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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 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.
| 1983 | Jose Cruz | 30.0 |
| 1983 | Terry Kennedy | 25.4 |
| 1983 | Keith Hernandez | 22.8 |
| 1983 | John Denny | 22.5 |
| 1983 | Larry Herndon | 20.9 |
| 1983 | Steve Carlton | 18.3 |
| 1983 | Ted Simmons | 18.1 |
| 1983 | Jerry Mumphrey | 17.4 |
| 1983 | Ken Oberkfell | 16.6 |
| 1983 | Jerry Reuss | 14.5 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., David Schreiter, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
