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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 Tigers 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 | Tony Clark | 17.9 |
| 1998 | Chris Gomez | 17.8 |
| 1998 | Travis Fryman | 17.6 |
| 1998 | Bobby Higginson | 16.8 |
| 1998 | Brian Moehler | 16.5 |
| 1998 | John Smoltz | 15.5 |
| 1998 | Rico Brogna | 14.5 |
| 1998 | Justin Thompson | 14.3 |
| 1998 | Jose Lima | 14.2 |
| 1998 | Chris Hoiles | 9.6 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Jan Insinga, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Brent Carroll, Tom Siegler and Rod Humphrey
