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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2000 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 2000 Angels 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.
| 2000 | Jim Edmonds | 29.8 |
| 2000 | Darin Erstad | 29.5 |
| 2000 | Troy Glaus | 26.9 |
| 2000 | Tim Salmon | 22.8 |
| 2000 | Chuck Finley | 15.6 |
| 2000 | Garret Anderson | 15.4 |
| 2000 | Brian J. Anderson | 15.3 |
| 2000 | Damion Easley | 14.7 |
| 2000 | Dante Bichette | 14.3 |
| 2000 | Bengie Molina | 13.2 |
Correctly answered by Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan