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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1990 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 1990 Athletics 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.
| 1990 | Rickey Henderson | 39.7 |
| 1990 | Jose Canseco | 26.2 |
| 1990 | Mark McGwire | 25.6 |
| 1990 | Mickey Tettleton | 18.1 |
| 1990 | Walt Weiss | 15.9 |
| 1990 | Luis Polonia | 12.2 |
| 1990 | Jack Daugherty | 10.8 |
| 1990 | Felix Jose | 10.8 |
| 1990 | Chet Lemon | 10.3 |
| 1990 | Kevin Tapani | 9.9 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
