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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1987 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 1987 Braves 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.
| 1987 | Dale Murphy | 29.2 |
| 1987 | Brook Jacoby | 22.2 |
| 1987 | Brett Butler | 20.6 |
| 1987 | Milt Thompson | 19.1 |
| 1987 | Glenn Hubbard | 15.3 |
| 1987 | Steve Bedrosian | 15.1 |
| 1987 | Zane Smith | 13.9 |
| 1987 | Gerald Perry | 10.4 |
| 1987 | Terry Leach | 9.7 |
| 1987 | Albert Hall | 9.1 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Kyle Newman, Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Dwayne Andras, Rod Humphrey, Gerald O’Connor, Mit Rehallag, Michael J. Keenan and Jeffrey Good
