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
Seibu Lions center fielder Shogo Akiyama revealed Tuesday that he has informed the Pacific League club he will file for free agency in order to seek a deal with a major league team.
My analysis of Akiyama’s game is HERE. You can find the Kyodo News story published in the Japan Times HERE.
Since I have completed win shares calculations for 2019. Here are Akiyama’s career figures. For those unfamiliar with win shares, three win shares are worth one win.
