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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1989 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 1989 Angels 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.
| 1989 | Carney Lansford | 24.5 |
| 1989 | Wally Joyner | 19.6 |
| 1989 | Chuck Finley | 18.9 |
| 1989 | Kirk McCaskill | 17.8 |
| 1989 | Jack Howell | 17.5 |
| 1989 | Dickie Thon | 15.6 |
| 1989 | Devon White | 15.0 |
| 1989 | Tom Brunansky | 14.2 |
| 1989 | Brian Harper | 13.4 |
| 1989 | Frank Tanana | 12.7 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Jon Winkler
