Pioneered the long-term, cost-controlled contract extensions that turned the 1990s Cleveland Indians into a perennial AL power and two-time pennant winner, then ran the Rangers and Braves.
18 seasons with salary-era data across 3 stints. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.
| Team | Role | Years | Szns | WAB | WAB/yr | TAB | WAR surp | HG | Trade | FA | R5 | AcqLev | W-L% | PO | Pen | WS | Surp $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▸ |
POBO/GM | 2014–2017 | 4 | -29.8 | -7.46 | -32.4 | -30.3 | +72.6 | +29.9 | +2.3 | +1.7 | 0.27 | 0.442 | – | – | – | -98 |
| ▸ |
GM | 2002–2005 | 4 | -16.6 | -4.14 | -11.3 | -46.8 | +40.8 | -11.8 | -18.4 | +6.5 | 1.06 | 0.480 | – | – | – | -81 |
| ▸ |
GM | 1992–2001 | 10 | +78.3 | +7.83 | +87.9 | -25.7 | +105.5 | -72.4 | -34.2 | +0.0 | 3.81 | 0.561 | 6 | 2 | – | -43 |
| Career total (1985+ data) | 18 | +31.9 | +44.2 | -102.9 | +219.0 | -54.3 | -50.2 | +8.2 | 2.50 | 0.515 | 6 | 2 | – | -222 | |||
Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across John Hart's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.
| Player | Pos | Team | How | Year | Szns | fWAR | WAR/yr | Lev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Acuña | OF | Intl FA | 2014 | 9 | +32.8 | +3.6 | – | |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | Draft | 2003 | 8 | +29.3 | +3.7 | – | |
| CC Sabathia | P | Draft | 1998 | 8 | +28.0 | +3.5 | – | |
| Omar Vizquel | SS | Trade | 1994 | 11 | +27.6 | +2.5 | 5.0 | |
| Austin Riley | 3B | Draft | 2015 | 8 | +20.8 | +2.6 | – | |
| Max Fried | P | Trade | 2014 | 8 | +20.1 | +2.5 | – | |
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | Free agency | 1998 | 3 | +18.9 | +6.3 | 35.9 | |
| Bartolo Colón | P | Intl FA | 1993 | 6 | +16.9 | +2.8 | – | |
| Víctor Martínez | C/DH | Intl FA | 1996 | 8 | +16.8 | +2.1 | – | |
| Dansby Swanson | SS | Trade | 2015 | 6 | +16.1 | +2.7 | – | |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | Free agency | 1997 | 10 | +14.8 | +1.5 | 1.5 | |
| Jake Westbrook | P | Trade | 2000 | 9 | +13.5 | +1.5 | 4.1 | |
| Dave Burba | P | Trade | 1998 | 5 | +11.7 | +2.3 | 11.9 | |
| Ender Inciarte | OF | Trade | 2015 | 4 | +11.4 | +2.9 | 0.4 | |
| Tyler Flowers | C | Free agency | 2015 | 5 | +10.6 | +2.1 | – | |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | Intl FA | 1999 | 7 | +10.1 | +1.4 | – | |
| David Justice | OF | Trade | 1997 | 4 | +9.1 | +2.3 | 13.8 | |
| José Mesa | P | Trade | 1992 | 6 | +9.1 | +1.5 | 0.3 | |
| Gary Matthews | OF | Free agency | 2004 | 3 | +8.5 | +2.8 | 2.7 | |
| Dennis Martínez | P | Free agency | 1993 | 3 | +8.4 | +2.8 | 26.2 | |
| Roberto Hernández | P | Intl FA | 2000 | 6 | +8.3 | +1.4 | – | |
| Orel Hershiser | P | Free agency | 1995 | 3 | +7.7 | +2.6 | 8.8 | |
| A. J. Minter | P | Draft | 2015 | 6 | +7.0 | +1.2 | – | |
| Scott Feldman | P | Draft | 2003 | 7 | +7.0 | +1.0 | – | |
| Chuck Finley | P | Free agency | 1999 | 3 | +6.4 | +2.1 | 27.9 | |
| Alexi Ogando | P | Rule 5 | 2005 | 5 | +6.4 | +1.3 | – | |
| Paul Shuey | P | Draft | 1992 | 9 | +6.3 | +0.7 | – | |
| Ellis Burks | OF | Free agency | 2000 | 3 | +6.2 | +2.1 | 14.3 | |
| Mike Foltynewicz | P | Trade | 2015 | 4 | +6.1 | +1.5 | 0.2 | |
| Milton Bradley | OF | Trade | 2001 | 3 | +6.0 | +2.0 | 0.7 | |
| Eric Plunk | P | Free agency | 1992 | 6 | +5.9 | +1.0 | 0.1 | |
| Nick Markakis | OF | Free agency | 2014 | 6 | +5.8 | +1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Travis Fryman | 3B | Trade | 1997 | 3 | +5.8 | +1.9 | 16.8 | |
| Jaret Wright | P | Draft | 1994 | 5 | +4.9 | +1.0 | – | |
| Frank Francisco | P | Trade | 2003 | 5 | +4.8 | +1.0 | – | |
| Alfonso Soriano | 2B/OF | Trade | 2004 | 2 | +4.5 | +2.3 | 2.7 | |
| Michael Soroka | P | Draft | 2015 | 3 | +4.3 | +1.4 | – | |
| Juan González | OF | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +4.3 | +4.3 | 25.9 | |
| Matt Williams | 3B | Trade | 1996 | 1 | +4.1 | +4.1 | 13.3 | |
| Jack McDowell | P | Free agency | 1995 | 2 | +4.0 | +2.0 | 7.5 | |
| Jody Gerut | OF | Trade | 2001 | 3 | +3.9 | +1.3 | – | |
| Mike Jackson | P | Free agency | 1996 | 3 | +3.9 | +1.3 | 5.7 | |
| Paul Sorrento | 1B | Trade | 1992 | 4 | +3.9 | +1.0 | 0.6 | |
| John Thomson | P | Free agency | 2003 | 1 | +3.9 | +3.9 | 2.6 | |
| Mark Clark | P | Trade | 1993 | 3 | +3.9 | +1.3 | 0.3 | |
| Rod Barajas | C | Free agency | 2004 | 3 | +3.8 | +1.3 | 1.0 | |
| Chris Young | P | Trade | 2004 | 2 | +3.8 | +1.9 | – | |
| Paul Assenmacher | P | Free agency | 1995 | 4 | +3.7 | +0.9 | 3.0 | |
| Ian Anderson | P | Draft | 2016 | 3 | +3.6 | +1.2 | – | |
| Mark DeRosa | 2B/3B | Free agency | 2005 | 2 | +3.6 | +1.8 | 2.0 | |
| Danys Báez | P | Intl FA | 1999 | 3 | +3.5 | +1.2 | – | |
| Jason Davis | P | Draft | 1999 | 6 | +3.5 | +0.6 | – | |
| Steve Karsay | P | Trade | 1997 | 4 | +3.5 | +0.9 | 0.6 | |
| Shelby Miller | P | Trade | 2014 | 1 | +3.4 | +3.4 | 0.1 | |
| David Dellucci | OF | Free agency | 2003 | 2 | +3.4 | +1.7 | 1.6 | |
| Ryan Drese | P | Trade | 2002 | 2 | +3.4 | +1.7 | 3.9 | |
| Kameron Loe | P | Draft | 2002 | 4 | +3.2 | +0.8 | – | |
| Ervin Santana | P | Free agency | 2014 | 1 | +3.1 | +3.1 | 3.2 | |
| Sean Newcomb | P | Trade | 2015 | 4 | +2.8 | +0.7 | – | |
| Bob Wickman | P | Trade | 2000 | 5 | +2.7 | +0.5 | 3.6 | |
| Taylor Teagarden | C | Draft | 2005 | 4 | +2.6 | +0.7 | – | |
| Aaron Harang | P | Free agency | 2014 | 1 | +2.5 | +2.5 | 2.6 | |
| Marty Cordova | OF | Free agency | 2000 | 1 | +2.5 | +2.5 | 13.9 | |
| Dwight Gooden | P | Free agency | 1997 | 2 | +2.4 | +1.2 | 10.7 | |
| Gerald Laird | C | Trade | 2002 | 3 | +2.4 | +0.8 | – | |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | Free agency | 2017 | 2 | +2.1 | +1.1 | 0.2 | |
| Tony Fernández | SS | Free agency | 1996 | 1 | +2.1 | +2.1 | 7.1 | |
| William Contreras | C | Intl FA | 2015 | 2 | +2.0 | +1.0 | – | |
| Jace Peterson | 2B/3B | Trade | 2014 | 2 | +2.0 | +1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ryan Drese | P | Draft | 1998 | 2 | +2.0 | +1.0 | – | |
| Matt Lawton | OF | Trade | 2001 | 3 | +2.0 | +0.7 | 1.0 | |
| Jack Morris | P | Free agency | 1994 | 1 | +2.0 | +2.0 | 14.9 | |
| Marquis Grissom | OF | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +2.0 | +2.0 | 6.5 | |
| Kyle Wright | P | Draft | 2017 | 1 | +1.9 | +1.9 | – | |
| Eddie Murray | 1B | Free agency | 1993 | 1 | +1.9 | +1.9 | 9.2 | |
| Doug Brocail | P | Free agency | 2004 | 2 | +1.9 | +0.9 | 1.0 | |
| Ricardo Rincón | P | Trade | 2000 | 3 | +1.9 | +0.6 | 1.7 | |
| Ron Mahay | P | Free agency | 2002 | 4 | +1.8 | +0.4 | 0.7 | |
| Brian Shouse | P | Free agency | 2002 | 3 | +1.8 | +0.6 | 0.9 | |
| Steve Woodard | P | Trade | 2000 | 2 | +1.8 | +0.9 | 4.0 | |
| David Riske | P | Draft | 1996 | 5 | +1.7 | +0.3 | – | |
| Jason Grimsley | P | Free agency | 1993 | 2 | +1.6 | +0.8 | 0.4 | |
| Mark Whiten | OF | Free agency | 1998 | 4 | +1.6 | +0.4 | 0.7 | |
| Jaime García | P | Trade | 2017 | 1 | +1.6 | +1.6 | 0.2 | |
| Derek Lilliquist | P | Trade | 1992 | 2 | +1.6 | +0.8 | 0.3 | |
| Jim Johnson | P | Free agency | 2014 | 3 | +1.5 | +0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Huascar Ynoa | P | Trade | 2017 | 2 | +1.5 | +0.8 | – | |
| Jason Stanford | P | Intl FA | 1999 | 3 | +1.5 | +0.5 | – | |
| R. A. Dickey | P | Free agency | 2016 | 1 | +1.4 | +1.4 | 0.2 | |
| Ken Hill | P | Trade | 1995 | 1 | +1.4 | +1.4 | 5.0 | |
| Dave Burba | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +1.4 | +1.4 | 0.8 | |
| Charlie Culberson | 3B/OF | Trade | 2017 | 3 | +1.3 | +0.4 | 6.2 | |
| Jason Grilli | P | Free agency | 2015 | 1 | +1.3 | +1.3 | 0.0 | |
| Richie Sexson | 1B | Draft | 1993 | 2 | +1.3 | +0.6 | – | |
| Cameron Maybin | OF | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +1.3 | +1.3 | 0.0 | |
| Dan Winkler | P | Rule 5 | 2014 | 3 | +1.2 | +0.4 | – | |
| Josh Bard | C | Trade | 2001 | 3 | +1.2 | +0.4 | – | |
| Bud Norris | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | 0.1 | |
| Randy Milligan | 1B | Trade | 1993 | 1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | 0.7 | |
| Herbert Perry | 3B | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | 0.9 | |
| Russell Branyan | 1B/3B | Draft | 1994 | 3 | +1.0 | +0.3 | – | |
| Billy Traber | P | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +1.0 | +1.0 | – | |
| Jamey Wright | P | Free agency | 2003 | 2 | +1.0 | +0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Bere | P | Trade | 2000 | 2 | +1.0 | +0.5 | 5.1 | |
| Lane Adams | OF | Free agency | 2016 | 2 | +0.9 | +0.4 | 0.1 | |
| Sam Freeman | P | Free agency | 2016 | 2 | +0.9 | +0.5 | 0.1 | |
| Luiz Gohara | P | Trade | 2017 | 2 | +0.9 | +0.4 | – | |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | Trade | 2017 | 1 | +0.9 | +0.9 | 0.1 | |
| Brian Anderson | P | Trade | 1996 | 3 | +0.8 | +0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Juan Uribe | 3B/SS | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Scudder | P | Trade | 1992 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | 0.3 | |
