Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):
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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 Rangers 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 | Hank Blalock | 23.0 |
| 2004 | Mark Teixeira | 22.6 |
| 2004 | Travis Hafner | 22.4 |
| 2004 | Ivan Rodriguez | 21.0 |
| 2004 | Doug Davis | 16.2 |
| 2004 | Kevin Mench | 15.7 |
| 2004 | Sammy Sosa | 14.9 |
| 2004 | Kenny Rogers | 13.5 |
| 2004 | Scott Podsednik | 12.7 |
| 2004 | Carlos Pena | 12.6 |
