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Hardball Retrospective Rosters – 2005 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 2005 Brewers 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.
| 2005 | Gary Sheffield | 25.1 |
| 2005 | Geoff Jenkins | 22.0 |
| 2005 | Bill Hall | 18.2 |
| 2005 | Ron Belliard | 17.0 |
| 2005 | Mike Matheny | 16.2 |
| 2005 | Mark Loretta | 13.1 |
| 2005 | Ben Sheets | 11.2 |
| 2005 | J.J. Hardy | 9.6 |
| 2005 | Rickie Weeks | 7.5 |
| 2005 | Jeff Cirillo | 5.9 |
Correct responses by Matthew Bloss, Mike Clifford, Brian Bohem, Doug Snyder Sr., Michael McConchie, Michael Danes, Erin Underwood, Dave Shaw and Rod Humphrey