| David Segui | 1B | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | 4.9 | |
| Chase d'Arnaud | 3B/SS | Free agency | 2015 | 2 | +0.7 | +0.3 | 0.1 | |
| Mike Bielecki | P | Free agency | 1992 | 1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | 0.5 | |
| Jacob Cruz | OF | Trade | 1998 | 2 | +0.7 | +0.3 | 3.0 | |
| Sam Horn | DH | Free agency | 1993 | 1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | 0.5 | |
| Rick Bauer | P | Free agency | 2005 | 1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | 0.4 | |
| Jack Armstrong | P | Trade | 1992 | 1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | 0.2 | |
| Ian Krol | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | 0.1 | |
| Kyle Muller | P | Draft | 2016 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | – | |
| Mallex Smith | OF | Trade | 2014 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | – | |
| Matt Wisler | P | Trade | 2015 | 2 | +0.6 | +0.3 | – | |
| Jamie Brewington | P | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | 3.3 | |
| Jeff Treadway | 2B | Free agency | 1992 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | 0.4 | |
| Esteban Germán | 2B/3B | Free agency | 2004 | 4 | +0.6 | +0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Brad Wilkerson | OF | Trade | 2005 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | 0.1 | |
| Gavin Floyd | P | Trade | 2014 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Chris Haney | P | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 2.2 | |
| Joe Inglett | 2B/OF | Draft | 2000 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | – | |
| Edward Mujica | P | Intl FA | 2001 | 2 | +0.5 | +0.2 | – | |
| Ted Power | P | Free agency | 1992 | 2 | +0.5 | +0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Rich Rodriguez | P | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Todd Greene | C | Free agency | 2002 | 2 | +0.5 | +0.3 | 0.1 | |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | P | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 0.7 | |
| Chaz Roe | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 0.1 | |
| Mark Carreon | 1B/OF | Trade | 1996 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 1.2 | |
| Jeff Kent | 2B | Trade | 1996 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 1.1 | |
| Pedro Astacio | P | Trade | 2005 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 1.5 | |
| Rob Bell | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Adonis García | 3B | Trade | 2015 | 2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | – | |
| Jacob Webb | P | Draft | 2014 | 3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | – | |
| Fernando Cabrera | P | Draft | 1999 | 2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | – | |
| Álvaro Espinoza | SS | Free agency | 1992 | 3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Rene Gonzales | 2B/3B | Free agency | 1994 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | 2.7 | |
| Steve Reed | P | Trade | 1998 | 4 | +0.4 | +0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Carlos Almánzar | P | Free agency | 2003 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | 0.8 | |
| Lucas Harrell | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | 0.1 | |
| James Russell | P | Trade | 2014 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | 0.4 | |
| John Rocker | P | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | 2.4 | |
| Jesse Biddle | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | – | |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B/SS | Free agency | 2014 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Brandon Snyder | 1B/3B | Free agency | 2015 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Langston | P | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 1.6 | |
| Bob Ojeda | P | Free agency | 1992 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Jim Poole | P | Free agency | 1995 | 3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | 0.9 | |
| Chan Ho Park | P | Free agency | 2002 | 2 | +0.3 | +0.2 | 0.5 | |
| Chad Curtis | OF | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 0.9 | |
| Justin Speier | P | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 4.0 | |
