Top 10 in Yankee career Home Runs. Surprise: Derek Jeter 10th.

Much of the accomplishments of Yankee Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter are based on longevity. That tends toward simply staring at totals, especially Home Runs (HR) and Hits.

Jeter has the most hits of any Yankee ever. Jeter also has the most outs. But this post will look at career HR, where Jeter is surprisingly in the top ten among Yankees.

Derived from:

https://stathead.com/tiny/aBAtW

View it in this link. The data is also below with comments.

On this list Derek Jeter is first in G,PA,AB,R,Outs,H,1B,2B,SB,SO.

At Bats (AB) is the most pertinent here. For instance, Jeter had 5,103 (83.8%) more AB than teammate Jorge Posada. Yet Posada, the catcher, had 15 more HR than Jeter.

Rk	Player	HR	AB	AB/HR	Outs	H	From	To	Age	G	PA	R	RBI
1	Babe Ruth	659	7,217	10.95	4,910	2,518	1920	1934	25-39	2,084	9,203	1,959	1,978
2	Mickey Mantle	536	8,102	15.12	5,899	2,415	1951	1968	19-36	2,401	9,910	1,676	1,509
3	Lou Gehrig	493	8,001	16.23	5,491	2,721	1923	1939	20-36	2,164	9,665	1,888	1,995
4	Joe DiMaggio	361	6,821	18.89	4,760	2,214	1936	1951	21-36	1,736	7,672	1,390	1,537
5	Yogi Berra	358	7,546	21.08	5,620	2,148	1946	1963	21-38	2,116	8,355	1,174	1,430
6	Álex Rodríguez	351	5,577	15.89	4,238	1,580	2004	2016	28-40	1,509	6,520	1,012	1,096
7	Aaron Judge	308	3,473	11.28	2,611	1,002	2016	2024	24-32	967	4,209	718	695
8	Bernie Williams	287	7,869	27.42	5,919	2,336	1991	2006	22-37	2,076	9,053	1,366	1,257
9	Jorge Posada	275	6,092	22.15	4,683	1,664	1995	2011	24-40	1,829	7,150	900	1,065
10	Derek Jeter	260	11,195	43.06	8,269	3,465	1995	2014	21-40	2,747	12,602	1,923	1,311
Rk	Player	HR	AB	AB/HR	Outs	H	From	To	Age	G	PA	R	RBI
	max	659	11,195	43.06	8,269	3,465	2016	2024		2,747	12,602	1,959	1,995
	min	260	3,473	10.95	2,611	1,002	1920	1934		967	4,209	718	695

Jeter loses RBI because he batted first or second most of his career: 90.4% of PA. But he gains Runs scored for the same reason.

Player	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	SB	CS	BB	SO	BB/PA	SO/PA	BB/SO
Babe Ruth	1,329	424	106	659	5,131	110	116	1,852	1,122	20.12%	12.19%	1.65
Mickey Mantle	1,463	344	72	536	4,511	153	38	1,733	1,710	17.49%	17.26%	1.01
Lou Gehrig	1,531	534	163	493	5,060	102	102	1,508	790	15.60%	8.17%	1.91
Joe DiMaggio	1,333	389	131	361	3,948	30	9	790	369	10.30%	4.81%	2.14
Yogi Berra	1,420	321	49	358	3,641	30	26	704	411	8.43%	4.92%	1.71
Álex Rodríguez	957	263	9	351	2,914	152	30	779	1,292	11.95%	19.82%	.60
Aaron Judge	521	168	5	308	2,104	50	16	670	1,176	15.92%	27.94%	.57
Bernie Williams	1,545	449	55	287	3,756	147	87	1,069	1,212	11.81%	13.39%	.88
Jorge Posada	1,000	379	10	275	2,888	20	21	936	1,453	13.09%	20.32%	.64
Derek Jeter	2,595	544	66	260	4,921	358	97	1,082	1,840	8.59%	14.60%	.59
Player	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	SB	CS	BB	SO	BB/PA	SO/PA	BB/SO
max	2,595	544	163	659	5,131	358	116	1,852	1,840	20.12%	27.94%	2.14
min	521	168	5	260	2,104	20	9	670	369	8.43%	4.81%	0.57

Jeter had the most SO but not the worst SO/PA. That goes to the newest member of the Yankee 300 HR club: Judge. But Jeter's BB/PA is almost as bad as Berra's. DiMaggio has the best SO/PA with Berra a close second. DiMaggio also has the best BB/SO, more than 2 BB for every SO. Jeter has only slightly better BB/SO than worst Judge, a little more than half a BB per SO. All the Yankees on this list who played after 1968 have way more SO than BB.

Player	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
Babe Ruth	659	.349	.484	.711	1.195	209
Mickey Mantle	536	.298	.421	.557	.977	172
Lou Gehrig	493	.340	.447	.632	1.080	179
Joe DiMaggio	361	.325	.398	.579	.977	155
Yogi Berra	358	.285	.348	.483	.830	125
Álex Rodríguez	351	.283	.378	.523	.900	136
Aaron Judge	308	.289	.406	.606	1.012	173
Bernie Williams	287	.297	.381	.477	.858	125
Jorge Posada	275	.273	.374	.474	.848	121
Derek Jeter	260	.310	.377	.440	.817	115
Player	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
max	659	.349	.484	.711	1.195	209
min	260	.273	.348	.440	.817	115

Among these ten, Jeter is last in SLG, OPS, OPS+. The top three in HR also have the highest OBP. Ruth dominates. Can Judge keep his OPS+ up there with the top three in HR?

Stop staring at Batting Average and Home Runs. Look at their percentage above the league. Sunday, January 30, 2022

We baseball fans are simple. That's a euphemism for stupid. We stare at numbers and marvel at them even when they are completely lacking context. The two traditional stats stared at the most are:

Batting Average: Hits divided by At Bats (AB).

Home Runs: uh, that's it. Just a total. Not even a simple average or rate like AB divided by HR to get the common sense stat of the average number of AB to hit a homer. Some may prefer using Plate Appearances (PA), which is mostly AB + Bases on Balls (BB) also known as Walks. The idea is the same.

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Batting Average and Home Run Rate percentages above the league 1903-2019. Thursday, February 3, 2022