Stat Reveals A Hard Truth About Derek Jeter

Former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter is a legitimate Hall of Famer.

He is one of just a handful of players with more than 3,000 hits and multiple World Series rings.

Additionally, he set several postseason hitting records during his time as a player, which ended in 2014.

Jeter had a brilliant career that included 14 All-Star berths (1998–2002, 2004, 2006–2012, 2014), five World Series championships (1996, 1998–2000, 2009), a World Series MVP (2000), the AL Rookie of the Year (1996), five Gold Glove awards (2004–2006, 2009, 2010), five Silver Slugger awards (2006–2009, 2012), a couple of AL Hank Aaron awards (2006, 2009) and a Roberto Clemente award (2009).

The five Gold Gloves, however, have been the reason of controversy for some time.

Jeter has a reputation as a good fielder that just isn’t true: he wasn’t one, and the numbers back that up.

During his career at shortstop, he had a whopping -162 Defensive Runs Saved, or DRS, a number that has (rightfully) actually fed the “Jeter was a lousy defensive shortstop” narrative.

Defensive WAR also shows that he wasn’t good with the glove.

“Best and worst dWAR, 2004-2010, 75%+ time at shortstop: Jack Wilson, 15.5; Adam Everett, 13.7; Jimmy Rollins, 11.5; Rafael Furcal, 9.6 … … Ángel Berroa, -1.1; Hanley Ramírez, -1.5; Yuniesky Betancourt, -1.8; Derek Jeter, -3.3. Jeter won five Gold Glove Awards during this time,” Codify Baseball tweeted.