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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1997 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 1997 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.
| 1997 | Mark McGwire | 28.9 |
| 1997 | Jason Giambi | 16.8 |
| 1997 | Rickey Henderson | 15.6 |
| 1997 | Walt Weiss | 12.4 |
| 1997 | Ron Coomer | 11.9 |
| 1997 | Rod Beck | 11.1 |
| 1997 | Scott Spiezio | 10.4 |
| 1997 | Terry Steinbach | 9.4 |
| 1997 | Charlie O’Brien | 7.9 |
| 1997 | Kevin Tapani | 7.8 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
