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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 Cardinals 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 | Brian Jordan | 19.4 |
| 1999 | Todd Zeile | 18.3 |
| 1999 | Ray Lankford | 14.2 |
| 1999 | Joe McEwing | 12.1 |
| 1999 | Dmitri Young | 12.0 |
| 1999 | J.D. Drew | 9.7 |
| 1999 | Stan Javier | 8.7 |
| 1999 | Sean Lowe | 8.0 |
| 1999 | Mike Difelice | 7.3 |
| 1999 | Allen Watson | 7.1 |
Correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Tom Siegler and Dave Shaw
