Well, John inspired me to do a little Cato work. Here are your Win Shares leaders from last season, 1951:
Code:
Batters
1. Ray Kress DET 39.8
2. Hans Habermehl PHA 34.6
3. Will Groaning CHN 33.2
4. Ogden Wing STL 31.7
5. Howard Ayers PHA 30.8
Pitchers
1. Cotton Simson SLA 30.9
2. Grady Ingram STL 28.0
3. Walter Pond NYG 27.4
4. Ellis Weeks PHA 26.5
5. Bob Stevens PHA 24.6
Good stuff. Very nice season by Pond as a rookie, but nowhere near the record of 36 WS by then-rookie Johnny Champagne.