Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders
Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2003 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 2003 Royals 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.
| 2003 | Carlos Beltran | 27.7 |
| 2003 | Johnny Damon | 17.7 |
| 2003 | Jeff Conine | 17.0 |
| 2003 | Mark Ellis | 16.6 |
| 2003 | Joe Randa | 15.0 |
| 2003 | Mike Sweeney | 12.7 |
| 2003 | Jeremy Affeldt | 11.7 |
| 2003 | Tom Gordon | 11.0 |
| 2003 | Lance Carter | 9.7 |
| 2003 | Brent Mayne | 8.8 |
Correct responses by Lanny Little, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Mike Coveyou, Dave Shaw, Jeremy Gibbs and Rod Humphrey
