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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 Astros 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 | Luis E. Gonzalez | 25.2 |
| 2000 | Bobby Abreu | 24.8 |
| 2000 | Richard Hidalgo | 24.3 |
| 2000 | Phil Nevin | 23.3 |
| 2000 | Darryl Kile | 16.8 |
| 2000 | Kenny Lofton | 16.1 |
| 2000 | Lance Berkman | 12.5 |
| 2000 | Melvin Mora | 11.1 |
| 2000 | Craig Biggio | 10.9 |
| 2000 | Scott Elarton | 10.6 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Dave Driscoll, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler and Rod Humphrey