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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2001 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 2001 Indians 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.
| 2001 | Jim Thome | 31.2 |
| 2001 | Brian S. Giles | 28.9 |
| 2001 | Manny Ramirez | 24.5 |
| 2001 | Richie Sexson | 18.8 |
| 2001 | Sean Casey | 14.7 |
| 2001 | Bartolo Colon | 13.8 |
| 2001 | David Bell | 13.6 |
| 2001 | Einar Diaz | 13.5 |
| 2001 | Robert Person | 12.8 |
| 2001 | Jeff Shaw | 12.0 |
correctly answered by Andrew Reynolds, Lanny Little, Brian Bohem, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Michael J. Keenan
