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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 Athletics 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 | Rickey Henderson | 31.9 |
| 1989 | Mickey Tettleton | 24.4 |
| 1989 | Mark McGwire | 19.2 |
| 1989 | Terry Steinbach | 13.8 |
| 1989 | Mike Gallego | 13.5 |
| 1989 | Luis Polonia | 13.4 |
| 1989 | Claudell Washington | 12.9 |
| 1989 | Jose Canseco | 12.2 |
| 1989 | Todd Burns | 10.9 |
| 1989 | Mike Morgan | 10.5 |
Correctly answered by Kyle Newman, Mike Clifford, Jan Insinga, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Brent Carroll, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jean Francois Menard, David Block and Rod Humphrey
