Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders
Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2004 Win Shares Leaders
Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S
https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=Derek+Bain
Identify the 2004 Cardinals leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of the “original” team that he signed his first professional contract with. Ken Griffey Jr. would be a member of the Mariners for the duration of his career in this scenario while Mike Piazza is considered a member of the Dodgers.
| 2004 | Albert Pujols | 35.6 |
| 2004 | J.D. Drew | 32.2 |
| 2004 | Jack E. Wilson | 24.1 |
| 2004 | Placido Polanco | 16.8 |
| 2004 | Adam Kennedy | 15.8 |
| 2004 | Coco Crisp | 13.7 |
| 2004 | Braden Looper | 12.3 |
| 2004 | Eli Marrero | 10.9 |
| 2004 | John Mabry | 9.3 |
| 2004 | Dmitri Young | 9.2 |
Correct responses by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan
