Answers from yesterday’s trivia post – Baseball Analytics (Facebook group):
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/singleseasonleaders
Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1903 Win Shares Leaders
Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S
Identify the 1903 Detroit Tigers 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.
| 1903 | George Mullin | 23.7 |
| 1903 | Ed Siever | 17.5 |
| 1903 | Frank Owen | 6.6 |
| 1903 | Doc Gessler | 6.4 |
| 1903 | Rube Kisinger | 5.5 |
| 1903 | John Deering | 4.7 |
| 1903 | Roscoe Miller | 3.2 |
| 1903 | John Terry | 1.4 |
| 1903 | Jack Burns | 0.8 |
| 1903 | Simon Nicholls | 0.2 |
Correct responses by Tom Shirley, Doug Snyder Sr., Neil Bush and Rod Humphrey
baseball card images courtesy of the Trading Card Database – https://www.tcdb.com/
