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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 Cardinals 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 | Terry Pendleton | 18.8 |
| 1989 | Joe Magrane | 17.9 |
| 1989 | Tom Herr | 17.4 |
| 1989 | Vince Coleman | 14.1 |
| 1989 | Andy Van Slyke | 13.8 |
| 1989 | Garry Templeton | 12.4 |
| 1989 | Terry Kennedy | 10.8 |
| 1989 | Stan Javier | 8.9 |
| 1989 | Joe Boever | 7.7 |
| 1989 | Jim Dwyer | 7.6 |
Correctly answered by Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Neil Bush and Rod Humphrey
