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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 Blue Jays 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 | Tony Fernandez | 22.5 |
| 1988 | Dave Stieb | 16.5 |
| 1988 | Lloyd Moseby | 14.4 |
| 1988 | Jesse Barfield | 13.4 |
| 1988 | Geno Petralli | 10.0 |
| 1988 | Jimmy Key | 9.7 |
| 1988 | John Cerutti | 7.9 |
| 1988 | Fred Manrique | 6.7 |
| 1988 | Jeff Musselman | 6.5 |
| 1988 | Charlie Puleo | 6.4 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler and Rod Humphrey