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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 Brewers 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 | Greg Vaughn | 31.7 |
| 1998 | Gary Sheffield | 27.5 |
| 1998 | Jeff Cirillo | 27.2 |
| 1998 | Darryl Hamilton | 18.0 |
| 1998 | Mark Loretta | 16.7 |
| 1998 | Troy O’Leary | 15.0 |
| 1998 | B.J. Surhoff | 13.2 |
| 1998 | Bill Spiers | 11.2 |
| 1998 | Steve Woodard | 8.9 |
| 1998 | Scott Karl | 8.9 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
