Jeter Career Stats Overall Career BA: .310 Hits: 3,465 (6th all time) Runs: 1,923 (10th all time) AB: 11,195 (7th all time) Mult-hit games: 1,013 (4th all time) Postseason hits: 200 (1st all time) OBP: .377 (1st all time for SS) All-star: 14 Golden gloves: 5 Silver slugger: 5 Hank Aaron award: 2 # of seasons batting .300: 12 + two seasons at .297 # of seasons w/ 200 hits: 8 # of season led MLB in hits: 2 # of seasons in top 10 MVP votes: 9 # of seasons in top 5 of MVP votes: 4 Fielding %: .976 Postseason AVG: .308 World Series AVG: .321 Games played: 158 (1st all time) At bats: 650 (1st all time) Runs: 111 (1st all time) Hits: 200 (1st all time) Tots bases: 302 (1st all time) Singles: 143 (1st all time, 72 more than #2) Doubles 32: (1st all time) Triples: 5 (1st all time) Home runs: 20 (3rd all time) RBIs: 61 (4th all time) BBs: 66 (5th all time) Stolen bases: 18 (6th all time) Postseason: did all of that while facing 22 future HOF pitchers in the playoffs 2nd highest HOF vote % of all time at 99.7% or 396/397 Only player in MLB history to have at least 3,000 hits, 250 HRs, 350 stolen bases, and 1,300 RBIs Only player in MLB history to have 11 seasons batting over .300 and double digit HRs and steals 1 of 2 players in MLB history to have hits in 92 out of 100 consecutive games In 20 seasons in the MLB, only played in 1 game in which the Yankees were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te Jeter have 200 postseason hits, the most. No they wouldn’t. I can imagine if Social media was around the 1940-1960s y’all would call Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle overrated too simply cause they was winning so much with Yankees
I would disagree because he is still one of if not the most famous baseball player of all time and is considered one of the greatest ever by some. He is underrated by a few fans but I think overall he is correctly rated by baseball fans in general just not by individual fans
Jeter is definitely a guy with all-time intangibles. He really does occupy rarified air as a guy who, even with baseball no longer being the undisputed number 1 sport in America, still captured the attention of a nation. It takes a special mixture of skill on the diamond and character off of it to hold that kind of reputation. The fact that he gets RE2PECT from Red Sox fans, Twins fans, A's fans... fans of every team that got crushed by the unstoppable baseball juggernaut that was the Yankees dynasty of the 00s shows that. It's one thing to be loved by your home crowd, it's another to be respected by fans who want nothing more than for your team to go 0-162 every single season. That's what you call "intangibles", and Jeter had 80 intangibles (80 as in the scouting scale for tools if that's ambiguous). I was barely aware of baseball during Jeter's peak, but for me a guy that has a similar appeal despite my Yankees hatred is Aaron Judge. Even though I abhor the pinstripes, I can't help but smile watching Aaron Judge play.
As a Kalamazoo native that hates the Yankees have nothing but respect for this man. He played the right way and had the pleasure to meet him in his high school years. Class act all the way
It wasn't just that there was talk of bringing in a stop gap vet, they were talking about trading a moderate AAA starting pitcher for that stop gap vet... MARIANO RIVERA! That was the most impactful cancellation of a trade in Yankee history.
Great take, especially his unmeasurable it factor. Just a terrible season while hitting .297 avg. Coming from a Twins fan he was definitely something to watch.
“JeTEr iS OveRraTeD”🤓 say what you want Jeter is an all time ball player ppl love to hate him because he was so good for so long and helped end the hopes of so many playoff teams
Derek Jeter is an all time great. Seems like a person who wouldn't turn down an autograph, especially for kids. He seems like an approachable person. My only complaint against him is he shouldn't of been a 5x Gold Glover, the highlights drove him to being a Gold Glover. It's like during the 80s Kent Hrbek was the better fielder over Don Mattingly and Hrbek should of been a Gold Glover, but Mattingly was from a bigger market so he won it multiple times.
I was there as a child when he became the yankees hit leader and although i was a kid i can remember how electric the stadium was. this man is mr baseball and say what you want about his life after baseball and off the field it really was an amazing career
"The Captain" will always be Thurman Munson, the first Yankee Captain since Steinbrenner brought the title back (originally there were no other Yankee Captains after Gehrig, The Pride of the Yankees).
He performed over and over and over and over then it mattered most. Overly consistent throughout every year with the best coming in the playoffs. Overrated is dumb.
Just realized Jeter and Kobe both ended their careers (basically) in the same 2012 season. They were never the same again. Both had 5 rings and both of them were my hero's because I'm a 90s baby lol.
And as this video reaches UA-cam, a Yankee shortstop who grew up a fan of the team hits for average, steals bases, hits for power when it matters most, shows a strong character, is loved by his teammates, and wins gold gloves. A lot of the same traits Jeter had that made him such a great player are shared by Anthony Volpe. It's way too early to compare Volpe to Jeter, but he does play the same type of baseball as Jeter did. That player is in there -- as a Yankees fan I can only hope Volpe reaches the Jeter-like potential we can all see.
