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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 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.
| 2001 | Sammy Sosa | 43.8 |
| 2001 | Rich Aurilia | 32.3 |
| 2001 | Juan Gonzalez | 23.6 |
| 2001 | Ivan Rodriguez | 19.6 |
| 2001 | Robb Nen | 14.0 |
| 2001 | Jeff Zimmerman | 13.5 |
| 2001 | Rey Sanchez | 13.5 |
| 2001 | Jose Hernandez | 12.6 |
| 2001 | Kevin J. Brown | 10.7 |
| 2001 | Doug Davis | 9.7 |
Correct responses by Andrew Reynolds, Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Neil Bush, Tom Siegler, Dave Shaw, Paul Greenberg and Rod Humphrey
