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Derek Jeter awards and stats:

All star (10)

MVP (highest finish, 3rd – 1998) 6th, 1999 and no higher than 10 after that.

ROY

Gold Glove (3) 2004, 2005, 2006

I was wrong about his postseason stats, average, and obp go down, ops went up slightly – .317>.309 .387>.377 .459<.469

Lifetime numbers (as of 08.18.09):

(Avg of 148 games a season, excluding the 1st year, or he misses 9% of every season) 119 runs, .317 average, .387 OBP, .459 SLG, .846 OPS, 17 dingers, 81 rbi, 23 stolen bases, 208 hits.

Total numbers: 1546 Runs, 2691 Hits, 221 Home Runs, 1055 RBI, 295 SB, same averages.

Silver slugger award, 06-08

Career fielding percentage, .975 or 15 errors a season if we exclude his rookie year (only 120 innings as opposed to the around 1300 he would log every season after that, he had 2 errors his rookie year in those 120 innings). This also does not include the balls that someone like Ozzie Smith or even Davey Concepcion could have gotten to, that Jeter could never dream of getting to.

Cal Ripken Jr. awards and stats:

He played in 2, 216 consecutive games, nearly all of his stats were accumulated seemingly without a day off

All star (19) (17 consecutive)

MVP (2)

SS from 1981 – 1996, 3B from 1996-2001

2 gold gloves

ROY

Was the Silver Slugger for SS 8 times, years include: 1983-1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994

Lifetime numbers:

.276 AVG, .340 OBP, .447 SLG, .788 OPS, 36 SB, 1695 RBI, 431 HR, 1647 Runs, 3184 Hits

.Lifetime numbers at SS:
1337 runs, 2479 hits, 345 HR, 1328 RBI, 33 SB, .277 AVG, .346 OBP, .455 SLG, .801 OPS

979 fielding percentage at SS

Barry Larkin award and stats (I hate Barry Larkin):

12 All Star Games

1 MVP Award, 1995 (A 30-30 Season)

3 Gold Glove Awards

9 Silver Slugger Awards

Larkin Total Stats (Larkin averaged 115 games a season):

2340 Hits, 198 Home Runs, 960 RBI, 379 SB, 1329 Runs, .295 BA, .371 OBP, .444 SLG, .815 OPS

Average:
99 Runs, 174 Hits, 15 home runs, 71 RBI, 28 SB, Same averages

Fielding Percentage:
.975

Larkin had a career ravaged by injuries, but in his prime – I would take him over Jeter in his prime – easily. Same with Ripken,

Alex Rodriguez awards and stats as a Shortstop (all before PED positive testing):

In 1264 Games: Runs 1005, Hits 1529, HR 344, RBI 985, SB 176, BA .308, OBP .382, SLG .581, OPS .963

7 All Star games (8 seasons at SS)

7 Silver Slugger

1 MVP

2 Gold Glove