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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 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.
-answers to be posted here-
| 1988 | Jose Canseco | 39.1 |
| 1988 | Rickey Henderson | 28.0 |
| 1988 | Mark McGwire | 24.3 |
| 1988 | Chet Lemon | 19.2 |
| 1988 | Claudell Washington | 17.5 |
| 1988 | Walt Weiss | 16.7 |
| 1988 | Terry Steinbach | 14.4 |
| 1988 | Darrell Evans | 11.1 |
| 1988 | Luis Polonia | 9.8 |
| 1988 | Mickey Tettleton | 8.8 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
