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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 Rangers 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 | Pete M. O’Brien | 23.0 |
| 1986 | Dave Righetti | 20.1 |
| 1986 | Oddibe McDowell | 19.9 |
| 1986 | Ron Darling | 17.1 |
| 1986 | Tom Henke | 14.8 |
| 1986 | Danny Darwin | 13.5 |
| 1986 | Wayne Tolleson | 12.8 |
| 1986 | Steve Buechele | 12.4 |
| 1986 | Jim Clancy | 12.3 |
| 1986 | Bill Madlock | 11.5 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
