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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 1999 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 1999 Red Sox 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.
| 1999 | Jeff Bagwell | 33.3 |
| 1999 | Nomar Garciaparra | 31.4 |
| 1999 | Brady Anderson | 23.1 |
| 1999 | Ellis Burks | 19.2 |
| 1999 | Mo Vaughn | 15.6 |
| 1999 | Curt Schilling | 14.8 |
| 1999 | Aaron Sele | 13.4 |
| 1999 | Trot Nixon | 12.7 |
| 1999 | John Flaherty | 12.0 |
| 1999 | Jeff Suppan | 11.8 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey and Josh Cohen
