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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1985 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 1985 Braves 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.
| 1985 | Dale Murphy | 31.5 |
| 1985 | Brett Butler | 22.5 |
| 1985 | Rick Mahler | 17.3 |
| 1985 | Bob Horner | 16.4 |
| 1985 | Brook Jacoby | 15.6 |
| 1985 | Glenn Hubbard | 14.3 |
| 1985 | Dusty Baker | 13.0 |
| 1985 | Brian Fisher | 12.2 |
| 1985 | Terry Harper | 11.6 |
| 1985 | Phil Niekro | 10.5 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Jan Insinga, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Gormàn David Ludwig, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler, Rod Humphrey and Mike Baroni
