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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 Pirates 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 | Bobby Bonilla | 29.2 |
| 1988 | Barry Bonds | 26.9 |
| 1988 | Vance Law | 17.7 |
| 1988 | Tony Pena | 16.7 |
| 1988 | Jose Lind | 16.5 |
| 1988 | Pascual Perez | 14.5 |
| 1988 | Don Robinson | 13.5 |
| 1988 | Steve Farr | 12.8 |
| 1988 | Jose DeLeon | 12.3 |
| 1988 | John Smiley | 12.1 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Erin Underwood, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
