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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 Rangers 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 | Pete M. O’Brien | 17.6 |
| 1988 | Steve Buechele | 16.4 |
| 1988 | Ruben Sierra | 15.8 |
| 1988 | Ron Darling | 13.0 |
| 1988 | Jose Guzman | 12.0 |
| 1988 | Oddibe McDowell | 11.8 |
| 1988 | Dave Righetti | 10.6 |
| 1988 | Tom Henke | 10.3 |
| 1988 | Paul Kilgus | 9.8 |
| 1988 | Dave J. Schmidt | 9.7 |
Correctly answered by Doug Snyder Sr. and Rod Humphrey
