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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 Indians 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 | Pedro Guerrero | 25.4 |
| 1989 | Von Hayes | 24.7 |
| 1989 | Kelly Gruber | 19.6 |
| 1989 | Greg Swindell | 14.5 |
| 1989 | Dennis Eckersley | 13.7 |
| 1989 | John Farrell | 11.7 |
| 1989 | Dave Gallagher | 10.7 |
| 1989 | Alfredo Griffin | 10.6 |
| 1989 | Larry Andersen | 10.3 |
| 1989 | Neal Heaton | 7.8 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Michael Murray, Bryan Hartman, Neil Bush, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
