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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 Brewers 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 | Paul Molitor | 21.3 |
| 1985 | Kevin Bass | 19.0 |
| 1985 | Robin Yount | 16.6 |
| 1985 | Teddy Higuera | 13.5 |
| 1985 | Ernest Riles | 13.2 |
| 1985 | Gorman Thomas | 11.9 |
| 1985 | Jim Gantner | 10.8 |
| 1985 | Darrell Porter | 10.4 |
| 1985 | Moose Haas | 8.9 |
| 1985 | Dave LaPoint | 8.3 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Erin Underwood, Jon Winkler and Jeffrey Good
