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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1988 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 1988 Orioles 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.
| 1988 | Cal Ripken | 23.9 |
| 1988 | Eddie Murray | 19.9 |
| 1988 | John Shelby | 18.8 |
| 1988 | Mike Boddicker | 15.4 |
| 1988 | Dennis Martinez | 14.7 |
| 1988 | Bryn Smith | 11.6 |
| 1988 | Storm Davis | 11.5 |
| 1988 | Mike Flanagan | 9.6 |
| 1988 | Jeff Ballard | 6.3 |
| 1988 | Don Baylor | 5.2 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Lanny Little, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Michael Danes, Brent Carroll, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler and Rod Humphrey
