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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 Rangers 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 | Ron Darling | 17.0 |
| 1985 | Dave Righetti | 15.7 |
| 1985 | Pete M. O’Brien | 15.2 |
| 1985 | Bill Madlock | 14.4 |
| 1985 | Walt Terrell | 13.3 |
| 1985 | Danny Darwin | 11.6 |
| 1985 | Roy Smalley | 11.5 |
| 1985 | Jim Sundberg | 11.0 |
| 1985 | Oddibe McDowell | 10.7 |
| 1985 | Ed Lynch | 10.4 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Michael Murray, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler and Rod Humphrey
