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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1988 Win Shares Leaders
Based on research for “Hardball Retrospective”, “Hardball Retroactive” and “Hardball Architects” –
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00S4SXV8S
https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=Derek+Bain
Identify the 1988 Padres leaders in total Win Shares based on the Hardball Retrospective “Original” rosters. Each player is listed as a member of the “original” team that he signed his first professional contract with. Ken Griffey Jr. would be a member of the Mariners for the duration of his career in this scenario while Mike Piazza is considered a member of the Dodgers.
1988 | Dave Winfield | 29.3 |
1988 | Kevin McReynolds | 27.7 |
1988 | Ozzie Smith | 22.6 |
1988 | Tony Gwynn | 21.5 |
1988 | Roberto Alomar | 20.3 |
1988 | Eric Show | 15.3 |
1988 | Benito Santiago | 14.9 |
1988 | John Kruk | 14.1 |
1988 | Ozzie Guillen | 14.1 |
1988 | Andy Hawkins | 12.6 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey