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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 Athletics 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 | Jason Giambi | 36.6 |
| 2000 | Miguel Tejada | 22.9 |
| 2000 | Mark McGwire | 19.2 |
| 2000 | Tony Batista | 18.0 |
| 2000 | Eric Chavez | 17.8 |
| 2000 | Mike Bordick | 16.8 |
| 2000 | Ben Grieve | 16.1 |
| 2000 | Tim Hudson | 15.0 |
| 2000 | Dave Veres | 12.8 |
| 2000 | Barry Zito | 9.2 |
Correctly answered by Andrew Reynolds, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Neil Bush, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan
