| @SamWuzHere4444 - Berkman being #1 that year is an artifact of the way Win Shares work. Berkman was nowhere near Pujols that year based on the usual stats. However, win shares are assigned to teams based on how many wins the team has. Pujols's Cardinals scored 779 runs, leading to 86 victories, which is exactly what you'd predict given that they allowed 725 runs. The Astros, on the other hand, scored just 712 runs while allowing 743. You'd expect that they'd be well under .500 with a run deficit like that. Instead, the Astros were 86-75, a half game ahead of the Cardinals! Since Win Shares assigns its points first to the team, and then divvies them up among the players, the Astros wind up dividing up more win shares than you'd expect. Essentially, the system regards Berkman as superior to Pujols despite his manufacturing fewer runs for his team, because the Astros were more efficient about turning those runs into wins. The logic is consistent internally, but means that the stat may not quite be telling you what you think it's trying to tell you. |
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