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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 Indians 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 | Buddy Bell | 26.4 |
| 1984 | Pedro Guerrero | 23.3 |
| 1984 | Von Hayes | 21.0 |
| 1984 | Dennis Eckersley | 15.3 |
| 1984 | Chris Bando | 9.9 |
| 1984 | Chris Chambliss | 9.7 |
| 1984 | Larry Andersen | 7.4 |
| 1984 | Rick Manning | 7.3 |
| 1984 | Tommy John | 6.4 |
| 1984 | John Lowenstein | 6.1 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem and Michael Danes