Volpe reminds me a lot of a young Jeter. It would not surprise me at all of he is named Captain when Judge retires. He'll be about the right age by then. Obviously too early, most people who are as good as he is at this point in their careers don't continue to progress that much. But if he does, it wouldn't surprise me. And the Yankees clearly agree. Just like Jeter, they gave him the lowest unretired number. Gardner was close to getting number 11 retired. He wasn't an HOF caliber player, but he meant so much to the team when he played that he was close. Volpe could be the one to take that number off the board. (And I don't count 0. The Yankees brand is not one that should be giving out the number 0 so lightly. It really could only be worn by a player who is both whimsical and incredible. Yogi would have been the ideal number 0. Cortez could wear it, though he has fallen off a lot. Swisher could have worn it. Probably Sabbathia could have. But Ottovino and Stroman... they don't fit the bill.)
Yeah, pretty much. Had Derek Jeter played for any team that wasn't large market, he would've just been viewed the same way as Barry Larkin and Robin Yount. Just another good-great MLB player among many...
We all know Jeter’s defense wasn’t great, but to be able to play at shortstop his entire career, to make “the flip” to catch Giambi at home, to dive into the stands to make a catch… The guy played hard, for his entire career. There are so many people calling him overrated that I think he’s actually starting to become underrated.
Name another shortstop who consistently put his body on the line like Jeter. Sure, there were lots of errors, poor range… but he tried, every single play.
I grew up in Upstate NY and we had the AA Yankees there. I remember looking at the scoreboard and seeing this kid hitting .375 and thinking who the hell is this guy. Turns out at the time I was watching one of the best players to play for the Yankees and future inductee into the HOF. I had also seen Rivera play for the same team and caught Griffey jr playing for the Mariners AA team when they played the A/C Yankees.
All Time Greatest Shortstops: 1. Honus Wagner (By a mile) 2. Cal Ripken 3. Arky Vaughn 4. Alex Rodriguez - If Arod had never used and played his entire career at SS he's probably #2. 5. Ernie Banks - If his knees hadn't cut out after 6 seasons he might be higher 6. Lou Boudreau 7. Luke Appling 8. Ozzie Smith 9. Alan Trammell 10. Barry Larkin and then 11. Pee Wee Reese 12. Derek Jeter I'm sorry but ultimately Jeter's stats just don't measure up. He did everything kind of, but not extremely, well. And he had a long, long career. All of the other players on the list either won MVPs or were clearly the best player in their league at some point (Except Ozzie who's the greatest defensive player in baseball history). Jeter never was, though he had a few decent top five MVP years.
@@tylers82 he wasn't a liability n he has 5 gold gloves n has some of the most iconic defensive plays in the biggest moments ppl shit on him like he wasn't a 14 time Allstar
Hilariously, his fielding percentage is right there with A Rod, Ozzie Smith, Ripken Jr, Larkin... his range was top notch. He had a strong arm. He had great instincts. I never heard a Yankee fan complain about his fielding and i have been surrounded by Yankees fans my entire life and watch this game religiously. It's just an arguement point for those guys that just love to disagree and argue. Just like them saying his OPS+ is bad. Since when do we measure a 2 hole hitter from the 90s and 2000s by their OPS? His entire job was to move runners, slap the ball to right field to give them a chance to score from 2nd, sac flies, singles up the middle, just line drive hitting. Nowadays yall are spoiled by guys like Schwarber, Ohtani, Tatis etc leading off. Those guys 20 or 30 years ago would've been 3 or 4 hole hitters. That's it. Ichiro, Jeter, Gwynn, Boggs, Carew etc were all time greats without having to hit homers. There used to be different meanings of being a great hitter. Now it's just "do you even slug, bro?"
Range has nothing to do with fielding percentage. His range was complete trash. He made 4.04 plays per 9 innings; the average SS made 4.51 per 9. That’s horrifically bad.
I'm not trying to take anything away from Jeter, but he played for the Yankees and that gave him the chance to hit in the clutch. Not many players get the chance to come up in those situations. His career was defined by him being able to handle the pressure and succeed in those situations. He played hard and would sacrifice his body to make a catch. Great player who got lucky with the success of his team. He definitely deserved to be in the HOF, but getting a higher percentage than Ken Griffey Jr. completely shows that East coast bias.
Jeter played in 158 playoff games. Griffey JR played in 18 with no rings and never even played in a WS. That is how Jeter had a higher HOF voting percentage.
There will never be another Jeter because: 1. No team will let a below average defensive SS continue to start there for 20 seasons and accumulate "worst ever" numbers. He wasn't even the best SS starting for the team his last several years. 2. Jeter does not put up those numbers on the Royals or White Sox or Rays. He was always on very good to excellent offensive teams where you couldn't pitch around him as much. Less PA = less hits. Multiply that over 20+ seasons and 3465 hits becomes maybe just over 3000. Those teams also would eventually move him off SS (Orioles did w Ripken) and drop him in the lineup. Yankees didn't have to. 3. How is he "captain clutch" when his postseason #'s on teams that usually won their series were in line with regular season #'s? 4. People gloss over the flaws, like his subpar D, but he also struck out a lot and didn't walk an incredible amount...fix that you get on base more, score even more runs. As overall players in overlapping eras: ARod is far superior, even without roids. Ripken and Larkin are better. Nomar was on track to be clearly better but didn't play long enough. What has happened is a very good to all-star level player's career was a bit inflated and extended by playing for a dominant NYY team, with all the hype and attention (which he handled very well). This...by definition...is overrated. Just like Jim Rice, another HOF, is overrated due to the insane help he got on stats by playing in Fenway. Not saying he wasn't good, just not as good as he is made out to be. BTW without the flip, Giambi is out. He is safe either way if he slides.
