Royals Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 1970 Amos Otis 286.8 1973 Hal McRae 173 1972 John Mayberry 133.6 1971 Freddie Patek 119.2 1988 Jeff Montgomery 109.3 2011 Lorenzo Cain 100.7 1987 Danny Tartabull 100.7 2011 Alcides Escobar 92.7 1977 Darrell Porter 86 1970 Cookie Rojas 75.7 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Michael Danes, Jon Winkler, Brian Bohem, Michael … Read more

Colt .45’s / Astros Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 1990 Jeff Bagwell 381.1 1982 Kevin Bass 106.2 1983 Mike Scott 102.1 1979 Craig Reynolds 91.1 1975 Enos Cabell 83.8 1981 Phil Garner 80.2 1976 Art Howe 79.4 1968 Denis Menke 78.6 1981 Bob Knepper 76.5 1995 Derek Bell 73 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Paul Ivice, Jon … Read more

To Swing or Not to Swing … That is the Question

Rickey Henderson

The last two articles have hinted how Moneyball’s heavy emphasis on analytics may actually bring baseball back to an old school style. The pendulum has swung so far in one direction that the inefficiency in the market in the two previous cases has been on an old school approach that we thought may be long … Read more

Marlins Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 2006 Hanley Ramirez 163.2 1999 Mike Lowell 122.9 1993 Gary Sheffield 97.9 1998 Derrek Lee 93.7 1997 Cliff Floyd 92.4 2002 Dontrelle Willis 64.8 2013 Derek Dietrich 64.1 1998 Preston Wilson 61.1 2003 Juan Pierre 57.2 2006 Ricky Nolasco 52.2 Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Jon Winkler, Brian Bohem, Tom … Read more

Tigers Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 1960 Norm Cash 310.1 2008 Miguel Cabrera 272.1 1982 Chet Lemon 146.1 2004 Carlos Guillen 104.9 1953 Ray Boone 100.9 1960 Rocky Colavito 93.5 1996 Damion Easley 93 1991 Mickey Tettleton 88.9 2005 Placido Polanco 88.7 1971 Aurelio Rodriguez 85 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey Select one of the four choices then … Read more

Rockies Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 2009 Carlos Gonzalez 137.3 1993 Dante Bichette 116.1 2012 DJ LeMahieu 95.1 2002 Brian Fuentes 58.4 1997 Pedro Astacio 46.2 2000 Jose Jimenez 40.4 2012 Tyler Chatwood 33.1 1997 Jerry Dipoto 31.1 2016 German Marquez 26.6 2009 Huston Street 29.7 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Jon Winkler, Tom … Read more

Indians Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 1994 Omar Vizquel 166 2008 Carlos Santana 151.4 2003 Travis Hafner 137.2 2009 Michael Brantley 131.5 2002 Grady Sizemore 129.2 1977 Andre Thornton 126.7 1990 Carlos Baerga 125.2 1958 Woodie Held 116.5 1984 Brook Jacoby 114.8 1992 Kenny Lofton 114.5 Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Michael Murray, Jon Winkler, Tom … Read more

Reds Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 1972 Joe L. Morgan 260 1971 George Foster 198.5 2006 Brandon Phillips 186.5 1953 Gus Bell 134.7 1998 Sean Casey 122.5 2000 Ken Griffey Jr. 119.1 1988 Jose Rijo 116.4 1958 Bob Purkey 105.7 1972 Cesar Geronimo 97.9 2006 Bronson Arroyo 95.2 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Matthew Bloss, Michael Danes, Brian … Read more

White Sox Trade Acquisitions (1950-2018) – Win Shares Leaders

Year Player WS 1950 Nellie Fox 285.8 1967 Wilbur Wood 182 1951 Minnie Minoso 177.2 1952 Sherm Lollar 176.7 1985 Ozzie Guillen 127.8 1999 Paul Konerko 117.4 1975 Chet Lemon 115.9 1963 Pete Ward 115.6 1952 Jim Rivera 104.2 1988 Lance Johnson 100.1 Correctly answered by Rod Humphrey, Matthew Bloss, Jon Winkler, Brian Bohem, Tom … Read more