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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 Dodgers 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 | Mike Piazza | 33.3 |
| 1996 | Raul Mondesi | 25.3 |
| 1996 | Eric Karros | 19.4 |
| 1996 | Eric Young | 19.2 |
| 1996 | Henry An. Rodriguez | 19.2 |
| 1996 | Todd Hollandsworth | 18.1 |
| 1996 | Jose Offerman | 17.6 |
| 1996 | Juan Guzman | 17.4 |
| 1996 | Hideo Nomo | 16.9 |
| 1996 | Ismael Valdez | 16.1 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Bill Lilley, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Gormàn David Ludwig, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
