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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		Tim Foli	NYN	SS	17.5	Jun	Reg		5.7	107.5	-41.7		1.1	11.7	-5.9
1	2		Pete Broberg	OAK	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.0	23.7	-9.2		-0.6	4.2	-1.4
1	4		Thurman Munson	NYA	C	21.0	Jun	Reg		45.9	218.1	88.0		45.9	218.1	88.0
1	5		Bobby Valentine	LAN	SS	18.1	Jun	Reg		2.0	38.7	0.4		0.1	14.4	-1.5
1	8		Don Castle	WS2	DH	18.3	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.1	-0.1		-0.1	0.1	-0.1
1	9		Dick Sharon	PIT	RF	18.1	Jun	Reg		0.7	7.3	-2.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	10		Junior Kennedy	BAL	2B	17.8	Jun	Reg		2.9	25.3	-1.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	11		Greg Luzinski	PHI	LF	17.5	Jun	Reg		26.1	243.2	115.7		19.1	181.5	85.0
1	12		Lloyd Allen	CAL	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg		-1.6	16.2	3.3		1.6	16.2	6.5
1	14		Rich McKinney	CHA	2B	21.5	Jun	Reg		-2.5	10.9	-8.2		-0.3	9.0	-2.5
1	17		Gary Matthews	SFN	LF	17.9	Jun	Reg		30.2	255.0	105.8		12.4	83.3	38.0
2			Matt Alexander	CHN	CF	21.4	Jun	Reg		-0.8	3.7	-0.2		-0.2	0.9	-0.7
2			Bill Buckner	LAN	1B	18.5	Jun	Reg		14.7	226.7	53.1		9.2	81.2	25.6
2			Rich Chiles	HOU	LF	18.5	Jun	Reg		0.2	10.2	-1.2		0.4	2.3	-0.2
2			Jim Mason	WS2	SS	17.8	Jun	Reg		-1.5	27.7	-13.6		-1.3	7.1	-7.2
2			Bob Molinaro	DET	LF	18.0	Jun	Reg		0.8	20.4	6.2		-0.2	0.5	-0.0
2			Milt Wilcox	CIN	SP	18.1	Jun	Reg		13.6	98.9	32.7		0.2	4.5	1.9
2			Hugh Yancy	CHA	3B	18.6	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.2	-0.2		-0.3	0.2	-0.2
3			Clint Compton	ATL	RP	17.6	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.0	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Bill Greif	HOU	SP	18.1	Jun	Reg		-1.5	23.8	-2.8		-0.3	0.1	-0.5
3			Lamar Johnson	CHA	1B	17.8	Jun	Reg		5.8	65.2	20.5		6.1	60.6	21.2
3			Bob Kaiser	CLE	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.2	-0.1		0.0	0.2	-0.1
3			Lynn McGlothen	BOS	SP	18.2	Jun	Reg		14.6	75.2	23.2		0.3	6.7	1.0
4			Jesse Jefferson	BAL	SP	19.3	Jun	Reg		0.9	33.7	-3.6		-0.6	5.3	-0.7
4			Mike McQueen	ATL	SW	17.8	Jun	Reg		0.3	7.8	-0.9		0.5	7.6	-0.4
4			Jim Nettles	MIN	CF	21.3	Jun	Reg		1.2	15.3	1.9		1.2	11.2	1.1
4			Mike Pazik	LAN	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.4	1.7	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Buddy Schultz	PHI	RP	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.3	16.4	4.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Ron Dunn	BAL	2B	18.4	Jun	Reg		-0.4	2.8	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Wayne Garland	PIT	SP	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	7.7	56.0	20.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Burt Hooton	NYN	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	35.9	166.6	79.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Tom Paciorek	LAN	LF	21.6	Jun	Reg		7.6	106.9	29.5		-0.0	9.3	-2.2
5			Jeff Terpko	WS2	RP	17.6	Jun	Reg		1.3	5.7	1.5		1.6	5.6	2.6
5			Larry Yount	HOU	SW	18.3	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			George Zeber	NYA	2B	17.8	Jun	Reg		0.3	3.8	2.1		0.3	3.8	2.1
6			Cecil Cooper	BOS	1B	18.5	Jun	Reg		35.8	240.9	113.0		5.2	39.0	16.4
6			Mike Cubbage	WS2	3B	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	6.5	50.5	8.6		-0.3	4.2	-0.2
6			Rich Troedson	OAK	SP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.1	6.3	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
7			Tom Bradley	CAL	SP	21.2	Jun	Reg		10.1	50.3	15.3		-0.7	1.4	-1.0
7			Lance Clemons	KCA	SP	20.9	Jun	Reg		-0.7	1.0	-0.5		-0.1	1.0	0.1
7			Tom Heintzelman	SLN	2B	21.6	Jun	Reg		0.7	4.0	0.9		0.4	3.0	0.5
7			Wayne Nordhagen	NYA	RF	19.9	Jun	Reg		-1.2	31.5	6.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
7			Bill Parsons	SE1	SP	19.8	Jun	Reg		1.3	20.4	2.7		1.1	20.1	2.5
7			Dave Robinson	SDN	LF	22.0	Jun	Reg		0.5	1.8	0.9		0.5	1.8	0.9
7			Charlie Williams	NYN	RP	20.7	Jun	Reg		2.8	27.2	2.2		-0.9	0.8	-2.8
8			Joe Ferguson	LAN	C	21.7	Jun	Reg		20.9	126.1	44.8		14.1	89.9	34.0
8			Ross Grimsley	DET	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.3	96.9	29.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Jim Howarth	SFN	CF	21.3	Jun	Reg		-0.2	3.1	-1.6		-0.2	3.1	-1.6
8			Tom Kelly	SE1	1B	17.8	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.5	-2.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Doyle Alexander	LAN	SP	17.8	Jun	Reg		35.5	192.2	85.7		-0.0	3.8	0.6
9			Larry Johnson	CLE	C	17.8	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.6	-0.0		-0.0	0.2	0.1
9			Monty Montgomery	KCA	SP	21.8	Jun	Reg		1.4	5.6	2.9		1.4	5.6	2.9
9			Jack Pierce	NYN	1B	20.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	4.7	0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Mike Beard	ATL	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.2	7.4	1.8		1.2	7.4	1.8
10			Larry Biittner	WS2	LF	22.9	Jun	Reg		-1.0	59.8	-1.5		-0.8	17.9	-0.4
10			Marvin Lane	DET	LF	18.4	Jun	Reg		-0.1	4.4	0.6		-0.1	4.4	0.6
