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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 Cardinals 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 | Andy Van Slyke | 25.4 |
| 1987 | Vince Coleman | 23.3 |
| 1987 | Terry Pendleton | 21.1 |
| 1987 | Keith Hernandez | 20.8 |
| 1987 | Todd Worrell | 16.3 |
| 1987 | Tom Herr | 15.9 |
| 1987 | Mike Dunne | 13.4 |
| 1987 | Leon Durham | 12.9 |
| 1987 | Jerry Mumphrey | 12.4 |
| 1987 | Greg Mathews | 12.1 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey, Jeffrey Good and Jason Toms