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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 Mets 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 | Fernando Vina | 29.0 |
| 1998 | Quilvio Veras | 23.5 |
| 1998 | Jeromy Burnitz | 21.4 |
| 1998 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 19.9 |
| 1998 | Gregg Jefferies | 12.9 |
| 1998 | Rick Aguilera | 12.2 |
| 1998 | Darryl Strawberry | 11.0 |
| 1998 | Bobby J. Jones | 10.8 |
| 1998 | Dwight Gooden | 10.1 |
| 1998 | Masato Yoshii | 9.1 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey and Dave Jameson
