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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1995 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 1995 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.
| 1995 | Mark McGwire | 22.9 |
| 1995 | Mickey Tettleton | 18.1 |
| 1995 | Rickey Henderson | 17.2 |
| 1995 | Jose Canseco | 14.4 |
| 1995 | Walt Weiss | 13.9 |
| 1995 | Terry Steinbach | 13.7 |
| 1995 | Scott Brosius | 12.3 |
| 1995 | Kurt Abbott | 11.9 |
| 1995 | Mike Bordick | 11.4 |
| 1995 | Brent Gates | 10.2 |
| 1995 | Dave Veres | 10.2 |
Correctly answered by Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr. and Rod Humphrey
