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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 Athletics 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 | Rickey Henderson | 27.9 |
| 1984 | Chet Lemon | 23.7 |
| 1984 | Dwayne Murphy | 22.5 |
| 1984 | Claudell Washington | 16.8 |
| 1984 | Phil Garner | 15.1 |
| 1984 | Ernie Camacho | 13.6 |
| 1984 | Wayne Gross | 12.7 |
| 1984 | George Hendrick | 12.4 |
| 1984 | Darrell Evans | 11.4 |
| 1984 | Reggie Jackson | 10.1 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Bryan Hartman, Michael McConchie, Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Steve Herring and Rod Humphrey
