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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 Brewers 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 | Gary Sheffield | 32.6 |
| 1996 | Greg Vaughn | 19.6 |
| 1996 | John Jaha | 19.1 |
| 1996 | Paul Molitor | 18.6 |
| 1996 | Jeff Cirillo | 18.6 |
| 1996 | Dave Nilsson | 17.2 |
| 1996 | B.J. Surhoff | 17.0 |
| 1996 | Jaime Navarro | 13.5 |
| 1996 | Darryl Hamilton | 12.2 |
| 1996 | Scott Karl | 11.5 |
Correctly answered by Michael Murray, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
