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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 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.
| 1998 | Jeff Bagwell | 29.0 |
| 1998 | Mo Vaughn | 27.0 |
| 1998 | Nomar Garciaparra | 25.3 |
| 1998 | Roger Clemens | 25.2 |
| 1998 | Curt Schilling | 22.0 |
| 1998 | John Valentin | 19.2 |
| 1998 | Ellis Burks | 14.8 |
| 1998 | Aaron Sele | 14.5 |
| 1998 | Brady Anderson | 12.9 |
| 1998 | Scott Hatteberg | 12.9 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan
