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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 Cardinals 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 | Ray Lankford | 26.2 |
| 1996 | Bernard Gilkey | 25.5 |
| 1996 | Lance Johnson | 25.3 |
| 1996 | Brian Jordan | 22.3 |
| 1996 | Jeff Fassero | 17.7 |
| 1996 | Todd Zeile | 15.2 |
| 1996 | Tom Pagnozzi | 14.5 |
| 1996 | John Mabry | 13.7 |
| 1996 | Mark Clark | 13.5 |
| 1996 | Donovan Osborne | 13.4 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Michael Murray, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, David Schreiter, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Carl Nichols and Rod Humphrey
