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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 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.
| 2000 | Nomar Garciaparra | 29.4 |
| 2000 | Jeff Bagwell | 25.1 |
| 2000 | Ellis Burks | 22.2 |
| 2000 | Curt Schilling | 16.1 |
| 2000 | Mo Vaughn | 15.8 |
| 2000 | Brady Anderson | 15.7 |
| 2000 | Roger Clemens | 15.4 |
| 2000 | Trot Nixon | 13.7 |
| 2000 | Jeff Suppan | 12.8 |
| 2000 | Aaron Sele | 12.2 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey