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    Yankees Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    I didn't write this, so don't shoot the messenger.

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    A group that tracks every ball hit in the majors says Derek Jeter is the worst fielder in baseball.

    Stats guru Bill James, author of the "Baseball Abstract," and a panel of nine other voters, ranked Jeter 22nd among all major-league shortstops, with one calling Jeter "the least effective defensive player in the major leagues, at any position."

    Jeter received one 10th-place vote in balloting for the 2008 Fielding Bible Awards, announced yesterday. One panel member comes from Baseball Info Solutions (BIS), a group that ... well, just say they do their research.

    "They watched film of every major-league game, and had recorded every ball off the bat by the direction in which it was hit [the vector], the type of hit [groundball, flyball, line-drive, popup, etc.] and by how hard the ball was hit [softly hit, medium, hard hit]," according to James.

    In an earlier article that appears on James' Fielding Bible Web site, BIS ripped Jeter.

    "They had analyzed the outcomes to determine who was best at turning hit balls into outs," James wrote. "One of their conclusions was that Jeter was probably the least effective defensive player in the major leagues, at any position."

    On this year's list, Mets hater and World Series champion Jimmy Rollins topped the list of shortstops, followed by the Brewers' J.J. Hardy, the Braves' Yunel Escobar, the Angels' Erick Aybar, the Pirates' Jack Wilson, the White Sox' Orlando Cabrera, the Cardinals' Cesar Iztruis, the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, the Giants' Omar Vizquel and the Mets' Jose Reyes.
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    TBLArizona Diamondbacks2005-20181,216-1,0531963
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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    Key words in this article: "Baseball Abstract"
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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    Bill James needs a woman!!

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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    David Ortiz.

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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    This is the 100th time I've heard this, I don't care at all.
    I did a lot of good things as a sim league GM.

    Ah, give me something clever to say here.

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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    that GG is still a disgrace
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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    I was listening to Bill Simmons podcast, some guy was on from in depth statistical website, he basically Jeter does not throw well when balls are hit to his right side, throwing across from his body, but he does do well when balls are hit to him or towards the left side of his body.


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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Halladay_is_God View Post
    that GG is still a disgrace
    Too bad he wasn't winning any GG when Arod was playing SS.


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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    Whatever.

    Haters.

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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    I love how it has to come down to being a "hater". Heaven forbid someone be objective about Jeter's fielding.

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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    I'm glad he does well when the ball is hit to him.

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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    Quote Originally Posted by browntown653 View Post
    This is the 100th time I've heard this, I don't care at all.
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    Whatever.

    Haters.
    Couldn't have said it any better.
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    Re: Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

    Quote Originally Posted by BuckFoston View Post
    Couldn't have said it any better.
    I agree. Jeter is WIN METHOD certified, so you can all hate him if you want, Jeter is a WINNER. He puts team WINS above meaningless individual statistics.

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    You know what a WIN is.... WHEN DIRTYKASH SHUTS THE **** UP

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