The Jeter Meter
Posted by Steve L. on September 30th, 2008 · Comments (3)
Here’s a random yet fun slice of the big baseball pie via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batting Game Finder…
Since 1956, players with the most games where they reached base 2+ times within the first 1,985 games of their career:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Wade Boggs 1180 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1179 Ind. Games Rickey Henderson 1169 Ind. Games Edgar Martinez 1136 Ind. Games Jeff Bagwell 1134 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 1120 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 1116 Ind. Games Joe Morgan 1108 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 1107 Ind. Games Chipper Jones 1102 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 1087 Ind. Games Jim Thome 1079 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 1077 Ind. Games Carl Yastrzemski 1072 Ind. Games Pete Rose 1072 Ind. Games Tim Raines 1071 Ind. Games Bernie Williams 1062 Ind. Games John Olerud 1062 Ind. Games Frank Robinson 1061 Ind. Games Paul Molitor 1053 Ind. Games Tony Gwynn 1052 Ind. Games Craig Biggio 1052 Ind. Games Mark Grace 1048 Ind. Games Rod Carew 1039 Ind. Games Roberto Alomar 1028 Ind. Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+
Say what you want about Derek Jeter…but, you can’t say that he doesn’t reach base…and often. (And, yes, I used 1,985 games since that’s the number of games that Jeter has played in his career, so far.)
18th highest OBP among current MLB players. It’s one of his best skills, no doubt. All those HBP’s (5th highest HBP among current; 26th all time) don’t hurt the cause either. He’s got the bruises to prove it.
He is a great table setter. The best #2 hitter that many of us will ever see.
I forget how good Frank Thomas was back in the day…Edgar Martinez is one of my favorite players…I loved to watch that guy hit