Sunday, August 15, 2004
All-Time Win Shares
Posted by Dave StudemanLee Sinins has been doing a superb job of updating Barry Bonds' all-time lists during the season. But here's one more for you, the all-time Win Shares list.
At the beginning of the season, this was the list of all players with 600 or more Win Shares in their entire career:
Ruth 756 Cobb 722 Wagner 655 Aaron 643 Mays 642 Young 634 Speaker 630 Bonds 611 Musial 604Barry Bonds has already generated 37 Win Shares this year, which means he has zoomed past Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. Here's the updated list:
Ruth 756 Cobb 722 Wagner 655 Bonds 648 Aaron 643 Mays 642 Young 634 Speaker 630 Musial 604By the time the season is over, Bonds will almost certainly pass Honus Wagner to rank third on this list. Someday, you'll tell your grandchildren that you saw Barry Bonds play baseball.
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