Gunnar Henderson has a chance to do some shit like this, staying on the same team for that long.. is a scary thought because he’s a Borras client, & if the O’s don’t ink him the Yankees with throw him a blank check. Be a shame to cut that sweet ass hair thought.
Bobby Witt Jr. Is already on his way to doing it. Has 30 hr and 49sb last year (had a 20 hr and 20-plus sb season his rookie year) and is on pace for 20-plus hr and 50 sb this year. And he's hitting over .310 and already has 9 triples and 12 homers and 110 hits not even half way into the season. I'd say both Witt and Henderson could be better than Jeter. And they're both better fielders.
I have said this many times I started watching the Yankees at 10 y/o in 94 I seen like every mile stone epic play and so many more ether live or on tv live if a screen writer made his career a move ppl would say it's to perfect...but really look at not just what he did but how it all went down imo the best career of any baseball players ever...it's the little things not the fact of 3000 but how. The last game so on so fourth...
Exactly. Numbers may lie.. he is a goat. And even if you look at the numbers. He is still one of the greatest. People are just sour he wasn't a home run hitting steroid guy and played for the Yankees.
I would really love it if they sold the team to Jeter. Of course the Yankees are WAY more expensive than the Marlins. It would take his entire net worth to buy the same low percentage ownership stake he had in the Marlins. But seeing him as the face of the franchise making the decisions on contracts, that would be awesome.
Not to be overly-critical, because I really enjoy all of your videos. But the audio in this one is tough to ignore. I feel like my ears are in your mouth.
Hard to disagree with this title. Setting aside the unlikelihood of seeing another professional player named Derek Jeter... We'll definitely never see another five-time Golden Glove winner go down as, according to all relevant metrics and statistics, the worst defensive player in the history of the sport. He most certainly set that bar at an unachievable height. Great slugger, though.
People need to really stop saying he had defensive struggles you guys obviously just follow what people say than actually knowing about baseball the guy is literally the best shortstop of all time and it’s not even close
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te your really going to make your argument using war? The most unreliable stat when figuring out if a player is good or not at a given specific position 😂 and you think you got one over on me from that 😂 your too funny war is a calculation of all stats when the argument is fielding specifically why are you giving me his war. I never said jeter was the best fielder but he’s above average AT FIELDING!!! And better than any shortstop offensively so with that combined it’s safe to say he’s the best shortstop of all time he’s not as terrible as everyone thinks
Gotta watch out for Bobby Witt Jr., too. Henderson will have more homers because he plays with thr tiny homer porch to right field in B--More, but Witt will have more triples and possibly doubles. Probably hits and average, too.
Even though I do believe he's somewhat overrated as an Astros fan, I see him as a good player, not one of the best. There's always worse players and the one-year-and-never-again players
@@sir.muffiniii7011 how can Jeter be underrated if he gets far more love than players like Edgar who are statistically similar? (as you claimed earlier he is underrated)
Jets is obviously a great ball player. And ladies man. But let’s not pretend for a second that his rejuvenation in his 30’s was do to working out for the first time.
i assume everyone did what they had to. i also assume they are doing the same today, because why not? the chemists and users of compounds and techniques are always far ahead of the pack. why not greg maddux, pedro martinez, etc? because they don't look like Bonds? Lance Armstrong is the GOAT PED user. DISCLAIMER: i am not accusing anyone of anything--certainly not Mr. Jeter--just mentioning the human tendency most prevalent among elite competitors in all areas of society to do whatever needed to gain an edge. Often pushing or breaking boundaries. I do believe substances and procedures--platelet rich plasma sounded VERY SHADY and now is common and why wouldn't players today be on PEDS more often or as often as before due to far more info and sophistication at their disposal? I see no reason they would not. We will never know. Also, REMEMBER THE JORGE POSADA rejuvenation lolol
@@sir.muffiniii7011 no, I’m saying with everyone, you never know. I am a fan of Jeter since he was drafted and I got my first baseball cards. What I’m saying is humans have a strong tendency to push the boundaries and rules to gain an advantage when in competitive situations.this is beyond just athletics. You never know who has cut corners if they know how to carry it off well. I just won’t be surprised if any athlete in any sport is revealed to have used some illicit performance enhancer, even Jeter, and he is the last one I’d want that to happen to
So glad he was my generations great rather than Bonds or McGuire getting the title.. I had no interest in those guys. My goat was playong SS for the yankees.
As foolish baseball so wisely put it "If you're hyper aware of Derek jeter's advanced defensive metrics then the idea of physical exercise probably terrifies you"
Well, if Alex Rodriguez had remained at SS instead of switching to 3rd because Jeter couldn't make the throw from 3rd, then he arguably would have been the greatest hitting shortstop of all-time. Plus, Rodriguez was a better fielding SS than Jeter.
We can only hope, A great player in some regards but a terrible fielder and the dullest man ever to play the game. And also a terrible front office presence who valued the bottom line over winning. Honestly, I liked A-Rod a lot more just for not being a piece of wood when he wasn't playing.
Jeter is one of the most overrated people in sports. He wasn't near as good as people give him credit for. Defensively, that is. He was a below average player; average at BEST.
