Rosternomics

Blue Jays TOR

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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1978)

1985 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+17.4
WAB — wins above budget
+10.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
99–62 (0.615)
record · made playoffs
+2M
surplus $M (value/$)
44.5
roster fWAR
$9.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jesse Barfield 25 arb 155 7.0 0.3 +1.5
Dave Stieb 27 FA-elig 36 4.5 1.0 +0.2
Tony Fernandez 23 pre-arb 161 4.1 0.1 +0.9
Doyle Alexander 34 FA-elig 36 4.0 0.9 +0.2
Lloyd Moseby 25 arb 152 3.5 0.6 +0.3
Rance Mulliniks 29 FA-elig 129 3.3 0.3 +0.5
George Bell 25 arb 157 3.3 0.3 +0.5
Jimmy Key 24 pre-arb 36 2.8 0.1 +0.6
Ernie Whitt 33 FA-elig 139 2.7 0.4 +0.3
Willie Upshaw 28 FA-elig 148 2.4 0.7 -0.1
Dennis Lamp 32 FA-elig 53 2.0 0.5 +0.0
Garth Iorg 30 FA-elig 131 1.9 0.3 +0.2
Jim Clancy 29 FA-elig 23 1.6 0.6 -0.2
Damaso Garcia 28 FA-elig 146 1.4 0.7 -0.4
Tom Henke 27 arb 28 1.1 0.1 +0.2
Gary Lavelle 36 FA-elig 69 0.8 0.5 -0.3
Cecil Fielder 21 30 0.7
Ron Musselman 30 25 0.6
Tom Filer 28 11 0.4
Jeff Burroughs 34 FA-elig 86 0.4 0.3 -0.3
Steve Nicosia↔ WSN 29 FA-elig 6 0.1 0.0 +0.0
Steve Davis 24 10 0.0
John Cerutti 25 4 -0.0
Buck Martinez 36 FA-elig 42 -0.1 0.4 -0.4
Jim Acker 26 pre-arb 61 -0.1 0.2 -0.2
Jeff Hearron 23 4 -0.1
Kelly Gruber 23 5 -0.1
Mitch Webster↔ WSN 26 4 -0.1
Willie Aikens 30 12 -0.1
Stan Clarke 24 4 -0.1
Rick Leach 28 16 -0.1
Luis Leal 28 15 -0.2
Lou Thornton 22 56 -0.2
Cliff Johnson↔ TEX 37 FA-elig 24 -0.2 0.2 -0.2
Manuel Lee 20 64 -0.3
Gary Allenson 30 14 -0.3
Ron Shepherd 24 38 -0.3
Bill Caudill 28 FA-elig 67 -0.3 0.8 -0.9
Al Oliver↔ LAD 38 FA-elig 61 -0.7 0.5 -0.6
Len Matuszek↔ LAD 30 arb 62 -0.9 0.1 -0.4

40 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 24 of them (60%). 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 TOR
Juan Guzmán198721.1
Roberto Alomar199020.4
Josh Donaldson201420.4
Fred McGriff198219.7
George Bell198016.7
Tom Henke198516.2
Duane Ward198614.9
Ernie Whitt198514.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Michael Young200025.0
Noah Syndergaard201220.1
John Olerud199618.3
David Cone199516.6
Yan Gomes201213.5
Matt Boyd201510.9
Travis d'Arnaud20129.8
Fred McGriff19909.1