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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 Athletics 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 | Mark McGwire | 29.4 |
| 1987 | Darrell Evans | 21.5 |
| 1987 | Rickey Henderson | 19.9 |
| 1987 | Chet Lemon | 19.8 |
| 1987 | Jose Canseco | 17.1 |
| 1987 | Terry Steinbach | 15.2 |
| 1987 | Mike Davis | 13.3 |
| 1987 | Luis Polonia | 12.6 |
| 1987 | Curt Young | 11.4 |
| 1987 | Mike Morgan | 10.8 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Patrick Lachaine, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jean Francois Menard and Rod Humphrey
