I’m sorry this took so long, but I just emerged from a park home run and run adjustment rabbit hole yesterday, and with that out of the way, I was able to get this year’s win shares up and running.
The CL top 10
2019 CL Win Shares Leaders
Name
Team
Raw WS
Batting WS
Def WS
Pitching WS
Seiya Suzuki
Carp
30.7
27.4
3.3
Tetsuto Yamada
Swallows
28.9
24.3
4.6
Hayato Sakamoto
Giants
28.1
22.1
6.0
Neftali Soto
BayStars
25.1
22.3
2.8
Yoshihiro Maru
Giants
23.8
18.5
5.3
Yohei Oshima
Dragons
23.4
18.4
4.9
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
BayStars
22.3
19.9
2.4
Tsubasa Aizawa
Carp
21.2
14.9
6.3
Dayan Viciedo
Dragons
20.9
18.6
2.3
Yusuke Oyama
Tigers
17.1
12.9
4.2
The top 10 Bill James win shares from NPB's 2019 Central League
The CL’s top 10 pitchers
Win Shares CL pitchers
Name
Team
Raw WS
Batting WS
Pitching WS
Shun Yamaguchi
Giants
14.6
0
14.6
Shota Imanaga
BayStars
13.4
0
13.4
Yudai Ono
Dragons
13.0
0
13.0
Kris Johnson
Carp
12.8
0
12.8
Yuki Nishi
Tigers
12.2
0
12.2
Yasuaki Yamasaki
BayStars
12.0
0
12.0
Kota Nakagawa
Giants
11.7
0
11.7
Rafael Dolis
Tigers
11.5
0
11.5
Kyuji Fujikawa
Tigers
11.3
0
11.3
Daichi Osera
Carp
10.5
0
10.5
2019 CL pitching win shares leaders
The PL top 10
2019 PL Win Shares Leaders
Name
Team
Raw WS
Batting WS
Def WS
Pitching WS
Tomoya Mori
Lions
33.2
30.0
3.2
Masataka Yoshida
Buffaloes
28.6
27.0
1.6
Shuta Tonosaki
Lions
25.9
19.2
6.7
Takeya Nakamura
Lions
25.3
22.0
3.3
Hotaka Yamakawa
Lions
25.3
23.3
2.0
Hideto Asamura
Eagles
24.7
20.1
4.6
Jabari Blash
Eagles
23.6
22.6
1.0
Haruki Nishikawa
Fighters
23.1
18.2
4.9
Shogo Akiyama
Lions
22.5
20.3
2.2
Eigoro Mogi
Eagles
21.2
15.3
5.9
Takashi Ogino
Marines
21.2
18.7
2.5
The top 10 Bill James win shares from NPB's 2019 Pacific League
As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve hit a snag in my post-season work. To fill in a little bit of that gap before the playoffs start on Saturday, I was curious about which players had the best offensive seasons in NPB this year.
To measure that in a fairly simple manner, I’m borrowing standard wOBA (weighted on-base average) from Tom Tango using the stolen base version.
Here are the leaders in the CL and PL. I’ve included how many road plate appearances each batter had and their road wOBA because some might think their numbers are the product of their home parks. I’ve limited it to players with a minimum of 450 plate appearances.
