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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		Bob Horner	ATL	3B	20.8	Jun	Reg		21.7	141.1	59.7		21.5	136.3	59.2
1	2		Lloyd Moseby	TOR	CF	18.6	Jun	Reg		27.6	179.5	52.9		26.1	159.7	47.4
1	3		Hubie Brooks	NYN	RF	21.7	Jun	Reg		12.7	150.8	22.0		4.8	61.2	8.0
1	4		Mike Morgan	OAK	SP	18.7	Jun	Reg		26.6	139.4	49.8		-0.4	0.0	-2.9
1	5		Andy Hawkins	SDN	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg		1.5	57.7	9.6		3.8	47.1	12.3
1	12		Kirk Gibson	DET	LF	21.0	Jun	Reg		38.2	223.6	108.6		27.5	157.9	77.2
1	13		Bill Hayes	CHN	C	20.6	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.1	-0.1		0.0	0.1	-0.1
1	14		Tom Brunansky	CAL	RF	17.8	Jun	Reg		21.7	175.3	48.0		0.5	1.2	0.5
1	16		Lenny Faedo	MIN	SS	18.1	Jun	Reg		-0.2	7.4	-6.0		-0.2	7.4	-6.0
1	17		Nick Esasky	CIN	1B	18.3	Jun	Reg		8.2	84.4	28.0		5.0	63.1	18.0
1	18		Rex Hudler	NYA	2B	17.8	Jun	Reg		6.5	43.0	5.5		-0.3	1.3	-0.2
1	20		Tim Conroy	OAK	SP	18.2	Jun	Reg		-2.5	9.7	-6.7		-0.7	8.5	-3.0
1	24		Matt Winters	NYA	RF	18.2	Jun	Reg		-0.7	2.1	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	25		Buddy Biancalana	KCA	SS	18.3	Jun	Reg		-1.6	9.7	-5.1		-1.0	9.5	-4.7
2			Keith Atherton	OAK	RP	19.3	Jun	Reg		4.6	35.5	3.8		1.9	14.5	-2.0
2			Steve Balboni	NYA	1B	21.4	Jun	Reg		0.8	67.0	11.8		-1.2	14.5	1.5
2			Chris Bando	CLE	C	22.3	Jun	Reg		1.7	26.4	-7.4		1.7	26.2	-7.5
2			Doug Gwosdz	SDN	C	18.0	Jun	Reg		-0.7	1.7	-1.3		-0.7	1.7	-1.3
2			Mel Hall	CHN	LF	17.7	Jun	Reg		8.7	115.1	34.7		3.1	21.7	7.2
2			Danny Heep	HOU	RF	20.9	Jun	Reg		0.5	48.0	8.4		0.5	8.8	1.1
2			Darryl Motley	KCA	LF	18.4	Jun	Reg		0.4	20.9	-4.1		0.8	20.8	-3.9
2			Cal Ripken	BAL	SS	17.8	Jun	Reg		95.6	423.0	153.8		95.6	423.0	153.8
2			Larry Sheets	BAL	LF	18.5	Jun	Reg		2.0	52.2	12.5		3.2	45.3	12.3
2			Matt Sinatro	ATL	C	18.2	Jun	Reg		-0.4	6.2	-0.8		-0.0	3.4	-0.2
2			Dave Valle	SEA	C	17.6	Jun	Reg		10.1	73.9	2.1		9.5	65.3	0.5
2			Dave Van Gorder	CIN	C	21.2	Jun	Reg		-1.7	6.1	-5.6		-1.7	5.7	-5.4
3			Steve Bedrosian	ATL	RP	20.5	Jun	Reg		14.9	115.6	56.3		10.4	59.6	27.2
3			Bobby Bonner	BAL	SS	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.3	2.2	-0.6		-0.3	2.2	-0.6
3			Britt Burns	CHA	SP	19.0	Jun	Reg		18.1	71.3	36.9		18.1	71.3	36.9
3			Dave Engle	CAL	C	21.5	Jun	Reg		3.9	32.8	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Brian Giles	NYN	2B	18.1	Jun	Reg		1.3	17.6	-0.8		0.5	12.6	-1.4
3			Rickey Keeton	ML4	SP	21.2	Jun	Reg		-0.2	1.3	-1.5		-0.2	1.3	-1.5
3			Dave Leeper	MIN	LF	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.2	0.2	-0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Mike Moore	SLN	SP	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	28.5	132.1	46.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Fran Mullins	DET	SS	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.4	3.0	-2.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Mark Ryal	KCA	RF	18.1	Jun	Reg		-1.3	2.6	-1.3		-0.3	0.0	-0.2
3			George Stablein	SDN	SP	20.6	Jun	Reg		0.2	0.6	0.2		0.2	0.6	0.2
4			Rick Behenna	ATL	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg		-0.1	3.0	-0.0		0.4	1.9	0.5
4			George Bjorkman	SLN	C	21.8	Jun	Reg		0.3	2.3	-0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Rob Deer	SFN	RF	17.7	Jun	Reg		13.8	122.2	42.8		0.2	4.6	0.6
4			Ed Hearn	PHI	C	17.8	Jun	Reg		0.1	4.8	0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Dave Hostetler	MON	1B	22.2	Jun	Reg		-0.3	15.4	1.0		0.2	0.7	0.6
4			Tim Lollar	NYA	SP	22.2	Jun	Reg		6.0	38.8	9.0		0.4	2.2	0.6
4			Ron Meridith	HOU	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg		-0.2	3.1	-0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Jerry Ujdur	DET	SP	21.3	Jun	Reg		-0.5	11.1	2.8		0.1	11.1	3.3
4			Mike Witt	CAL	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg		22.0	116.1	50.5		22.2	111.0	49.6
4			Mike Woodard	OAK	2B	18.3	Jun	Reg		-0.3	4.7	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Marty Castillo	DET	C	21.4	Jun	Reg		-0.8	6.5	-2.2		-0.8	6.5	-2.2
5			Floyd Chiffer	SDN	RP	22.1	Jun	Reg		-1.1	6.0	-1.2		-1.1	6.0	-1.2
5			Jeff Lahti	CIN	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		2.9	24.1	8.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Scott Meyer	OAK	C	20.8	Jun	Reg		-0.2	0.1	-0.1		-0.2	0.1	-0.1
5			Jon Perlman	CHN	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.5	0.4	-1.7		-0.4	0.0	-0.5
5			Jeff Ransom	SFN	C	17.6	Jun	Reg		-0.9	1.5	-0.7		-0.9	1.5	-0.7
5			Dave Stieb	TOR	SP	20.9	Jun	Reg		57.2	211.3	122.4		57.5	211.3	123.1
6			Mike Boddicker	BAL	SP	20.8	Jun	Reg		31.8	132.9	67.1		17.6	81.1	41.2
6			Terry Bogener	TEX	CF	22.7	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.5	-0.6		-0.3	0.5	-0.6
6			Mike Fitzgerald	NYN	C	17.9	Jun	Reg		2.1	54.3	-8.9		-0.0	7.9	-2.3
6			Tim Flannery	SDN	2B	20.7	Jun	Reg		9.2	66.1	5.4		9.2	66.1	5.4
6			Mike Marshall	LAN	RF	18.4	Jun	Reg		10.0	113.0	41.6		10.0	106.0	40.5
6			Andy McGaffigan	NYA	RP	21.6	Jun	Reg		10.5	57.1	20.8		0.0	0.4	-0.0
6			Bill Mooneyham	MON	SW	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	3.6	-0.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
6			Kelvin Moore	OAK	1B	20.7	Jun	Reg		-0.5	2.9	-1.5		-0.5	2.9	-1.5
7			Bruce Fields	DET	LF	17.7	Jun	Reg		-0.2	1.7	-0.5		-0.1	0.6	-0.2
7			Steve Fireovid	SDN	SW	21.0	Jun	Reg		0.9	4.3	1.0		0.6	1.8	0.6
7			John Hobbs	SEA	RP	21.6	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.4	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
7			Brian Milner	TOR	C	18.6	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.6	0.5		0.0	0.6	0.5
7			Don Welchel	BAL	RP	21.3	Jun	Reg		-0.6	0.0	-1.7		-0.6	0.0	-1.7
7			Mike Young	CLE	LF	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	6.4	50.9	15.7		-0.5	0.0	-0.9
8			Jose Alvarez	ATL	RP	22.2	Jun	Reg		3.4	13.3	4.4		3.4	13.3	4.4
8			Jeff Cornell	KCA	RP	21.3	Jun	Reg		-1.0	0.0	-2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Alvin Davis	SFN	1B	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	19.9	150.6	70.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Wayne Tolleson	TEX	SS	22.5	Jun	Reg		2.5	44.4	-12.5		0.2	21.2	-8.5
8			Tim Wallach	CAL	3B	20.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	38.3	245.7	65.6		0.1	3.5	-0.3
9			Tony Fossas	MIN	RP	20.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.9	30.6	7.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Charlie Lea	MON	SP	21.4	Jun	Reg		7.6	51.6	23.1		7.8	47.8	23.4
9			Charlie Leibrandt	CIN	SP	21.7	Jun	Reg		33.8	141.4	69.2		0.3	10.5	-0.7
9			Steve Sax	LAN	2B	18.4	Jun	Reg		25.3	198.2	36.6		15.7	130.6	27.8
10			Allan Ramirez	TEX	SP	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.2	4.1	2.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Bob Stoddard	SEA	SP	21.2	Jun	Reg		5.2	23.0	6.8		5.1	19.3	6.9
10			Tom Wieghaus	MON	C	21.3	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.0	-0.3		-0.1	0.0	-0.0
11			Dave Baker	TOR	3B	20.5	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.6	0.1		-0.1	0.6	0.1
11			Randy Johnson	NYN	3B	22.0	Jun	Reg		2.7	12.2	1.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Jack Lazorko	HOU	SW	22.2	Jun	Reg		1.3	9.8	0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Vance McHenry	SEA	SS	21.9	Jun	Reg		-0.4	0.2	-0.4		-0.4	0.2	-0.4
11			Gerald Perry	ATL	1B	17.6	Jun	Reg		-0.0	64.8	4.4		-1.3	41.9	1.3
11			John Rabb	SFN	C	18.0	Jun	Reg		-0.0	4.1	-0.6		-0.1	3.5	-0.9
11			Chris Smith	TEX	1B	20.9	Jun	Reg		0.1	3.8	2.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Dwight Taylor	PHI	DH	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.0	-0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Scott Bradley	MIN	C	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.4	31.4	-7.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Jeff Schattinger	CAL	RP	22.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.1	0.4	0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Tim Tolman	HOU	LF	22.1	Jun	Reg		-0.8	1.9	-2.0		-0.5	1.5	-1.3
13			Jim Deshaies	MON	SP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	12.1	71.6	25.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			John Lickert	BOS	C	18.2	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.0	-0.0		0.0	0.0	-0.0
14			Andy Beene	NYA	SP	21.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.0	0.0	-0.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Mark Gilbert	CHN	CF	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.6	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Mike Mason	DET	SP	19.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.2	26.7	6.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Bob Meacham	CHA	SS	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	3.9	33.7	-2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Charlie O'Brien	TEX	C	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	9.8	60.6	0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Dan Whitmer	CAL	C	22.5	Jun	Reg		-0.2	1.1	-1.8		-0.1	0.8	-1.9
15			Don Heinkel	KCA	RP	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.6	1.9	-1.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Mark Langston	CHN	SP	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	50.7	183.6	94.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Gary Redus	CIN	LF	21.6	Jun	Reg		16.2	124.6	51.1		5.1	43.6	17.9
15			Jim Scranton	OAK	SS	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.0	0.1	-0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
16			Skeeter Barnes	CIN	3B	21.3	Jun	Reg		1.0	14.3	2.0		-0.4	1.2	-0.5
16			John Christensen	CAL	RF	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.9	4.2	-1.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
16			Brian Dayett	NYA	LF	21.4	Jun	Reg		0.6	9.4	0.8		0.2	2.9	-0.2
16			Dave Rucker	DET	RP	20.8	Jun	Reg		0.5	17.1	0.8		-0.4	4.7	1.2
16			Tim Teufel	ML4	2B	19.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	15.3	98.4	23.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
16			Frank Viola	KCA	SP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	47.4	187.8	102.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
17			Don Cooper	NYA	RP	21.4	Jun	Reg		-0.4	1.9	-2.4		-0.1	0.1	-0.5
17			Kent Hrbek	MIN	1B	18.0	Jun	Reg		38.2	231.5	113.8		38.2	231.5	113.8
17			Tom Lawless	CIN	2B	21.5	Jun	Reg		-2.0	8.2	-4.1		-0.5	3.4	-2.4
18			Eric Bullock	LAN	LF	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	2.1	-0.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Razor Shines	MON	1B	21.9	Jun	Reg		-0.7	0.7	-0.8		-0.7	0.7	-0.8
18			Eric Show	SDN	SP	22.0	Jun	Reg		15.9	86.5	32.8		16.7	86.5	35.0
18			Bob Skube	SLN	CF	20.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.0	0.6	-0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			John Stuper	PIT	SP	21.1	Jun	Reg		1.5	22.2	6.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
19			Kevin McReynolds	ML4	LF	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	30.0	196.2	80.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
19			Gary Weiss	LAN	SS	22.4	Jun	Reg		-0.7	0.2	-0.3		-0.7	0.2	-0.3
20			Pat Rooney	MON	RF	20.5	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1
20			Ryne Sandberg	PHI	2B	18.7	Jun	Reg		67.6	335.9	135.4		-0.1	0.1	-0.1
21			Mark Calvert	SFN	SP	21.7	Jun	Reg		-1.4	0.2	-2.5		-1.4	0.2	-2.5
21			Dave Dravecky	PIT	SP	22.3	Jun	Reg		14.1	68.6	33.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
21			Dave Edler	SEA	3B	21.8	Jun	Reg		-1.9	4.0	-3.4		-1.9	4.0	-3.4
21			Otis Nixon	CIN	CF	19.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	16.6	132.8	21.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
22			Mark Davis	NYN	RP	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	8.2	70.1	19.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Howard Johnson	NYA	3B	17.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	22.1	191.6	75.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Rick Anderson	NYN	SP	21.5	Jun	Reg		0.2	5.5	1.8		0.7	3.8	1.9
24			Ron Johnson	KCA	1B	22.2	Jun	Reg		-0.4	1.2	0.2		-0.3	1.1	0.3
24			Rick Leach	PHI	RF	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	3.2	37.0	5.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Mark Thurmond	SDN	SP	21.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	4.7	45.9	12.8		2.8	25.8	9.6
25			Paul Noce	SDN	2B	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	3.2	-1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
26			Randy Kramer	SDN	SP	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.6	4.7	-1.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
27			Al Lachowicz	NYN	SP	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.2	0.7	0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
27			John Martin	DET	SP	22.2	Jun	Reg		0.8	13.7	2.7		-0.5	0.0	-0.7
27			Jeff Zaske	PIT	RP	17.7	Jun	Reg		0.2	0.7	0.4		0.2	0.7	0.4
29			Jim Farr	TEX	RP	22.1	Jun	Reg		0.2	1.4	0.4		0.2	1.4	0.4
29			Rob Murphy	ML4	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	6.1	47.8	12.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
30			Mike Diaz	CHN	LF	18.1	Jun	Reg		0.5	16.3	2.7		-0.1	0.1	-0.0
30			Gene Nelson	TEX	RP	17.5	Jun	Reg		7.6	63.7	13.4		0.1	0.7	0.3
32			Greg Booker	OAK	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	11.3	-2.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
39			Tim Hulett	TEX	3B	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	6.7	48.0	1.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
39			Vance Law	PIT	3B	21.7	Jun	Reg		10.7	108.4	17.8		-0.6	1.8	-1.6
45			Curt Wardle	SLN	RP	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.2	1.6	-3.4		0.0	0.0	0.0

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