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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 Royals 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 | Bret Saberhagen | 29.1 |
| 1989 | Kevin Seitzer | 21.6 |
| 1989 | Mark Gubicza | 19.7 |
| 1989 | Bo Jackson | 18.3 |
| 1989 | George Brett | 16.6 |
| 1989 | Tom Candiotti | 16.2 |
| 1989 | Scott Bankhead | 15.7 |
| 1989 | Tom Gordon | 13.0 |
| 1989 | Frank White | 12.6 |
| 1989 | Greg Minton | 11.9 |
Correctly answered by Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
