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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 Yankees 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 | Don Mattingly | 28.6 |
| 1984 | Willie McGee | 20.2 |
| 1984 | Jim Beattie | 16.7 |
| 1984 | Willie Upshaw | 16.4 |
| 1984 | Damaso Garcia | 15.4 |
| 1984 | Steve Balboni | 14.2 |
| 1984 | Pat Tabler | 13.5 |
| 1984 | Mike Heath | 12.3 |
| 1984 | Scott McGregor | 11.6 |
| 1984 | La Marr Hoyt | 10.8 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Lanny Little, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Michael Danes, Stephén Jack Jordan, Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler, Steve Herring and Rod Humphrey
