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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1989 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 1989 Braves 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.
| 1989 | Brett Butler | 21.3 |
| 1989 | Milt Thompson | 17.9 |
| 1989 | Brook Jacoby | 14.8 |
| 1989 | Jeff Blauser | 11.9 |
| 1989 | Jim Acker | 11.4 |
| 1989 | Tom Glavine | 10.6 |
| 1989 | Rafael Ramirez | 10.5 |
| 1989 | Dale Murphy | 10.2 |
| 1989 | Ken Dayley | 9.6 |
| 1989 | Steve Bedrosian | 9.5 |
Correctly answered by Michael Murray, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
