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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 Rangers 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 | Sammy Sosa | 29.1 |
| 2000 | Kevin J. Brown | 20.2 |
| 2000 | Ivan Rodriguez | 19.6 |
| 2000 | Rich Aurilia | 18.5 |
| 2000 | Ryan Dempster | 18.0 |
| 2000 | Kenny Rogers | 15.3 |
| 2000 | Rick Helling | 15.1 |
| 2000 | Robb Nen | 14.9 |
| 2000 | Dean Palmer | 13.6 |
| 2000 | Brian Bohanon | 12.3 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Erin Underwood, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