Hall of famers are decided by their offense we never really talk about their defense and he did that well in both regular season and playoffs, when u think of best players in baseball u think about offense not defense and he succed and was also clutch so not over rated
Yeah sure, the defensive stats that came out five years after his career don't favor him, but anyone who watched him play every day was not concerned with his ability to play SS
Jeters “clutch” was just equal to his normal stats also your right there will never be an ex player to be the worse defensive player in history AND trade the best player to his team he played with for nothing then dipped
3,400 hits my boy and he was insanely clutch the flip is one of the greatest defensive plays of all time not to mention the 5 gold glove while playing in Yankee stadium objectively the hardest place to play in baseball
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te not at all, it’s just not as exiting without Jeter on the field, even in his worst moments it was always fun to watch him, and I love how he presented himself on and off the field, I can’t just watch the Yankees today, because I’m only thinking about Jeter and other old Yankees,
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te I miss Jeter Swisher and Rivera the most. Swisher probably wasn’t the best outfielder, but he always had so much good and fun energy,
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Jeter Career Stats
Overall
Career BA: .310
Hits: 3,465 (6th all time)
Runs: 1,923 (10th all time)
AB: 11,195 (7th all time)
Mult-hit games: 1,013 (4th all time)
Postseason hits: 200 (1st all time)
OBP: .377 (1st all time for SS)
All-star: 14
Golden gloves: 5
Silver slugger: 5
Hank Aaron award: 2
# of seasons batting .300: 12 + two seasons at .297
# of seasons w/ 200 hits: 8
# of season led MLB in hits: 2
# of seasons in top 10 MVP votes: 9
# of seasons in top 5 of MVP votes: 4
Fielding %: .976
Postseason
AVG: .308
World Series AVG: .321
Games played: 158 (1st all time)
At bats: 650 (1st all time)
Runs: 111 (1st all time)
Hits: 200 (1st all time)
Tots bases: 302 (1st all time)
Singles: 143 (1st all time, 72 more than #2)
Doubles 32: (1st all time)
Triples: 5 (1st all time)
Home runs: 20 (3rd all time)
RBIs: 61 (4th all time)
BBs: 66 (5th all time)
Stolen bases: 18 (6th all time)
Postseason: did all of that while facing 22 future HOF pitchers in the playoffs
2nd highest HOF vote % of all time at 99.7% or 396/397
Only player in MLB history to have at least 3,000 hits, 250 HRs, 350 stolen bases, and 1,300 RBIs
Only player in MLB history to have 11 seasons batting over .300 and double digit HRs and steals
1 of 2 players in MLB history to have hits in 92 out of 100 consecutive games
In 20 seasons in the MLB, only played in 1 game in which the Yankees were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs
Still overrated defensively, the most important attribute to Shortstop.
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te you mad Jeter won so much with Yankees
@@Cwe-35 Jeter's nothing without the Yankees. Yankees could've easily won those WS without him...
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te Jeter have 200 postseason hits, the most. No they wouldn’t.
I can imagine if Social media was around the 1940-1960s y’all would call Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle overrated too simply cause they was winning so much with Yankees
Hot take: With how many people consider Derek Jeter overrated, he’s actually become underrated. 3465 hits and 71.3 WAR despite his defensive struggles
Yeah. Great DH. Shit shortstop
Exactly
My exact train of thought
I would disagree because he is still one of if not the most famous baseball player of all time and is considered one of the greatest ever by some.
He is underrated by a few fans but I think overall he is correctly rated by baseball fans in general just not by individual fans
A Rod was better
Jeter is definitely a guy with all-time intangibles. He really does occupy rarified air as a guy who, even with baseball no longer being the undisputed number 1 sport in America, still captured the attention of a nation. It takes a special mixture of skill on the diamond and character off of it to hold that kind of reputation. The fact that he gets RE2PECT from Red Sox fans, Twins fans, A's fans... fans of every team that got crushed by the unstoppable baseball juggernaut that was the Yankees dynasty of the 00s shows that. It's one thing to be loved by your home crowd, it's another to be respected by fans who want nothing more than for your team to go 0-162 every single season. That's what you call "intangibles", and Jeter had 80 intangibles (80 as in the scouting scale for tools if that's ambiguous). I was barely aware of baseball during Jeter's peak, but for me a guy that has a similar appeal despite my Yankees hatred is Aaron Judge. Even though I abhor the pinstripes, I can't help but smile watching Aaron Judge play.
As a Kalamazoo native that hates the Yankees have nothing but respect for this man. He played the right way and had the pleasure to meet him in his high school years. Class act all the way
It wasn't just that there was talk of bringing in a stop gap vet, they were talking about trading a moderate AAA starting pitcher for that stop gap vet... MARIANO RIVERA!
That was the most impactful cancellation of a trade in Yankee history.
Great take, especially his unmeasurable it factor. Just a terrible season while hitting .297 avg. Coming from a Twins fan he was definitely something to watch.
“JeTEr iS OveRraTeD”🤓 say what you want Jeter is an all time ball player ppl love to hate him because he was so good for so long and helped end the hopes of so many playoff teams
Career 115 OPS+ is hardly worth your 2 inch boner
Jeter just turned 50 recently
damm i feel old
Derek Jeter is an all time great. Seems like a person who wouldn't turn down an autograph, especially for kids. He seems like an approachable person. My only complaint against him is he shouldn't of been a 5x Gold Glover, the highlights drove him to being a Gold Glover.
It's like during the 80s Kent Hrbek was the better fielder over Don Mattingly and Hrbek should of been a Gold Glover, but Mattingly was from a bigger market so he won it multiple times.
True. You're absolutely right...
I was there as a child when he became the yankees hit leader and although i was a kid i can remember how electric the stadium was. this man is mr baseball and say what you want about his life after baseball and off the field it really was an amazing career
As an A's fan, the flip throw was the worst defensive play in MLB history. Right up there with Ichiro throwing out Terrance Long at third.
L take. Provide proof
Of course you'd say that.
Do y'all not know what sarcasm is
😂😂😂
Him just being completely clean during an era when everyone was juicing harder than a smoothie shop is impressive.
"The Captain" will always be Thurman Munson, the first Yankee Captain since Steinbrenner brought the title back (originally there were no other Yankee Captains after Gehrig, The Pride of the Yankees).
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Stop. DJ is the captain.
Even people that hated the Yankees liked Jeter
Jeter was considered incredibly overrated especially in fantasy, it wasnt until VERY late in his career that he shook the overrated tag
He's always been overrated. Derek Jeter was never blasting out insane video game numbers on offense either...
He performed over and over and over and over then it mattered most. Overly consistent throughout every year with the best coming in the playoffs. Overrated is dumb.
Just realized Jeter and Kobe both ended their careers (basically) in the same 2012 season. They were never the same again. Both had 5 rings and both of them were my hero's because I'm a 90s baby lol.
And as this video reaches UA-cam, a Yankee shortstop who grew up a fan of the team hits for average, steals bases, hits for power when it matters most, shows a strong character, is loved by his teammates, and wins gold gloves. A lot of the same traits Jeter had that made him such a great player are shared by Anthony Volpe. It's way too early to compare Volpe to Jeter, but he does play the same type of baseball as Jeter did. That player is in there -- as a Yankees fan I can only hope Volpe reaches the Jeter-like potential we can all see.
Volpe has a better glove… so if he can hit like Jeter…. 😮💨
Volpe reminds me a lot of a young Jeter. It would not surprise me at all of he is named Captain when Judge retires. He'll be about the right age by then. Obviously too early, most people who are as good as he is at this point in their careers don't continue to progress that much. But if he does, it wouldn't surprise me.
And the Yankees clearly agree. Just like Jeter, they gave him the lowest unretired number. Gardner was close to getting number 11 retired. He wasn't an HOF caliber player, but he meant so much to the team when he played that he was close. Volpe could be the one to take that number off the board.
(And I don't count 0. The Yankees brand is not one that should be giving out the number 0 so lightly. It really could only be worn by a player who is both whimsical and incredible. Yogi would have been the ideal number 0. Cortez could wear it, though he has fallen off a lot. Swisher could have worn it. Probably Sabbathia could have. But Ottovino and Stroman... they don't fit the bill.)
@@RodFerroIGB I know right? Granted if Volpe bats .280s with 20+ home runs to go along with his plus defense, I'll take it.
"Cary Grant in pinstripes" amazing quote that im stealing.
Nomar Garciapara: Hold my beer.
Nomar was the 2nd best ss in baseball for like 17months
Nomar? more like No-More
Glass cannon.
Probably does need somebody to hold his beer cause he's gotta practically take off his batting gloves and put them back on after every pitch.
@@Iamhungey Why do you say that?
His ability to play in the moment is, something that cannot be tough.
Shout out to the Norfolk Tides! Whoo-Hoo! I saw a ton of pros come up and rehab through that stadium. 4:39
He wasn't all that unique. He was basically Robin Yount without the speed, defense, and 80 grade mustache.
Yeah, pretty much. Had Derek Jeter played for any team that wasn't large market, he would've just been viewed the same way as Barry Larkin and Robin Yount. Just another good-great MLB player among many...
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te being the epicenter of 5 world championships will usually elevate your name above others
No one complained about his defense while he was playing. Just saying
You bugging….core NY’ers always felt this way….shit we are even hip to how he didn’t win his first gold glove until arod left SS
Cuz they just didn't lol
I did
To be fair there were some grumblings when he won some gold gloves so the backlash was there at the time, just not to insane level later on.
When ARod joined the team and Jeter refused to let him play short, tons of people pointed out how much better defensively ARod was.
We all know Jeter’s defense wasn’t great, but to be able to play at shortstop his entire career, to make “the flip” to catch Giambi at home, to dive into the stands to make a catch…
The guy played hard, for his entire career.
There are so many people calling him overrated that I think he’s actually starting to become underrated.
Defense is what they call overrated. Even the plays you named are average at best
Name another shortstop who consistently put his body on the line like Jeter.
Sure, there were lots of errors, poor range… but he tried, every single play.
@@JosephDalton-xc1iw do you one better. Ss who actually made the plays without having to put his body on the line. Andrelton simmons
@@electrobat1401 Andrelton Simmons was such an underrated player... he was the next Ozzie Smith
The greatest captain of all-time. 🐐
# 4 and 15 might have something to say on that.
I grew up in Upstate NY and we had the AA Yankees there. I remember looking at the scoreboard and seeing this kid hitting .375 and thinking who the hell is this guy. Turns out at the time I was watching one of the best players to play for the Yankees and future inductee into the HOF. I had also seen Rivera play for the same team and caught Griffey jr playing for the Mariners AA team when they played the A/C Yankees.
