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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 Twins 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 | Kirby Puckett | 27.3 |
| 1986 | Gary Gaetti | 23.7 |
| 1986 | Kent Hrbek | 17.9 |
| 1986 | Bert Blyleven | 16.7 |
| 1986 | Gary Ward | 14.4 |
| 1986 | Frank Viola | 12.3 |
| 1986 | Jesse Orosco | 11.9 |
| 1986 | Steve Lombardozzi | 11.0 |
| 1986 | Rick Dempsey | 9.4 |
| 1986 | Randy Bush | 9.0 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood and Dave Shaw
