Jeter = Worst fielder in the majors?

[HollywoodLeo]

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

http://www.sportsnet.ca/thewire/base...st_fielder/NYY


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.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Key words in this article: "Baseball Abstract"

[love_that_reefer]

Bill James needs a woman!!

[Saber]

David Ortiz.

[browntown653]

This is the 100th time I've heard this, I don't care at all.

[Halladay_is_God]

that GG is still a disgrace

[GiantsFanatic]

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.

[GiantsFanatic]

that GG is still a disgrace

Too bad he wasn't winning any GG when Arod was playing SS.

[Dry1313]

Whatever.

Haters.

[love_that_reefer]

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

[TheRollingStoned]

...You have to excuse my colleague Dry... his behavior is merely the result... of being kicked repeatedly while in his mother's womb...

JOSE REYES WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT FLIP TO THE CATCHER TO GET JEREMY GIAMBI OUT! ....CAUSE LUIS AYALA WOULD HAVE NEVER PUT HIM IN A POSITION TO MAKE SUCH A CLUTCH PLAY... HOO HAAAAAAALLAAAA

[Saber]

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

[BuckFoston]

This is the 100th time I've heard this, I don't care at all.

Whatever.

Haters.

Couldn't have said it any better.

[DirtyKash]

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.

[TheRollingStoned]

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