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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 Brewers 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 | Kevin Bass | 26.9 |
| 1986 | Teddy Higuera | 24.9 |
| 1986 | Robin Yount | 22.8 |
| 1986 | Paul Molitor | 14.2 |
| 1986 | Dan Plesac | 13.5 |
| 1986 | Jim Gantner | 12.6 |
| 1986 | Ernest Riles | 10.9 |
| 1986 | Charlie Moore | 8.9 |
| 1986 | Darrell Porter | 6.8 |
| 1986 | Moose Haas | 6.5 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Dave Shaw, Erin Underwood and Rod Humphrey