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Originally Posted by evilldacbane
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The answer we were looking for is one. One title in his decade+ of captaincy with the highest payroll in the league.
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Baseball playoffs are weird. There is a huge percentage of wild card teams and lower seeds winning it compared to other sports. If you have two aces you can limp in and win it pretty easy.
The most telling stat I read regarding the Yankees while Jeter was on the team (20 years) was that in his entire career he only played ONE game where his team was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. You can knock the championships but getting to the playoffs consistently is more difficult than sneaking in and winning it all once imo (ask the Marlins).
Jeter was way overrated defensively, but his offensive WAR was still the best of all time for a SS, and I believe top 10-20 all time. He was at like a +80 offensive and -9 defense spread out over 20 years, which is basically league average when you average it out. Not sure I'd knock a guy too much for playing league average defense at the most difficult defensive position while putting up the best offensive numbers over time at that same position. Plus the dude had the most years of any player in the history of baseball with a .300+ avg and double digit HRs and steals which shows his versatility. His career OBP is #1 all time for players with anywhere near his total starts at SS. He also had nearly an .850 OPS in the playoffs, with more hits than any other player. If you look at his playoff numbers its like almost 160 games (a full season) and he put up a season MVP type stat line playing against the best teams and pitchers in the highest pressure situations. They don't call him captain cool for nothin'.
He is a top 5 SS of all time, and you can make a strong case for anywhere in the top 3.