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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1998 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 1998 Braves 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.
| 1998 | Chipper Jones | 31.2 |
| 1998 | Andruw Jones | 26.9 |
| 1998 | Tom Glavine | 22.9 |
| 1998 | Javy Lopez | 21.6 |
| 1998 | Vinny Castilla | 19.1 |
| 1998 | Ryan Klesko | 15.6 |
| 1998 | David Justice | 14.8 |
| 1998 | Ron Gant | 11.6 |
| 1998 | Jason Schmidt | 11.3 |
| 1998 | Kevin Millwood | 10.3 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler and Rod Humphrey
