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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 Blue Jays 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 | Tony Fernandez | 19.3 |
| 1989 | Jesse Barfield | 17.2 |
| 1989 | Dave Stieb | 14.9 |
| 1989 | John Cerutti | 13.1 |
| 1989 | Nelson Liriano | 12.6 |
| 1989 | Jimmy Key | 11.3 |
| 1989 | Lloyd Moseby | 10.6 |
| 1989 | Junior Felix | 10.4 |
| 1989 | Fred Manrique | 9.6 |
| 1989 | David Wells | 9.5 |
Correctly answered by Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Bryan Hartman, Doug Snyder Sr., Neil Bush, Jean Francois Menard and Rod Humphrey