Rosternomics

Nationals WSN

Switch team:

GM: Murray Cook (since 1985)

1986 roster — every player, value & surplus

‹ Prev Next ›
-2.7
WAB — wins above budget
+0.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
78–83 (0.484)
record
-0M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.1
roster fWAR
$10.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Tim Raines Sr. 26 FA-elig 151 6.0 1.5 +0.3
Hubie Brooks 29 FA-elig 80 4.2 0.7 +0.6
Mitch Webster 27 arb 151 4.1 0.1 +1.1
Floyd Youmans 22 pre-arb 33 3.7 0.1 +1.0
Jay Tibbs 24 pre-arb 36 2.8 0.1 +0.7
Tim Wallach 28 FA-elig 134 2.6 0.7 +0.1
Andre Dawson 31 FA-elig 130 2.4 1.0 -0.3
Bryn Smith 30 arb 30 2.3 0.7 -0.0
Andy McGaffigan 29 arb 50 1.6 0.2 +0.3
Bob Sebra 24 pre-arb 18 1.4 0.1 +0.4
Mike Fitzgerald 25 arb 73 1.0 0.1 +0.1
Bob McClure↔ MIL 34 FA-elig 52 1.0 0.4 -0.1
Vance Law 29 FA-elig 112 0.9 0.5 -0.2
Dennis Martinez↔ BAL 32 FA-elig 19 0.9 0.5 -0.2
Dan Schatzeder↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 33 0.8 0.2 +0.0
Tom Foley↔ PHI 26 arb 64 0.7 0.1 +0.1
Tim Burke 27 pre-arb 68 0.6 0.2 +0.0
Joe Hesketh 27 pre-arb 15 0.4 0.2 -0.0
Andres Galarraga 25 pre-arb 105 0.4 0.1 +0.1
Sergio Valdez 21 5 0.3
Bob Owchinko 31 3 0.3
Randy St. Claire 25 11 0.3
Curt Brown 26 6 0.2
Bert Roberge 31 FA-elig 21 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Wallace Johnson 29 arb 61 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Jeff Reardon 30 FA-elig 62 0.0 0.8 -0.8
Jim Wohlford 35 FA-elig 70 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Wilfredo Tejada 23 10 -0.0
Jeff Parrett 24 12 -0.1
George Riley 29 10 -0.1
Dave Tomlin 37 FA-elig 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Bill Moore 25 6 -0.1
Casey Candaele 25 30 -0.1
Jason Thompson 31 FA-elig 30 -0.1 1.0 -1.0
Wayne Krenchicki 31 FA-elig 101 -0.2 0.3 -0.4
Randy Hunt 26 pre-arb 21 -0.3 0.1 -0.1
Rene Gonzales 25 11 -0.3
Luis Rivera 22 pre-arb 55 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
Dann Bilardello 27 arb 79 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
Herm Winningham 24 pre-arb 90 -0.6 0.1 -0.3
Tom Nieto 25 pre-arb 30 -0.7 0.1 -0.3
Al Newman 26 pre-arb 95 -0.7 0.1 -0.3
George Wright↔ TEX 27 56 -1.0

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 32 of them (74%). 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 WSN
Dennis Martínez198622.5
Gio Gonzalez201120.8
Trea Turner201519.4
Liván Hernández200317.2
Bryn Smith197716.4
Moisés Alou199013.8
Tanner Roark201012.8
Mike Lansing199112.0
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Grady Sizemore200230.3
Cliff Lee200214.7
Tim Raines199014.5
Lucas Giolito201613.5
Cliff Floyd199713.2
Gary Carter198412.8
Maicer Izturis200412.2
Carl Pavano20028.1