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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 Indians 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 | Manny Ramirez | 33.1 |
| 1999 | Brian S. Giles | 26.6 |
| 1999 | Jim Thome | 24.8 |
| 1999 | Albert Belle | 24.2 |
| 1999 | Sean Casey | 22.7 |
| 1999 | David Bell | 16.6 |
| 1999 | Danny Graves | 16.1 |
| 1999 | Bartolo Colon | 15.8 |
| 1999 | Dave Mlicki | 12.6 |
| 1999 | Bruce Aven | 11.6 |
Correctly answered by Andrew Reynolds, Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
