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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 Rockies 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 | Todd Helton | 14.4 |
| 1998 | Neifi Perez | 13.3 |
| 1998 | Quinton McCracken | 12.9 |
| 1998 | Juan Acevedo | 12.8 |
| 1998 | Craig Counsell | 11.4 |
| 1998 | John Thomson | 10.2 |
| 1998 | Jamey Wright | 8.1 |
| 1998 | Terry Jones | 3.2 |
| 1998 | Bryan Rekar | 2.4 |
| 1998 | Mark Brownson | 1.0 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Jan Insinga, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler and Rod Humphrey
