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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2001 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 2001 Diamondbacks 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.
| 2001 | Byung-Hyun Kim | 15.1 |
| 2001 | Brad Penny | 12.5 |
| 2001 | Vladimir Nunez | 7.7 |
| 2001 | Bret Prinz | 6.8 |
| 2001 | Erubiel Durazo | 6.5 |
| 2001 | Junior Spivey | 5.6 |
| 2001 | Nick Bierbrodt | 3.3 |
| 2001 | Erik Sabel | 2.9 |
| 2001 | Vicente Padilla | 2.3 |
| 2001 | Rod Barajas | 1.1 |
Correctly answered by Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