All Time Greatest Shortstops:
1. Honus Wagner (By a mile)
2. Cal Ripken
3. Arky Vaughn
4. Alex Rodriguez - If Arod had never used and played his entire career at SS he's probably #2.
5. Ernie Banks - If his knees hadn't cut out after 6 seasons he might be higher
6. Lou Boudreau
7. Luke Appling
8. Ozzie Smith
9. Alan Trammell
10. Barry Larkin
and then
11. Pee Wee Reese
12. Derek Jeter
I'm sorry but ultimately Jeter's stats just don't measure up. He did everything kind of, but not extremely, well. And he had a long, long career. All of the other players on the list either won MVPs or were clearly the best player in their league at some point (Except Ozzie who's the greatest defensive player in baseball history). Jeter never was, though he had a few decent top five MVP years.
Can't wait to see all the 'defensively overrated' comments. I'm not a Jeter lover but to say he wasn't good is insane
If you have to pre defend his defense maybe it was trash.
@@tylers82 I’m not saying it was good. I’m saying that his offensive made up for it.
@@tylers82 he wasn't a liability n he has 5 gold gloves n has some of the most iconic defensive plays in the biggest moments ppl shit on him like he wasn't a 14 time Allstar
@@mattharren1237 he is definitely a HOF’er. Butttttttt he played in NYC his entire career. Many of those all star selections were not warranted.
@@tylers82 Most of them were warranted, not all were like his 2010 and 2014 season.
Hilariously, his fielding percentage is right there with A Rod, Ozzie Smith, Ripken Jr, Larkin... his range was top notch. He had a strong arm. He had great instincts. I never heard a Yankee fan complain about his fielding and i have been surrounded by Yankees fans my entire life and watch this game religiously.
It's just an arguement point for those guys that just love to disagree and argue. Just like them saying his OPS+ is bad. Since when do we measure a 2 hole hitter from the 90s and 2000s by their OPS? His entire job was to move runners, slap the ball to right field to give them a chance to score from 2nd, sac flies, singles up the middle, just line drive hitting. Nowadays yall are spoiled by guys like Schwarber, Ohtani, Tatis etc leading off. Those guys 20 or 30 years ago would've been 3 or 4 hole hitters. That's it. Ichiro, Jeter, Gwynn, Boggs, Carew etc were all time greats without having to hit homers. There used to be different meanings of being a great hitter. Now it's just "do you even slug, bro?"
Range has nothing to do with fielding percentage. His range was complete trash. He made 4.04 plays per 9 innings; the average SS made 4.51 per 9. That’s horrifically bad.
His -165 Defensive Runs Saved is monumentally bad. A baseball Tee wearing a glove would've been an upgrade.
Do one on clayton kershaw
There won’t be another Jeter but there now is the judge
I'm not trying to take anything away from Jeter, but he played for the Yankees and that gave him the chance to hit in the clutch. Not many players get the chance to come up in those situations. His career was defined by him being able to handle the pressure and succeed in those situations. He played hard and would sacrifice his body to make a catch. Great player who got lucky with the success of his team. He definitely deserved to be in the HOF, but getting a higher percentage than Ken Griffey Jr. completely shows that East coast bias.
Jeter played in 158 playoff games. Griffey JR played in 18 with no rings and never even played in a WS. That is how Jeter had a higher HOF voting percentage.
me, staring down into my Derek Jeter cloning vat, a single teardrop from my eye
There will never be another Jeter because:
1. No team will let a below average defensive SS continue to start there for 20 seasons and accumulate "worst ever" numbers. He wasn't even the best SS starting for the team his last several years.
2. Jeter does not put up those numbers on the Royals or White Sox or Rays. He was always on very good to excellent offensive teams where you couldn't pitch around him as much. Less PA = less hits. Multiply that over 20+ seasons and 3465 hits becomes maybe just over 3000. Those teams also would eventually move him off SS (Orioles did w Ripken) and drop him in the lineup. Yankees didn't have to.
3. How is he "captain clutch" when his postseason #'s on teams that usually won their series were in line with regular season #'s?
4. People gloss over the flaws, like his subpar D, but he also struck out a lot and didn't walk an incredible amount...fix that you get on base more, score even more runs.
As overall players in overlapping eras: ARod is far superior, even without roids. Ripken and Larkin are better. Nomar was on track to be clearly better but didn't play long enough.
What has happened is a very good to all-star level player's career was a bit inflated and extended by playing for a dominant NYY team, with all the hype and attention (which he handled very well). This...by definition...is overrated. Just like Jim Rice, another HOF, is overrated due to the insane help he got on stats by playing in Fenway. Not saying he wasn't good, just not as good as he is made out to be.
BTW without the flip, Giambi is out. He is safe either way if he slides.
Gunnar Henderson has a chance to do some shit like this, staying on the same team for that long.. is a scary thought because he’s a Borras client, & if the O’s don’t ink him the Yankees with throw him a blank check. Be a shame to cut that sweet ass hair thought.
Bobby Witt Jr. Is already on his way to doing it. Has 30 hr and 49sb last year (had a 20 hr and 20-plus sb season his rookie year) and is on pace for 20-plus hr and 50 sb this year. And he's hitting over .310 and already has 9 triples and 12 homers and 110 hits not even half way into the season. I'd say both Witt and Henderson could be better than Jeter. And they're both better fielders.
I have said this many times I started watching the Yankees at 10 y/o in 94 I seen like every mile stone epic play and so many more ether live or on tv live if a screen writer made his career a move ppl would say it's to perfect...but really look at not just what he did but how it all went down imo the best career of any baseball players ever...it's the little things not the fact of 3000 but how. The last game so on so fourth...
Exactly. Numbers may lie.. he is a goat. And even if you look at the numbers. He is still one of the greatest. People are just sour he wasn't a home run hitting steroid guy and played for the Yankees.
I would really love it if they sold the team to Jeter. Of course the Yankees are WAY more expensive than the Marlins. It would take his entire net worth to buy the same low percentage ownership stake he had in the Marlins. But seeing him as the face of the franchise making the decisions on contracts, that would be awesome.
2nd best offensive shortstop on his own team
True but A-rod was juicing
I hated this guy with a passion. But his clutch gene he possessed in the postseason was off the charts. You gotta give him his due.
If Jeter had the exact same numbers in say Tampa Bay, nobody would remember him except for Rays fans.
You basically implied he would have stayed in Tampa Bay.
That is not true lol he was one of the best players in the game for his career and is 6th all time in hits lol
@@sir.muffiniii7011 Plus when a player has a shot for 3k hits, people are bound to notice.
You must be slow.
@@Iamhungey ya exactly
Not to be overly-critical, because I really enjoy all of your videos. But the audio in this one is tough to ignore. I feel like my ears are in your mouth.
He is insane
great vid enjoyed from kzoo
He turned his volume down a lot idk I like it or nah
Notice how it’s says best “offensive” shortstop
There are a lot of errors in this video… love the content but found it hard to watch after the 3rd or 4th obvious error
-152 DRS
Ok?
accumulative stat, disregarded
In the last mlb 2k game I made sure I got Jeter on every single franchise I started. Had to give the Captain a good sendoff
I'd rather have Alex Rodriguez as the best shortstop.
Just don't look at his defensive metrics 😬😬
We are all aware of them, but it doesn’t take away from the fact that he was one of the best hitting SS ever
@@sir.muffiniii7011 This.
Also people haven't seen Alfonso Soriano when he was still a 2nd baseman.
@@Iamhungey exactly
Yeah just look at the fact he hit almost 3,500 hits and won 5 WS and then tear him down for how reporters voted on his defense
@@tonyrrios So he was a great DH. Just a shit shortstop
A-Roid>>>
No shit
Steroids
Hard to disagree with this title. Setting aside the unlikelihood of seeing another professional player named Derek Jeter... We'll definitely never see another five-time Golden Glove winner go down as, according to all relevant metrics and statistics, the worst defensive player in the history of the sport. He most certainly set that bar at an unachievable height.
Great slugger, though.
If there is another guy named Derek Jeter they should use that Bob Shepherd tape to introduce him.
You are weird.
“lol defense bad” go hit almost 3,500 hits and win 5 World Series
Still shouldn’t give him all the gold gloves he got
He's entirely correct. His good offense doesn't negate awful defense
@@shierawesome71 career war says otherwise
@@youstinklolgotakeashowerthat’s from his elite timely bat and longevity. Jeter is still one of the worst defensive SS in the HOF, no question.
People need to really stop saying he had defensive struggles you guys obviously just follow what people say than actually knowing about baseball the guy is literally the best shortstop of all time and it’s not even close
Jeter has negative WAR on defense and he was never the best player in any given year. Try again...
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te what on earth have you been smoking your delusional
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te your really going to make your argument using war? The most unreliable stat when figuring out if a player is good or not at a given specific position 😂 and you think you got one over on me from that 😂 your too funny war is a calculation of all stats when the argument is fielding specifically why are you giving me his war. I never said jeter was the best fielder but he’s above average AT FIELDING!!! And better than any shortstop offensively so with that combined it’s safe to say he’s the best shortstop of all time he’s not as terrible as everyone thinks
@@michelangelocaruncho8571 Alex Rodriguez and Honus Wagner are the true best Shortstops the game has ever seen...
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te one was on steroids and the other is not as good as jeter your making less and less sense but hey it’s your opinion I respect it
Gunnar Henderson is gonna sweep all of Jeters records so yeah... there will never be another Derick Jeter.
Gotta watch out for Bobby Witt Jr., too. Henderson will have more homers because he plays with thr tiny homer porch to right field in B--More, but Witt will have more triples and possibly doubles. Probably hits and average, too.
@@ibrown3KC possibly...
Volpe is Jeter JR just watch
He is
Alex Rodriguez. Not even close
Even though I do believe he's somewhat overrated as an Astros fan, I see him as a good player, not one of the best. There's always worse players and the one-year-and-never-again players
Their will be
Edgar Martinez
What
@@sir.muffiniii7011 Edgar Martinez has 3 less bWAR that Jeter
@@chriskeddie4226 ok?
@@sir.muffiniii7011 how can Jeter be underrated if he gets far more love than players like Edgar who are statistically similar? (as you claimed earlier he is underrated)
@@chriskeddie4226 bcz Edgar isn’t 6th all time in hits and is the best postseason player ever arguably
Jets is obviously a great ball player. And ladies man. But let’s not pretend for a second that his rejuvenation in his 30’s was do to working out for the first time.
i assume everyone did what they had to. i also assume they are doing the same today, because why not? the chemists and users of compounds and techniques are always far ahead of the pack. why not greg maddux, pedro martinez, etc? because they don't look like Bonds? Lance Armstrong is the GOAT PED user. DISCLAIMER: i am not accusing anyone of anything--certainly not Mr. Jeter--just mentioning the human tendency most prevalent among elite competitors in all areas of society to do whatever needed to gain an edge. Often pushing or breaking boundaries. I do believe substances and procedures--platelet rich plasma sounded VERY SHADY and now is common and why wouldn't players today be on PEDS more often or as often as before due to far more info and sophistication at their disposal? I see no reason they would not. We will never know. Also, REMEMBER THE JORGE POSADA rejuvenation lolol
U saying he did roids?
@@sir.muffiniii7011 no, I’m saying with everyone, you never know. I am a fan of Jeter since he was drafted and I got my first baseball cards. What I’m saying is humans have a strong tendency to push the boundaries and rules to gain an advantage when in competitive situations.this is beyond just athletics. You never know who has cut corners if they know how to carry it off well. I just won’t be surprised if any athlete in any sport is revealed to have used some illicit performance enhancer, even Jeter, and he is the last one I’d want that to happen to
@@sir.muffiniii7011 Why wouldn’t he?
@@billcook4768 well why would he lol
So glad he was my generations great rather than Bonds or McGuire getting the title.. I had no interest in those guys. My goat was playong SS for the yankees.
I like how you add offensive
Bro I couldn’t hear most of what you said
i went to many yankee games in my day. i was in the stadium when he hit #3000. Im probably biased but....HES A BI-RACIAL ANGEL.
Jeter is highly overrated defensively
Highly overrated take
Yes we all know that lol
Hes the worst defensive player in mlb history@@kevingutierrez6845
What an original, brave take
As foolish baseball so wisely put it "If you're hyper aware of Derek jeter's advanced defensive metrics then the idea of physical exercise probably terrifies you"
Diehard Yankee fan....the "best" only because Arod moved to third
A good hitter that was also the worst shortstop in MLB history.
Well, if Alex Rodriguez had remained at SS instead of switching to 3rd because Jeter couldn't make the throw from 3rd, then he arguably would have been the greatest hitting shortstop of all-time. Plus, Rodriguez was a better fielding SS than Jeter.
-14.7 career dWAR
Heartbreaking: A Baseball UA-camr you respected makes a video glazing Jeter.
I get that you're gay for Jeter, but stop calling him a "good guy with good morals". He fired a guy who was dying of cancer.
We can only hope, A great player in some regards but a terrible fielder and the dullest man ever to play the game. And also a terrible front office presence who valued the bottom line over winning. Honestly, I liked A-Rod a lot more just for not being a piece of wood when he wasn't playing.
Omar Vizquel was way better defensively.
No shit
WAS
THEY SHOULD HAVE PLAYED A-ROD AT SHORT STOP. HE WAS A BETTER SS. jETER SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO ANOTHER POSITION
Jeter is one of the most overrated people in sports. He wasn't near as good as people give him credit for. Defensively, that is. He was a below average player; average at BEST.
Hall of famers are decided by their offense we never really talk about their defense and he did that well in both regular season and playoffs, when u think of best players in baseball u think about offense not defense and he succed and was also clutch so not over rated
Yeah sure, the defensive stats that came out five years after his career don't favor him, but anyone who watched him play every day was not concerned with his ability to play SS
Mid defensive ShortStop who was good for 2 seasons...
Jeters “clutch” was just equal to his normal stats also your right there will never be an ex player to be the worse defensive player in history AND trade the best player to his team he played with for nothing then dipped
3,400 hits my boy and he was insanely clutch the flip is one of the greatest defensive plays of all time not to mention the 5 gold glove while playing in Yankee stadium objectively the hardest place to play in baseball
Found the Boston fan. You could maybe argue worst defensive every day career shortstop.
Speak English better. Rn you sound like you'd struggle passing a Blues Clues spelling test
@@doestu9866 I’m a rangers fan but thanks for proving a point you have no knowledge on stats and literal things he’s done
@@kurumauzamaki2731 adam dunn is the worst defensive player in history, thanks for proving you know nothing about stats
He is overrated. Check his errors hes just average. Just that hes in the biggest market and didnt cheat.
Coming here to only comment overrated and leave. He’s overrated.
Cope, 5 rings
Derek cheater
a crock of crap. Wagner was
OVERRATED
Overrated
Not rlly anymore
This is the take of someone who thinks they know baseball but actually doesn't. One of the best middle infielders in the history of the game, cope
Don’t know that many player who hit as well as he did in the playoffs for so long
Curt shilling best picture ever that’s literally the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard 💯
He is up there
@@sir.muffiniii7011 fuck that he’s an overrated shit bag
The year Jeter left I stopped watching baseball, it’s just not the same,
You're just a delusional Derek Jeter fanboy then...
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te not at all, it’s just not as exiting without Jeter on the field, even in his worst moments it was always fun to watch him, and I love how he presented himself on and off the field, I can’t just watch the Yankees today, because I’m only thinking about Jeter and other old Yankees,
@@TiagoGomez-hb9te I miss Jeter Swisher and Rivera the most. Swisher probably wasn’t the best outfielder, but he always had so much good and fun energy,