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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 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.
| 1985 | Rickey Henderson | 37.2 |
| 1985 | Mike Davis | 23.4 |
| 1985 | Darrell Evans | 18.7 |
| 1985 | Chet Lemon | 18.1 |
| 1985 | Reggie Jackson | 17.9 |
| 1985 | Dwayne Murphy | 17.5 |
| 1985 | Phil Garner | 13.8 |
| 1985 | Claudell Washington | 12.3 |
| 1985 | Denny Walling | 10.2 |
| 1985 | Donnie Hill | 9.3 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler, Steve Herring and Rod Humphrey
