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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1986 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 1986 Red Sox 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.
| 1986 | Wade Boggs | 35.2 |
| 1986 | Roger Clemens | 29.9 |
| 1986 | Jim Rice | 26.5 |
| 1986 | Dwight Evans | 22.2 |
| 1986 | Marty Barrett | 20.7 |
| 1986 | Rich Gedman | 19.7 |
| 1986 | Bob Ojeda | 18.0 |
| 1986 | Bruce Hurst | 17.0 |
| 1986 | Oil Can Boyd | 16.2 |
| 1986 | Bo Diaz | 15.8 |
| 1986 | John Tudor | 15.8 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Michael Murray, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Rod Humphrey and Marc Edwards