| Carl Everett | OF | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Ugueth Urbina | P | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Rex Brothers | P | Free agency | 2017 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Casey Kelly | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Ian Thomas | P | Draft | 2014 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | |
| Jeromy Burnitz | OF | Trade | 1994 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Cameron Cairncross | P | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | |
| Billy Ripken | 2B | Free agency | 1995 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.7 | |
| Mike Bacsik | P | Free agency | 2003 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.3 | |
| Brandon Boggs | OF | Draft | 2004 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | |
| Aaron Fultz | P | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Richard Hidalgo | OF | Free agency | 2004 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.7 | |
| Michael Kirkman | P | Draft | 2005 | 4 | +0.2 | +0.1 | – | |
| C. J. Nitkowski | P | Free agency | 2002 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Rubén Rivera | OF | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Ismael Valdez | P | Free agency | 2002 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Eric Young | 2B | Free agency | 2004 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Dario Álvarez | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Hunter Cervenka | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Clark | P | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.5 | |
| Jeff Juden | P | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.7 | |
| Kent Mercker | P | Trade | 1996 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 0.4 | |
| John Gant | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Luke Jackson | P | Trade | 2016 | 6 | +0.1 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brandon McCarthy | P | Trade | 2017 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Andrew McKirahan | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Danny Santana | OF | Trade | 2017 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremy Walker | P | Draft | 2016 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Bryse Wilson | P | Draft | 2016 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Mike Bacsik | P | Draft | 1996 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Pat Borders | C | Free agency | 1996 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 2.0 | |
| Casey Candaele | 2B/OF | Free agency | 1995 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Sean DePaula | P | Draft | 1996 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Dave Elder | P | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Karim García | OF | Free agency | 2000 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.8 | |
| Danny Graves | P | Draft | 1994 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Chris Nichting | P | Free agency | 1998 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.7 | |
| Dave Roberts | OF | Trade | 1998 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Brian Tallet | P | Draft | 2000 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Matt Turner | P | Trade | 1994 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Mark Watson | P | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Wes Littleton | P | Draft | 2003 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Kevin Richardson | C | Intl FA | 2002 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | |
| Anthony Recker | C | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Eury Pérez | OF | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Adams | 1B | Trade | 2017 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Akeel Morris | P | Trade | 2017 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Thomas Howard | OF | Trade | 1992 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Bip Roberts | 2B/OF | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Jeff Russell | P | Trade | 1994 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.8 | |
| David Weathers | P | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Nigel Wilson | DH/OF | Trade | 1996 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Tim Worrell | P | Trade | 1998 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.3 | |
