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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 Indians 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 | Albert Belle | 28.9 |
| 1996 | Jim Thome | 28.3 |
| 1996 | Manny Ramirez | 23.3 |
| 1996 | Charles Nagy | 21.2 |
| 1996 | Jeff Shaw | 11.9 |
| 1996 | Mark Lewis | 10.8 |
| 1996 | Chad Ogea | 9.1 |
| 1996 | Greg McMichael | 8.7 |
| 1996 | Dennis Eckersley | 7.6 |
| 1996 | Paul Shuey | 7.4 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler and Rod Humphrey
