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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 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.
| 1998 | Albert Belle | 37.9 |
| 1998 | Manny Ramirez | 24.4 |
| 1998 | Jim Thome | 20.7 |
| 1998 | Jeff Shaw | 15.9 |
| 1998 | Bartolo Colon | 15.9 |
| 1998 | Brian S. Giles | 12.9 |
| 1998 | Jerry Dipoto | 12.2 |
| 1998 | David Bell | 10.8 |
| 1998 | Kelly Stinnett | 10.4 |
| 1998 | Jaret Wright | 10.3 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Vincent Brown, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan
