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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 White Sox 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 | Mike Cameron | 26.6 |
| 2001 | Magglio Ordonez | 25.2 |
| 2001 | Ray Durham | 21.9 |
| 2001 | Mark Buehrle | 18.0 |
| 2001 | Frank Menechino | 17.6 |
| 2001 | Robin Ventura | 16.5 |
| 2001 | Carlos Lee | 13.7 |
| 2001 | Bob Wickman | 13.6 |
| 2001 | Alan Levine | 9.4 |
| 2001 | Jason Bere | 9.2 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Lanny Little, Matthew Bloss, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Erin Underwood and Rod Humphrey