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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 Cardinals 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 | Ray Lankford | 26.0 |
| 1998 | Brian Jordan | 21.1 |
| 1998 | Todd Zeile | 18.0 |
| 1998 | Dmitri Young | 16.5 |
| 1998 | Jeff Fassero | 14.3 |
| 1998 | Stan Javier | 12.8 |
| 1998 | Matt Morris | 9.6 |
| 1998 | Luis Alicea | 8.6 |
| 1998 | Mark Clark | 8.4 |
| 1998 | Lance Johnson | 6.5 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg and Rod Humphrey
