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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 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.
| 1997 | Ray Lankford | 23.1 |
| 1997 | Todd Zeile | 20.6 |
| 1997 | Jeff Fassero | 17.2 |
| 1997 | Stan Javier | 17.2 |
| 1997 | Bernard Gilkey | 16.3 |
| 1997 | Matt Morris | 15.7 |
| 1997 | Lance Johnson | 14.5 |
| 1997 | Luis Alicea | 12.8 |
| 1997 | Alan Benes | 12.7 |
| 1997 | Mark Clark | 12.4 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
