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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 Yankees 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 | Fred McGriff | 29.2 |
| 1989 | Don Mattingly | 25.0 |
| 1989 | Roberto Kelly | 17.0 |
| 1989 | Tim Belcher | 15.7 |
| 1989 | Jim Deshaies | 14.9 |
| 1989 | Greg Gagne | 14.2 |
| 1989 | Mike Heath | 11.9 |
| 1989 | Dave Bergman | 10.0 |
| 1989 | Jose Uribe | 9.8 |
| 1989 | Carlos A. Martinez | 8.9 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Jan Insinga, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Brent Carroll, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jean Francois Menard, Rod Humphrey and Shane Massey
