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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 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.
| 1988 | Kirby Puckett | 31.2 |
| 1988 | Frank Viola | 25.1 |
| 1988 | Kent Hrbek | 22.9 |
| 1988 | Gary Gaetti | 22.1 |
| 1988 | Allan Anderson | 18.7 |
| 1988 | Gene Larkin | 13.3 |
| 1988 | Randy Bush | 12.8 |
| 1988 | Rick Dempsey | 10.9 |
| 1988 | Tim Laudner | 10.5 |
| 1988 | Tim Teufel | 9.5 |
Correctly answered by Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey and Jeff Mullins
