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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 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.
| 1997 | Mike Piazza | 37.4 |
| 1997 | Raul Mondesi | 27.5 |
| 1997 | Pedro J. Martinez | 26.4 |
| 1997 | Eric Karros | 19.3 |
| 1997 | Eric Young | 16.8 |
| 1997 | John Wetteland | 16.0 |
| 1997 | Ismael Valdez | 15.4 |
| 1997 | Jose Vizcaino | 14.8 |
| 1997 | Chan Ho Park | 12.9 |
| 1997 | Henry An. Rodriguez | 12.7 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg and Rod Humphrey