| Alan Benes | P | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Einar Díaz | C | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Jay Powell | P | Trade | 2002 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Rich Rodriguez | P | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Jed Bradley | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Jake Brigham | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Tucker Davidson | P | Draft | 2016 | 2 | -0.0 | -0.0 | – | |
| Michael Kohn | P | Free agency | 2014 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Adam McCreery | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Alexi Ogando | P | Free agency | 2016 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Dustin Peterson | OF | Trade | 2014 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Michael Reed | OF | Free agency | 2017 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Robert Whalen | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Madison Younginer | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Kane Davis | P | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Kyle Denney | P | Draft | 1999 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Dave Hollins | 3B | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Juan Lara | P | Intl FA | 1999 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Greg LaRocca | 3B | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Torey Lovullo | 2B | Free agency | 1994 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Willie Martínez | P | Intl FA | 1995 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Lance Parrish | C | Free agency | 1993 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Geronimo Pena | 2B | Free agency | 1996 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Tony Peña | C | Free agency | 1994 | 2 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 3.2 | |
| Ryan Thompson | OF | Trade | 1996 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Cliff Young | P | Free agency | 1993 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joaquín Arias | 3B | Trade | 2004 | 2 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Mickey Callaway | P | Free agency | 2003 | 2 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.5 | |
| Jason Hart | OF | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Eric Hurley | P | Draft | 2004 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | |
| Adam Hyzdu | OF | Free agency | 2005 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Travis Metcalf | 3B | Draft | 2004 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | – | |
| Dan Miceli | P | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Mounce | P | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Donnie Sadler | 2B/OF | Free agency | 2002 | – | -0.0 | – | – | |
| Rudy Seánez | P | Free agency | 2002 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Wasdin | P | Free agency | 2003 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 2.2 | |
| Jason Frasor | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Drew Stubbs | OF | Trade | 2016 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Pedro Beato | P | Trade | 2014 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Danny Burawa | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Trenidad Hubbard | OF | Trade | 1997 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Andrew Lorraine | P | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Junior Ortiz | C | Trade | 1993 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Ricky Ledée | OF | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Doug Glanville | OF | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Esteban Yan | P | Trade | 2003 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Héctor Ortiz | C | Trade | 2002 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Standridge | P | Trade | 2005 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Kolby Allard | P | Draft | 2015 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | |
| Jhoulys Chacín | P | Free agency | 2016 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | |
| David Freitas | C | Trade | 2017 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Jonny Gomes | DH/OF | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Juan Jaime | P | Trade | 2014 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | |
| Micah Johnson | 2B | Trade | 2017 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Blake Lalli | C/1B | Free agency | 2016 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Matt Tuiasosopo | OF | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Patrick Weigel | P | Draft | 2015 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Sean Casey | 1B | Draft | 1995 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Dave Maurer | P | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Alan Newman | P | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Joe Roa | P | Trade | 1994 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Dave Stevens | P | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Chris Turner | C | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Paul Wagner | P | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Matt Young | P | Free agency | 1993 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Manny Alexander | 2B/SS | Free agency | 2004 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Danny Ardoin | C | Free agency | 2002 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Armando Galarraga | P | Trade | 2005 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Jeff Nelson | P | Free agency | 2004 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Josh Rupe | P | Trade | 2003 | 2 | -0.1 | -0.0 | – | |
| Michael Tejera | P | Free agency | 2004 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Andrés Torres | OF | Free agency | 2004 | – | -0.1 | – | – | |
| Todd Van Poppel | P | Trade | 2002 | 2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | |
| David Carpenter | P | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Brandon Cunniff | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Joel De La Cruz | P | Trade | 2016 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Dana Eveland | P | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Alex Jackson | C | Trade | 2016 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | – | |
| Sugar Ray Marimón | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Chad Sobotka | P | Draft | 2014 | 2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | – | |
| Bruce Aven | OF | Draft | 1994 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Tom Martin | P | Trade | 1997 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 1.1 | |
| Bob Milacki | P | Free agency | 1993 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Alvin Morman | P | Trade | 1997 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 1.8 | |
| Jason Phillips | P | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Jason Rakers | P | Draft | 1995 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Russ Swan | P | Free agency | 1994 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Ed Taubensee | C | Trade | 2000 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Bobby Witt | P | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Sandy Alomar | C | Free agency | 2004 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Jason Conti | OF | Free agency | 2003 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Ryan Ludwick | OF | Trade | 2002 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Drew Meyer | 2B | Draft | 2002 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Ryan Snare | P | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Justin Thompson | P | Free agency | 2002 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Steve Woodard | P | Free agency | 2002 | – | -0.2 | – | – | |
| Dennis Cook | P | Trade | 1993 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Manny Banuelos | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Reid Brignac | SS | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Roberto Hernández | P | Free agency | 2016 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Eric O'Flaherty | P | Free agency | 2016 | 4 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 1.8 | |
| Héctor Olivera | 3B | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| José Ramírez | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Rich DeLucia | P | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Todd Dunwoody | OF | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Alex Herrera | P | Intl FA | 1997 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | – | |
| Tim Laker | C | Free agency | 2000 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.1 | |
| John McDonald | SS | Draft | 1996 | 4 | -0.3 | -0.1 | – | |
| Matt Merullo | C | Trade | 1994 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Heath Murray | P | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Chan Perry | 1B/OF | Draft | 1994 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Scott Radinsky | P | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Kevin Seitzer | 3B | Trade | 1996 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 2.5 | |
