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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1983 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 1983 Red Sox 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.
| 1983 | Wade Boggs | 33.6 |
| 1983 | Carlton Fisk | 25.5 |
| 1983 | Cecil Cooper | 25.0 |
| 1983 | Jim Rice | 24.3 |
| 1983 | Bob Stanley | 21.2 |
| 1983 | Fred Lynn | 16.0 |
| 1983 | Ernie Whitt | 15.9 |
| 1983 | Ben Oglivie | 15.5 |
| 1983 | John Tudor | 14.2 |
| 1983 | Bo Diaz | 13.7 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, David Schreiter, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
