Jeff Suppan hit a home run and pitched a strong eight innings, allowing only three hits and one walk against four strikeouts to lead the Cardinals to a 2-1 series lead. The Mets have been the class of the NL this season, but now face a must-win game today.

The Cardinals ended the Padres season with a 6-2 win in Game 4 of the NLDS. Chris Carpenter pitched a gem, going seven strong innings while only allowing two runs, while Juan Encarnacion helped the Cardinals offense break through in the bottom of the sixth inning with an RBI triple. The Cardinals will kick off […]

The A’s beat Johan Santana and the Twins today, 3-2. ESPN’s announcers chose Frank Thomas as their Game MVP. It’s hard to argue against a guy who hit two home runs, but the WPA leader of the game was actually Barry Zito, who only gave up one run over eight innings. Zito’s WPA was .341 […]

All of our stats and graphs, including Win Shares, reflect the full season. You may know that there were no 20-game winners this year, but did you also know that there were twelve 16-game winners? That’s the highest total ever; the previous high was 10 in 1992.

Our Win Shares have been updated through games of September 22. This will be our last update before the end of the season. Someone sent an email asking why most of the Win Share leaders are from the National League, in spite of the AL’s dominance of the NL this year. There are two reasons, […]

Our Win Shares have been updated once again, making them current through yesterday’s games. Carlos Beltran has surged into the major league lead, with 34.

THT’s Win Shares have been updated. Amazing fact: Barry Bonds may be having a disappointing year, but he’s still fourth among all major league outfielders in Win Shares Above Bench.

THT’s Win Shares have been updated through August 5th games. Carlos Beltran and Albert Pujols are tied for the National League lead, with 27 Win Shares and 19 WSAB, while Joe Mauer, Derek Jeter and Manny Ramirez are in a dead heat for the AL lead, with 22 Win Shares and 14 WSAB each. According […]

The Brewers have traded LF Carlos Lee and minor league OF Nelson Cruz to the Rangers for OFs Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix, P Francisco Cordero and minor league P Julian Cordero. Here is the MLB story. Quick reaction: Mench seems like a poor man’s Lee, but he won’t be a free agent for two […]

THT’s Win Shares have been updated through games of July 23rd. The top five leaders are from the National League, which implies that the talent in the NL is more concentrated than in the AL. Albert Pujols leads all players with 26 (20 WSAB) and Joe Mauer is the AL leader with 20 (13 WSAB).