10			Harvey Shank	CAL	RP	21.9	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.4	0.3		0.1	0.4	0.3
10			Hank Webb	NYN	SP	18.0	Jun	Reg		-0.1	5.7	-0.7		-0.3	5.0	-1.0
11			Al Bumbry	BAL	CF	21.1	Jun	Reg		24.5	169.5	65.2		24.7	169.3	66.8
11			Vince Colbert	CLE	SW	22.5	Jun	Reg		-1.0	7.7	-2.4		-1.0	7.7	-2.4
11			John Fuller	ATL	CF	18.4	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.1	0.0		0.1	0.1	0.0
11			Milt May	PIT	C	17.8	Jun	Reg		16.4	114.9	20.5		2.5	20.8	4.0
11			Ben Oglivie	BOS	LF	19.3	Jun	Reg		26.3	193.4	79.1		-0.5	8.6	0.0
11			Don Rose	NYN	RP	21.2	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.7	-1.1		0.1	0.3	0.2
11			Chris Speier	WS2	SS	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	30.5	205.8	18.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Duane Kuiper	NYA	2B	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	4.2	74.4	-5.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Chuck Machemehl	CLE	SW	22.1	Jun	Reg		-1.1	0.1	-0.8		-1.1	0.1	-0.8
12			Dave Moates	SDN	CF	20.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	7.4	0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Rick Auerbach	CAL	SS	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.1	27.8	-9.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Bill Fahey	BAL	C	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.2	24.6	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Jim Crawford	SDN	RP	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-2.6	14.7	-4.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Bruce Kison	PIT	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg		15.4	99.2	37.5		9.0	68.1	25.5
14			John Milner	NYN	1B	18.4	Jun	Reg		12.5	112.2	41.6		9.9	77.4	28.5
14			Richie Moloney	CHA	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.1	0.1		0.0	0.1	0.1
16			Oscar Gamble	CHN	RF	18.5	Jun	Reg		23.0	173.1	87.5		-0.8	1.0	-0.7
16			Dane Iorg	KCA	LF	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.5	34.4	2.9		-0.5	4.7	-1.8
16			Stan Perzanowski	CHA	SP	17.8	Jun	Reg		-1.0	5.3	0.2		-1.1	0.0	-0.4
16			Steve Stone	CLE	SP	20.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	17.6	92.8	34.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
17			Bob Gallagher	LAN	RF	19.9	Jun	Reg		-1.1	3.1	-2.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Ken Forsch	HOU	SP	21.7	Jun	Reg		26.3	138.8	63.1		18.3	101.6	45.7
18			John Lowenstein	CLE	LF	21.4	Jun	Reg		10.1	110.1	39.5		2.1	38.8	2.5
18			Paul Mitchell	PIT	SP	18.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.3	24.0	3.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Bob Strampe	DET	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.0	-0.2		-0.3	0.0	-0.2
18			Jerry Terrell	MIN	SS	21.9	Jun	Reg		0.6	25.3	-11.5		1.0	22.0	-10.3
19			Wilbur Howard	SE1	LF	19.4	Jun	Reg		-0.3	15.8	-5.3		-0.1	0.3	-0.4
21			Rich Coggins	BAL	RF	17.5	Jun	Reg		3.5	28.7	7.1		4.6	26.9	10.1
22			Bill Lee	BOS	SP	21.4	Jun	Reg		22.2	125.5	58.8		18.8	101.0	49.4
23			Don Leshnock	DET	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.1	0.1		0.0	0.1	0.1
23			Craig Swan	SLN	SP	17.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	12.7	60.2	20.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Jim Cox	WS2	2B	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	3.9	-3.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
25			Paul Splittorff	KCA	SP	21.7	Jun	Reg		23.5	138.8	57.3		23.5	138.8	57.3
25			Mike Willis	CIN	RP	17.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.6	16.2	1.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
26			Bob Forsch	SLN	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg		25.1	147.1	58.1		27.5	147.1	62.7
26			John Strohmayer	OAK	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		-0.8	11.9	-1.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
29			Doug Bird	CLE	RP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	9.2	77.3	28.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
31			Rudy Arroyo	ATL	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	0.0	-0.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
31			Bill Bonham	BAL	SP	19.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	18.5	81.5	31.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
33			Dave Augustine	CLE	CF	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	0.4	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
33			Tim Plodinec	SLN	RP	21.4	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.0
33			Bill Stein	BAL	3B	21.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.5	58.1	-1.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
34			Rob Ellis	SFN	RF	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.1	1.9	-1.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
38			Ed Halicki	SLN	SP	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	12.0	57.3	22.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
52			Bob Sheldon	LAN	2B	17.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.3	4.8	-0.8		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