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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 Padres 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 Gwynn | 19.0 |
| 1998 | Roberto Alomar | 18.6 |
| 1998 | Jose Valentin | 14.6 |
| 1998 | Dustin Hermanson | 13.9 |
| 1998 | Andy Benes | 12.9 |
| 1998 | Joey Cora | 12.6 |
| 1998 | Omar Olivares | 11.8 |
| 1998 | Hideki Irabu | 11.7 |
| 1998 | Carlos Baerga | 10.3 |
| 1998 | Derrek Lee | 10.0 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
