In case you missed it or were at work like I was when it
happened Didi Gregorius set a little bit of Yankees history on Wednesday
afternoon in the Bronx against the Minnesota Twins. Gregorius hit his 25th
home run of the season passing Yankees legend Derek Jeter for the most by a
Yankees shortstop in a single season. Any time you pass Derek Jeter on any list
it’s a good thing so I wanted to take the opportunity this morning to not only
honor Didi for his incredible achievement but also wanted to take the time to
compare the two seasons for no other reason other than I think it would be
interesting. Thanks to Baseball Reference here is Didi’s 2017 campaign compared
to Jeter’s 1999 season. Enjoy and leave any thoughts or comments below in the
comments section. Also, before I begin comparing, I want to point out that I am
comparing the two seasons and not necessarily the two players because there is
only one Derek Jeter. Thanks for reading.
Jeter:
Year | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 25 | 158 | 739 | 627 | 134 | 219 | 37 | 9 | 24 | 102 | 19 | 91 | 116 | .349 | .438 | .552 | .989 |
Gregorius:
Year | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 27 | 128 | 537 | 501 | 70 | 146 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 84 | 2 | 25 | 67 | .291 | .325 | .495 | .820 |
Pretty damn close, isn’t it? Obviously Gregorius won’t play
in nearly as many games as Jeter did as Jeter missed just three games that
season while Didi began the 2017 campaign on the disabled list but overall
Gregorius has done well for himself here this season. Jeter stole more bases,
had more RBI and tops Didi in most every stat here but one must remember that
at this time Jeter had 30 more games on Gregorius. Jeter was at the top of his
game here in 1999 and so were the Yankees as the team was headed to their third
World Series championship in four seasons but Didi isn’t that far behind. Are
his Yankees though? I guess you’ll have to just stay tuned to the blog and to the
games to find out.
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