5 |
| Bobby Wilson↔ TBR | 32 | FA-elig | 31 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +1.0 |
| Nick Martinez | 24 | pre-arb | 24 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.8 |
| Josh Hamilton | 34 | FA-elig | 50 | 0.4 | 22.7 | -21.5 |
| Mike Napoli↔ BOS | 33 | FA-elig | 35 | 0.3 | 4.2 | -3.1 |
| Anthony Bass | 27 | arb | 33 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +0.2 |
| Neftalí Feliz↔ DET | 27 | FA-elig | 18 | 0.2 | 1.5 | -0.9 |
| Jake Diekman↔ PHI | 28 | arb | 26 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.4 |
| Chi Chi González | 23 | – | 14 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Will Venable↔ SDP | 32 | FA-elig | 37 | 0.1 | 1.2 | -1.0 |
| Stolmy Pimentel | 25 | pre-arb | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Drew Stubbs↔ COL | 30 | FA-elig | 27 | 0.0 | 2.0 | -1.9 |
| Carlos Corporán | 31 | FA-elig | 33 | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.9 |
| Anthony Ranaudo | 25 | pre-arb | 4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Luke Jackson | 23 | – | 7 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Roman Mendez↔ BOS | 24 | pre-arb | 12 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Faulkner | 22 | – | 11 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Derek Holland | 28 | FA-elig | 10 | -0.1 | 7.4 | -7.6 |
| Logan Verrett↔ NYM | 25 | – | 4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Hanser Alberto | 22 | – | 41 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Tommy Field | 28 | pre-arb | 14 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Ross Ohlendorf | 32 | – | 21 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Michael Choice | 25 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Sam Freeman | 28 | arb | 54 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | 34 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.4 |
| Matt Harrison | 29 | – | 3 | -0.1 | 8.4 | -8.8 |
| Jake Smolinski↔ OAK | 26 | pre-arb | 35 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
| Tomás Telis↔ MIA | 24 | – | 6 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.7 |
| Jon Edwards↔ SDP | 27 | pre-arb | 11 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.9 |
| Ryan Rua | 25 | pre-arb | 28 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.2 |
| Phil Klein | 26 | pre-arb | 11 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Ryan Strausborger | 27 | – | 31 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1.2 |
| Spencer Patton | 27 | pre-arb | 27 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1.2 |
| Alex Claudio | 23 | pre-arb | 18 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -1.6 |
| Adam Rosales | 32 | FA-elig | 55 | -0.4 | 0.9 | -2.2 |
| Ross Detwiler↔ ATL | 29 | FA-elig | 17 | -0.5 | 1.4 | -3.1 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 28 | arb | 42 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -2.2 |
57 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 56 of them (98%). 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |