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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 Reds 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 | Mario Soto | 24.7 |
| 1983 | Eddie Milner | 19.8 |
| 1983 | Hal McRae | 19.8 |
| 1983 | Ray Knight | 18.5 |
| 1983 | Gary Redus | 18.3 |
| 1983 | Ken Griffey | 17.4 |
| 1983 | Joel Youngblood | 16.3 |
| 1983 | Dan Driessen | 15.8 |
| 1983 | Ron Oester | 13.7 |
| 1983 | Joe Price | 13.5 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Erin Underwood, Brent Carroll, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Jean Francois Menard and Rod Humphrey
