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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1996 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 1996 Braves 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.
| 1996 | Chipper Jones | 25.5 |
| 1996 | Vinny Castilla | 23.3 |
| 1996 | Tom Glavine | 21.5 |
| 1996 | Ryan Klesko | 20.7 |
| 1996 | Al Martin | 18.8 |
| 1996 | Ron Gant | 17.8 |
| 1996 | Javy Lopez | 16.6 |
| 1996 | Mark Wohlers | 13.5 |
| 1996 | Mark Lemke | 12.2 |
| 1996 | Turk Wendell | 11.2 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Jan Insinga, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Brent Carroll, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Curtis Favre, Bruce A. Sarte and Rod Humphrey
