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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 Mets 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 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 32.1 |
| 2000 | Preston Wilson | 19.2 |
| 2000 | Fernando Vina | 17.5 |
| 2000 | Jeromy Burnitz | 17.3 |
| 2000 | Terrence Long | 14.8 |
| 2000 | Todd Hundley | 14.8 |
| 2000 | Jay Payton | 14.3 |
| 2000 | Benny Agbayani | 14.0 |
| 2000 | Brook Fordyce | 12.6 |
| 2000 | Quilvio Veras | 12.5 |
Correctly answered by Andrew Reynolds, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Brent Carroll, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Jon Winkler and Rod Humphrey