Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders
Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2005 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 2005 Indians 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.
| 2005 | Brian S. Giles | 29.7 |
| 2005 | Manny Ramirez | 27.5 |
| 2005 | Jhonny Peralta | 24.6 |
| 2005 | Richie Sexson | 22.3 |
| 2005 | Victor Martinez | 21.0 |
| 2005 | Bartolo Colon | 18.1 |
| 2005 | Willy Taveras | 14.4 |
| 2005 | Sean Casey | 14.3 |
| 2005 | Marco Scutaro | 13.0 |
| 2005 | Paul Byrd | 12.9 |
Correct responses by Michael McConchie
