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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 Rangers 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 | Sammy Sosa | 35.8 |
| 1998 | Ivan Rodriguez | 27.8 |
| 1998 | Juan Gonzalez | 25.8 |
| 1998 | Kevin J. Brown | 25.2 |
| 1998 | Kenny Rogers | 19.4 |
| 1998 | Rusty Greer | 18.8 |
| 1998 | Robb Nen | 18.2 |
| 1998 | Dean Palmer | 16.0 |
| 1998 | Rick Helling | 15.5 |
| 1998 | Jose Hernandez | 14.9 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg and Rod Humphrey
