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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 Royals 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 | Carlos Beltran | 24.7 |
| 2001 | Jeff Conine | 20.0 |
| 2001 | Mike Sweeney | 17.9 |
| 2001 | Jon Lieber | 16.6 |
| 2001 | Johnny Damon | 15.7 |
| 2001 | Kevin Appier | 15.5 |
| 2001 | Shane Halter | 15.3 |
| 2001 | Jeremy Giambi | 12.3 |
| 2001 | Michael Tucker | 9.7 |
| 2001 | Joe Randa | 9.1 |
Correctly answered by Rich Gordon, Andrew Reynolds, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Rod Humphrey, Marcelo Cj and Michael J. Keenan
