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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1998 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 1998 Giants 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.
| 1998 | Will Clark | 19.8 |
| 1998 | Bill R. Mueller | 19.0 |
| 1998 | Mike Caruso | 13.8 |
| 1998 | Matt D. Williams | 13.3 |
| 1998 | Royce Clayton | 12.4 |
| 1998 | Terry Mulholland | 11.2 |
| 1998 | Marvin Benard | 10.9 |
| 1998 | Charlie Hayes | 10.4 |
| 1998 | Pat Rapp | 9.2 |
| 1998 | Dennis Cook | 9.0 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan
