Comments on: Derek Jeter, Defense and Championships http://www.highheatstats.com/2013/02/derek-jeter-defense-and-championships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=derek-jeter-defense-and-championships Baseball stats--pure and simple. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:33:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MikeD http://www.highheatstats.com/2013/02/derek-jeter-defense-and-championships/#comment-51035 MikeD Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:57:27 +0000 http://www.highheatstats.com/?p=10362#comment-51035 Doug, I purposely picked 1996 since that was Jeter’s rookie campaign and he’s been holding down SS since. Kind of fit with the headline of the posting! Now if we’re looking for the opening bookend for this dynastic run, certainly 1995 makes sense since that’s the first year they made the playoffs during this run. (The closing bookend is TBD, but it will come.)

Yet, I’ve always believed that the Yankees current dynasty run began in 1994, but the strike buried that season in history. They had the best record in the AL, the largest lead of any division leader, and were on pace for a 100-win season. Odds are high without the strike they would be on 18 playoff appearances. Can’t guess if they would have added another pennant or World Series.

]]> By: Mike L http://www.highheatstats.com/2013/02/derek-jeter-defense-and-championships/#comment-51013 Mike L Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:30:13 +0000 http://www.highheatstats.com/?p=10362#comment-51013 Doug, swap out Berra and Mantle for Bernie and Posada, and maybe Jeter might have picked up a few more championships. We’ve beat the “Jeter Stinks” horse a fair amount.

]]> By: Paul E http://www.highheatstats.com/2013/02/derek-jeter-defense-and-championships/#comment-50992 Paul E Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:10:16 +0000 http://www.highheatstats.com/?p=10362#comment-50992 Jeter has an excellent shot at breaking the record for homers by a 39 year old SS – 5 by Eddie Joost

]]> By: Doug http://www.highheatstats.com/2013/02/derek-jeter-defense-and-championships/#comment-50991 Doug Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:05:05 +0000 http://www.highheatstats.com/?p=10362#comment-50991 Mike,

I’m guessing you meant 18 seasons (1995-2012). In that time, the Yanks made the playoffs 17 times, with 7 pennants and 5 WS titles. Jeter, Williams, Posada and Cano are a collective -417 Rfield and -252 TZR.

The other 18 year dynasty (1947-64). 15 pennants and 10 WS titles. Berra, Mantle, McDougald and Rizzuto were a combined +174 TZR.

]]> By: MikeD http://www.highheatstats.com/2013/02/derek-jeter-defense-and-championships/#comment-50975 MikeD Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:21:07 +0000 http://www.highheatstats.com/?p=10362#comment-50975 Related to all this, the Yankees have averaged 97 wins a year over the past 17 seasons, doing so for a large chunk of those years with up-the-middle position players in Posada, Jeter and Williams more noted for bat than glove as they rated below-average defensively. Prior to the arrival of Cano, their 2B’men were also more bat than glove, led by the likes of Soriano. Simply stating the obvious for obvious reasons.

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