| Ron Villone | P | Trade | 1997 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Adrian Brown | OF | Free agency | 2005 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Ben Kozlowski | P | Trade | 2002 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Kevin Mahar | OF | Intl FA | 2004 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Doug Mathis | P | Draft | 2005 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | – | |
| Marshall McDougall | 3B | Rule 5 | 2002 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Sam Narron | P | Draft | 2002 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Mario Ramos | P | Trade | 2002 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| Víctor Santos | P | Free agency | 2002 | – | -0.3 | – | – | |
| David Aardsma | P | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Ryan Kelly | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Jason Motte | P | Free agency | 2017 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Eric Stults | P | Free agency | 2015 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Donnie Veal | P | Free agency | 2014 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Chris Withrow | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Paul Abbott | P | Free agency | 1993 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Rubén Amaro | OF | Trade | 1993 | 1 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Brady Anderson | OF | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Roy Smith | P | Trade | 2001 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Earl Snyder | 1B | Trade | 2001 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Zach Sorensen | 2B | Draft | 1998 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Enrique Wilson | 2B/3B/SS | Trade | 1994 | 3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | – | |
| Craig Worthington | 3B | Free agency | 1992 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Nick Bierbrodt | P | Free agency | 2004 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Brad Fullmer | 1B/DH | Free agency | 2003 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Matt Riley | P | Trade | 2005 | – | -0.4 | – | – | |
| Josh Collmenter | P | Trade | 2016 | 1 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 0.0 | |
| Travis Demeritte | OF | Trade | 2016 | – | -0.5 | – | – | |
| Rio Ruiz | 3B | Trade | 2015 | 1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | – | |
| Wil Cordero | SS/OF | Free agency | 1999 | 1 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 1.2 | |
| Scott Leius | 3B | Free agency | 1996 | – | -0.5 | – | – | |
| Kevin Mitchell | OF | Free agency | 1996 | – | -0.5 | – | – | |
| Robert Ellis | P | Free agency | 2002 | – | -0.5 | – | – | |
| Cristian Pache | OF | Intl FA | 2015 | – | -0.6 | – | – | |
| Touki Toussaint | P | Trade | 2015 | 1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | – | |
| Jeff Branson | 2B/3B/SS | Trade | 1997 | 1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 0.7 | |
| Jolbert Cabrera | OF | Trade | 1998 | – | -0.6 | – | – | |
| Tim Drew | P | Draft | 1997 | – | -0.7 | – | – | |
| Dave Winfield | OF | Free agency | 1995 | – | -0.8 | – | – | |
| Ryan Christenson | OF | Free agency | 2003 | – | -0.8 | – | – | |
| Germán Durán | 2B/3B | Draft | 2005 | – | -0.8 | – | – | |
| Adrián González | 1B | Trade | 2003 | – | -0.8 | – | – | |
| Aaron Blair | P | Trade | 2015 | – | -0.9 | – | – | |
| Emilio Bonifácio | 2B/OF | Free agency | 2015 | 1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 0.1 | |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | Free agency | 2015 | 1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 0.0 | |
| B. J. Upton | OF | Trade | 2014 | 1 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Kemp | OF | Trade | 2016 | 1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Arnsberg | P | Free agency | 1992 | – | -1.0 | – | – | |
| Chad Allen | OF | Free agency | 2003 | – | -1.0 | – | – | |
| Bill Selby | 2B/3B | Free agency | 1999 | – | -1.1 | – | – | |
| Tyrell Jenkins | P | Trade | 2014 | – | -1.2 | – | – | |
| Brian Jordan | OF | Free agency | 2004 | – | -1.2 | – | – | |
| Ricky Gutiérrez | SS | Free agency | 2001 | – | -1.8 | – | – |
WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.