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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 Dodgers 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 | Steve Sax | 30.1 |
| 1986 | Mitch Webster | 22.0 |
| 1986 | Fernando Valenzuela | 20.8 |
| 1986 | Rick Rhoden | 19.0 |
| 1986 | Charlie Hough | 15.3 |
| 1986 | Sid Bream | 14.9 |
| 1986 | Bob Welch | 14.2 |
| 1986 | Mike Scioscia | 14.0 |
| 1986 | John Franco | 13.9 |
| 1986 | Don Sutton | 13.2 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes and Rod Humphrey