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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1996 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 1996 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.
| 1996 | Brian McRae | 21.8 |
| 1996 | Kevin Appier | 19.7 |
| 1996 | Kevin Seitzer | 18.7 |
| 1996 | Jeff Conine | 18.5 |
| 1996 | Cecil Fielder | 15.9 |
| 1996 | Sean Berry | 15.5 |
| 1996 | Mike Macfarlane | 14.1 |
| 1996 | Jose Rosado | 11.1 |
| 1996 | Johnny Damon | 9.5 |
| 1996 | Jon Lieber | 9.3 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Doug Snyder Sr., Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Curtis Favre and Rod Humphrey
