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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 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.
| 1997 | Jim Thome | 25.9 |
| 1997 | Manny Ramirez | 24.5 |
| 1997 | Jeff Shaw | 19.6 |
| 1997 | Albert Belle | 19.3 |
| 1997 | Charles Nagy | 13.6 |
| 1997 | Jon Nunnally | 12.4 |
| 1997 | Brian S. Giles | 12.3 |
| 1997 | Jerry Dipoto | 10.4 |
| 1997 | Greg Swindell | 9.8 |
| 1997 | Mark Lewis | 9.5 |
| 1997 | Greg McMichael | 9.5 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Neil Bush, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg and Rod Humphrey
