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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 Mets 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 | Mike Scott | 26.1 |
| 1986 | Darryl Strawberry | 24.4 |
| 1986 | Lenny Dykstra | 24.0 |
| 1986 | Jody Davis | 18.1 |
| 1986 | Dwight Gooden | 17.9 |
| 1986 | Mookie Wilson | 16.8 |
| 1986 | Wally Backman | 16.3 |
| 1986 | Roger McDowell | 15.8 |
| 1986 | Greg A. Harris | 15.2 |
| 1986 | Hubie Brooks | 14.9 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Lanny Little, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush and Tom Siegler