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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 Blue Jays 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 | John Olerud | 34.0 |
| 1998 | Carlos Delgado | 24.4 |
| 1998 | Jeff Kent | 24.2 |
| 1998 | Derek Bell | 23.2 |
| 1998 | Shawn Green | 21.2 |
| 1998 | Tony Fernandez | 18.2 |
| 1998 | David Wells | 17.9 |
| 1998 | Shannon Stewart | 17.6 |
| 1998 | Todd Stottlemyre | 13.5 |
| 1998 | Glenallen Hill | 13.0 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg and Rod Humphrey
