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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 Rangers 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 | Roy Smalley | 19.9 |
| 1983 | George Wright | 19.4 |
| 1983 | Bill Madlock | 17.2 |
| 1983 | Bill Sample | 16.7 |
| 1983 | Dave Righetti | 14.5 |
| 1983 | Mike Hargrove | 14.4 |
| 1983 | Jim Clancy | 13.4 |
| 1983 | Pat Putnam | 11.9 |
| 1983 | Danny Darwin | 10.1 |
| 1983 | Wayne Tolleson | 9.2 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Doug Snyder Sr. and Rod Humphrey
