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										Career Total				Total With Team
Rnd	Pick		Player	Tm	Pos	Age	Draft	Phase	Notes	WAR	WS	WSAB		WAR	WS	WSAB
1	1		Harold Baines	CHA	DH	18.2	Jun	Reg		38.6	312.7	142.7		24.5	197.5	87.6
1	2		Bill Gullickson	MON	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg		23.6	128.2	49.9		12.8	65.0	28.1
1	3		Paul Molitor	ML4	DH	20.8	Jun	Reg		75.5	408.9	204.6		59.7	316.2	163.8
1	4		Tim Cole	ATL	LHP			Reg
1	5		Kevin Richards	DET	RHP			Reg
1	6		Terry Kennedy	SLN	C	21.0	Jun	Reg		21.6	151.8	25.8		-0.3	8.4	-1.0
1	7		Richard Dotson	CAL	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg		16.3	92.9	35.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	8		Brian Greer	SDN	CF	18.1	Jun	Reg		-0.2	0.0	-0.1		-0.2	0.0	-0.1
1	9		David Hibner	TEX	SS			Reg
1	10		Craig Landis	SFN	SS			Reg
1	11		Bruce Compton	CLE	OF			Reg
1	12		Randy Martz	CHN	SP	21.0	Jun	Reg		3.8	15.5	5.9		3.7	15.2	5.8
1	13		Andrew Madden	BOS	RHP			Reg
1	14		Ricky Adams	HOU	SS	18.4	Jun	Reg		0.8	3.8	-2.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	15		Paul Croft	MIN	OF			Reg
1	16		Wally Backman	NYN	2B	17.7	Jun	Reg		13.1	104.2	25.8		11.6	82.8	24.5
1	17		Craig Harris	OAK	RHP			Reg
1	18		Anthony Nicely	PIT	OF			Reg
1	19		Drungo Hazewood	BAL	RF	17.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1
1	20		Bob Welch	LAN	SP	20.6	Jun	Reg		44.2	189.5	94.6		33.3	124.7	68.1
1	21		Mike Jones	KCA	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg		0.0	9.2	0.2		0.0	9.2	0.2
1	22		Scott Munninghoff	PHI	RP	18.5	Jun	Reg		0.2	0.6	0.3		0.2	0.6	0.3
1	23		Steve Taylor	NYA	RHP			Reg
1	24		Tad Venger	CIN	3B			Reg
1	25		Tom Goffena	TOR	SS			Reg
1	26		Dave Henderson	SEA	CF	18.9	Jun	Reg		27.5	168.8	60.2		7.8	58.6	13.2
2			Terry Francona	CHN	1B	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-2.8	28.3	-3.3		-0.7	0.8	-1.5
2			Mookie Wilson	NYN	CF	21.3	Jun	Reg		22.2	151.4	43.7		20.7	130.9	44.1
2			Rich Barnes	CHA	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.0	-1.1		-0.3	0.0	-0.7
2			Bobby Sprowl	BOS	RP	21.1	Jun	Reg		-1.0	0.9	-1.1		-0.3	0.0	-0.4
2			Tony Brizzolara	ATL	SP	20.4	Jun	Reg		-0.3	4.1	-1.6		-0.3	4.1	-1.6
2			Ricky Wright	SLN	RP	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.7	4.6	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
2			Joe Beckwith	LAN	RP	22.4	Jun	Reg		3.0	26.4	3.3		0.9	12.7	0.6
2			Barry Evans	SDN	3B	20.5	Jun	Reg		0.0	9.4	-2.3		-0.2	8.0	-2.9
2			Kevin Bass	ML4	RF	18.1	Jun	Reg		14.8	144.5	45.9		-0.4	0.0	-0.2
2			Keith Creel	OAK	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.9	2.6	-4.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
2			Phil Huffman	SFN	SP	19.0	Jun	Reg		-2.1	1.6	-4.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Scott Sanderson	MON	SP	20.9	Jun	Reg		28.1	140.4	60.8		10.6	52.1	24.3
3			Bob Porter	ATL	LF	17.9	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.5	-0.3		-0.5	0.5	-0.3
3			Joe DeSa	SLN	1B	17.9	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.4	-0.5		-0.1	0.0	-0.2
3			Bud Anderson	SEA	RP	21.0	Jun	Reg		2.1	10.4	3.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Joe Lefebvre	NYA	RF	21.3	Jun	Reg		3.9	34.7	11.4		-0.1	4.3	1.2
3			Mike Davis	OAK	RF	18.0	Jun	Reg		14.5	84.9	26.1		14.4	79.0	29.6
3			Darrell Brown	DET	CF	21.6	Jun	Reg		-0.0	9.2	-2.5		-0.1	0.1	0.0
3			Roger Erickson	MIN	SP	20.8	Jun	Reg		8.1	36.7	10.7		7.1	33.2	10.4
4			Joe Price	CIN	SW	20.5	Jun	Reg		8.3	53.5	16.2		7.8	42.5	17.7
4			Brian Harper	CAL	C	17.6	Jun	Reg		12.3	83.9	12.8		-0.2	0.1	-0.1
4			Roger Holt	NYA	2B	21.2	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.1	-0.1		0.1	0.1	-0.1
4			Jim Gott	SLN	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg		10.8	76.6	29.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Stew Cliburn	PIT	RP	20.5	Jun	Reg		3.1	16.9	6.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			George Vukovich	PHI	RF	21.0	Jun	Reg		2.2	35.4	4.3		0.3	11.1	2.7
4			Dan Rohn	CHN	2B	21.4	Jun	Reg		-0.0	2.2	0.7		0.0	2.1	0.8
4			Ozzie Smith	SDN	SS	22.4	Jun	Reg		76.5	325.4	81.6		10.9	49.8	-7.4
4			George Wright	TEX	CF	18.5	Jun	Reg		-1.9	40.5	-4.2		-1.0	39.8	-2.4
5			Tim Lollar	CLE	SP	21.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	6.0	38.8	9.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Alfredo Martinez	NYN	SP	20.2	Jun	Reg		1.4	6.1	0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Ron Musselman	SEA	RP	22.6	Jun	Reg		0.8	5.8	1.3		0.2	1.2	0.3
5			Rich Bordi	MIN	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.3	20.2	2.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Tim Raines	MON	LF	17.7	Jun	Reg		69.1	382.1	196.9		48.8	260.2	142.8
5			Mickey Hatcher	LAN	LF	22.2	Jun	Reg		2.9	66.2	3.1		-0.7	20.6	0.3
5			Andy Rincon	SLN	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg		2.0	7.2	3.7		2.0	7.2	3.7
5			Steve Macko	CHN	2B	22.8	Jun	Reg		0.1	1.4	-0.0		0.1	1.4	-0.0
5			Rick Steirer	CAL	SW	20.8	Jun	Reg		-0.6	3.2	-0.7		-0.6	3.2	-0.7
5			Scott Loucks	HOU	CF	20.6	Jun	Reg		0.6	2.7	0.8		0.6	2.3	0.6
6			Rod Allen	CHA	DH	17.7	Jun	Reg		-0.4	0.9	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
6			Jeff Doyle	SLN	2B	20.7	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.9	-0.0		-0.3	0.9	-0.0
6			Albert Hall	ATL	CF	19.3	Jun	Reg		-0.6	16.0	-1.5		-0.5	15.6	-1.3
6			Eric Wilkins	CLE	SP	20.5	Jun	Reg		0.5	3.0	0.7		0.5	3.0	0.7
6			Brent Gaff	NYN	RP	18.7	Jun	Reg		-0.2	4.2	-2.1		-0.2	4.2	-2.1
6			Dave Beard	OAK	RP	17.7	Jun	Reg		-2.3	15.1	0.0		-0.3	14.1	4.3
7			Rick Peters	DET	CF	21.5	Jun	Reg		3.2	23.3	4.0		3.1	19.3	4.5
7			Odie Davis	TEX	SS	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.1	-0.1		-0.1	0.1	-0.1
7			Tom Foley	CIN	SS	17.7	Jun	Reg		5.7	67.2	0.6		0.8	10.6	-1.4
7			Bobby Mitchell	LAN	CF	22.2	Jun	Reg		1.3	12.3	-1.4		0.1	0.3	0.1
7			Kelly Heath	KCA	2B	19.8	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.0	0.0		-0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Roger LaFrancois	BOS	C	20.8	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.6	0.3		0.1	0.6	0.3
8			Brad Havens	CAL	SW	17.6	Jun	Reg		1.2	24.2	0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Bobby Bonner	KCA	SS	20.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	2.2	-0.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Jesse Barfield	TOR	RF	17.6	Jun	Reg		39.4	165.3	69.4		29.5	122.2	53.5
9			Darrell Jackson	MIN	SP	21.2	Jun	Reg		3.1	19.8	5.6		3.1	19.8	5.6
9			Bob Johnson	TEX	C	17.9	Jun	Reg		0.3	6.4	0.2		0.3	6.4	0.2
9			Mark Smith	BAL	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.0	-0.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Ron Tingley	SDN	C	18.0	Jun	Reg		0.2	12.5	-3.3		-0.5	0.1	-0.5
10			Dave LaPoint	ML4	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg		7.2	67.2	19.4		-0.6	0.0	-0.5
10			Chuck Hensley	NYA	RP	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.3	0.8	0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Steve Shields	BOS	RP	18.5	Jun	Reg		-2.1	5.1	-6.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Rusty Kuntz	CHA	CF	22.3	Jun	Reg		-0.8	10.8	1.0		0.1	4.1	-0.3
11			Bill Latham	SEA	SP	16.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.0	0.9	-0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Bill Earley	KCA	RP	21.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.2	0.4	0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Chili Davis	SFN	CF	17.4	Jun	Reg		38.2	276.5	111.2		16.9	104.4	34.0
11			Rick Lancellotti	PIT	1B	20.9	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.7	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Karl Best	SEA	RP	18.3	Jun	Reg		1.1	8.0	2.9		1.2	8.0	3.6
12			Bob Tufts	SFN	RP	21.6	Jun	Reg		-0.4	1.7	-0.6		-0.1	0.3	-0.5
12			Wayne Tolleson	PIT	SS	21.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.5	44.4	-12.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Don Kainer	TEX	SP	21.8	Jun	Reg		0.5	1.6	0.9		0.5	1.6	0.9
13			Jeff Jones	OAK	RP	20.9	Jun	Reg		-1.7	9.7	-1.2		-1.7	9.7	-1.2
14			Kevin Rhomberg	CLE	LF	21.5	Jun	Reg		0.2	2.0	1.1		0.2	2.0	1.1
14			Bruce Robbins	DET	SP	17.7	Jun	Reg		0.1	3.0	-0.4		0.1	3.0	-0.4
14			Billy Smith	HOU	RP	22.7	Jun	Reg		0.4	1.3	0.4		0.4	1.3	0.4
14			Bob Kearney	SFN	C	20.7	Jun	Reg		3.9	30.0	-5.0		0.0	0.1	0.1
14			Brian Denman	CAL	SP	21.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	1.7	0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Jim Farr	SFN	RP	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.2	1.4	0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Danny Ainge	TOR	3B	18.2	Jun	Reg		-2.0	6.4	-8.7		-2.0	6.4	-8.7
15			Jerry Dybzinski	CLE	SS	21.9	Jun	Reg		2.1	18.9	-5.7		1.6	10.3	-3.4
15			Mike Martin	BAL	C	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	0.1	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
16			Tony Phillips	SEA	2B	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	50.8	265.7	93.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
17			Larry Owen	ATL	C	22.0	Jun	Reg		-0.5	7.9	-2.0		-0.9	2.3	-0.6
17			Terry Bogener	CHA	CF	21.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	0.5	-0.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
17			Gary Redus	BOS	LF	20.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	16.2	124.6	51.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Dennis Rasmussen	PIT	SP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	11.4	68.4	23.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Dave Hudgens	ML4	1B	20.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.0	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Willie Lozado	DET	3B	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.4	3.5	0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Scott Ullger	MIN	1B	22.0	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.4	-1.1		-0.5	0.4	-1.1
19			Craig Chamberlain	NYN	SP	20.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.9	4.7	1.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
19			Renie Martin	KCA	SW	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.8	19.6	-1.1		-0.4	12.3	2.4
19			Dewey Robinson	CHA	RP	22.1	Jun	Reg		0.4	3.2	0.3		0.4	3.2	0.3
20			Greg Walker	PHI	1B	17.7	Jun	Reg		5.7	79.7	27.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
20			Ross Baumgarten	CHA	SP	22.0	Jun	Reg		5.3	24.0	8.3		6.1	24.0	9.7
20			Mike Brown	ATL	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.7	7.3	-1.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
20			Ricky Horton	SFN	SW	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.0	38.8	9.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
21			Chris Welsh	NYA	SP	22.1	Jun	Reg		-0.3	14.7	-3.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
22			Gerry Davis	BOS	RF	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.3	2.4	0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
22			Ed Lynch	TEX	SP	21.3	Jun	Reg		6.4	41.2	7.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
22			Jerry Reed	PHI	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		4.9	32.8	7.4		-0.3	0.2	-0.5
22			Chris Bando	ML4	C	21.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.7	26.4	-7.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Chris Jones	BAL	CF	19.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.0	0.3	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Gary Weiss	SDN	SS	21.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	0.2	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Floyd Chiffer	SLN	RP	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.1	6.0	-1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Mitch Webster	LAN	CF	18.1	Jun	Reg		14.3	105.6	32.1		0.3	15.7	2.5
24			Juan Bonilla	NYA	2B	22.3	Jun	Reg	Pick Voided	2.3	29.5	-5.7		-0.1	1.5	-0.3
25			Shooty Babitt	OAK	2B	18.2	Jun	Reg		0.3	2.6	-1.1		0.3	2.6	-1.1
25			Pete Ladd	BOS	RP	20.9	Jun	Reg		1.9	22.4	6.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
26			Tony Johnson	MON	LF	21.0	Jun	Reg		-1.1	0.8	-1.1		-0.0	0.0	-0.0
26			Lee Graham	BOS	CF	17.7	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.1	0.0		0.0	0.1	0.0
28			Jim Adduci	PHI	LF	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.5	2.2	-0.3		0.1	0.7	0.4
29			Gene Krug	CHN	DH	22.3	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.3	0.2		0.1	0.3	0.2
30			Mike Jeffcoat	SLN	SW	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.9	25.5	3.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
31			Dave Meier	CAL	LF	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.1	3.8	-1.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
32			La Schelle Tarver	CAL	CF	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.5	0.2	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
32			Neil Fiala	SLN	DH	20.8	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.1	0.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.0
36			Tom Niedenfuer	LAN	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	10.6	67.1	31.2		10.0	51.3	27.1

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James