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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2002 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 2002 Dodgers 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.
| 2002 | Pedro J. Martinez | 21.3 |
| 2002 | Paul Lo Duca | 20.7 |
| 2002 | Eric Gagne | 18.7 |
| 2002 | Mike Piazza | 18.4 |
| 2002 | Paul Konerko | 18.2 |
| 2002 | Eric Karros | 15.8 |
| 2002 | Adrian Beltre | 14.6 |
| 2002 | Hideo Nomo | 14.3 |
| 2002 | Raul Mondesi | 12.8 |
| 2002 | Alex Cora | 12.0 |
Correct responses by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey