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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 Brewers 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 | Gary Sheffield | 24.4 |
| 1999 | Jeff Cirillo | 24.2 |
| 1999 | John Jaha | 21.3 |
| 1999 | Greg Vaughn | 20.6 |
| 1999 | B.J. Surhoff | 19.2 |
| 1999 | Troy O’Leary | 18.2 |
| 1999 | Geoff Jenkins | 17.6 |
| 1999 | Dave Nilsson | 15.3 |
| 1999 | Darryl Hamilton | 14.6 |
| 1999 | Ron Belliard | 13.9 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey, David Stimpert and Michael J. Keenan
