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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1997 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 1997 Red Sox 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.
| 1997 | Roger Clemens | 32.5 |
| 1997 | Jeff Bagwell | 30.7 |
| 1997 | Brady Anderson | 26.1 |
| 1997 | Nomar Garciaparra | 25.3 |
| 1997 | Curt Schilling | 22.6 |
| 1997 | Mo Vaughn | 22.1 |
| 1997 | John Valentin | 20.9 |
| 1997 | Ellis Burks | 13.2 |
| 1997 | John Flaherty | 12.6 |
| 1997 | Paul Quantrill | 11.8 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Doug Snyder Sr., Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Chris McClinch, Rod Humphrey and Jeff Mullins
