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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 Cardinals 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 | Tom Herr | 29.8 |
| 1985 | Keith Hernandez | 27.1 |
| 1985 | Jose Cruz | 21.1 |
| 1985 | Garry Templeton | 21.1 |
| 1985 | Vince Coleman | 19.1 |
| 1985 | Leon Durham | 18.6 |
| 1985 | Andy Van Slyke | 17.6 |
| 1985 | Danny Cox | 16.7 |
| 1985 | Terry Kennedy | 14.8 |
| 1985 | Mark Salas | 14.4 |
| 1985 | Jerry Reuss | 14.4 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Gormàn David Ludwig, Rod Humphrey and Mike Baroni
