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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 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.
| 1987 | Kirby Puckett | 28.1 |
| 1987 | Frank Viola | 25.5 |
| 1987 | Kent Hrbek | 23.9 |
| 1987 | Bert Blyleven | 18.9 |
| 1987 | Gary Gaetti | 16.1 |
| 1987 | Tim Teufel | 15.4 |
| 1987 | Steve Lombardozzi | 9.4 |
| 1987 | Randy Bush | 8.6 |
| 1987 | Gary Ward | 7.2 |
| 1987 | Jesse Orosco | 5.1 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler, Jean Francois Menard, Rod Humphrey, John Sheridan and Michael J. Keenan
