Jetarian Numbers Check
Posted by Steve L. on August 29th, 2008 · Comments (5)
Via an e-mail from Lee Sinins this morning…
Derek Jeter is now in third place, all-time, in Yankees history for most hits versus the league average. Here’s the up-to-date top ten:
Rk Player DIFF PLYR LGE 1 Babe Ruth 612 2518 1906 2 Lou Gehrig 575 2721 2146 3 Derek Jeter 477 2507 2030 4 Joe DiMaggio 476 2214 1738 5 Mickey Mantle 472 2415 1943 6 Don Mattingly 430 2153 1723 7 Earle Combs 304 1866 1562 8 Bernie Williams 281 2336 2055 9 Bill Dickey 269 1969 1700 10 Yogi Berra 233 2148 1915
For the record, since June 1st and through yesterday, here are Jeter’s batting stats:
G PA R 2B HR RBI BB 76 348 44 17 6 35 28 SO GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG 48 14 5 3 .315 .375 .428
That’s pretty much what you would expect from Derek. So, perhaps, there’s still some life left in Jeter’s bat?
IIRC, the last post about Jeter having an awful season, I made a comment on how Jeter would start to hit and everyone would stop complaining about him. Sounds like I was right
Corey-I remember that cause I was right there with you, so I got your back on that one…he has hit but I think people are still complaining.
It’s nice to see Jeter doing his job. Curious to know what an .803 OPS translates to in OPS+ since June 1.
If I had to guess, I would offer that the AL OPS since June 1st is around .775 – based on the numbers that I can find.
Not bad for such an overrated and declining player. If not for Daniel Cabrera, his numbers would be even better.