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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 Pirates 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 | Barry Bonds | 34.1 |
| 2000 | Jason Kendall | 23.6 |
| 2000 | Moises Alou | 17.6 |
| 2000 | Kris Benson | 14.3 |
| 2000 | Tony Womack | 14.2 |
| 2000 | Jay Buhner | 13.4 |
| 2000 | Esteban Loaiza | 12.5 |
| 2000 | Rick Reed | 11.4 |
| 2000 | Elmer Dessens | 9.9 |
| 2000 | Adrian Brown | 9.2 |
correctly answered by Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Rod Humphrey and Michael J. Keenan
