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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1984 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 1984 Orioles 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.
| 1984 | Cal Ripken | 36.8 |
| 1984 | Eddie Murray | 32.8 |
| 1984 | Mike Boddicker | 23.4 |
| 1984 | Storm Davis | 18.2 |
| 1984 | Doug DeCinces | 17.8 |
| 1984 | Don Baylor | 16.2 |
| 1984 | Bobby Grich | 15.5 |
| 1984 | Mike Young | 15.0 |
| 1984 | Mike Flanagan | 14.2 |
| 1984 | Enos Cabell | 12.3 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Jan Insinga, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Tom Siegler, Paul Greenberg, Steve Herring and Rod Humphrey
