Derek Jeter not really that bad
There’s a lot of buzz lately about Derek Jeter’s poor defensive play (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7824160/Jeter-takes-a-byte-out-of-'worst-shortstop'-label)
So he might not be Dave Concepcion over there, but things were A LOT were as far as scooping grounders go before Jeter came to town. Last year Jeter hit .322 with 73 RBIS, while making 18 errors, posting a fielding percentage of .970.
So the team clearly good do much worse.
Here’s a refresher of how things used to be:
1993 Spike Owen, .234 BA, 14 errors, .968 fielding percentage in 96 games
1992 Andy Stankiewicz, .286 BA, 11 errors, .973 fielding percentage in 81 games
1991 Alvaro Espinoza, .256 BA, 21 errors, .969 fielding percentage in 147 games
and everyone’s favorite
1985 Bobby Meachem, .218 BA, 24 errors, .968 fielding percentage in 155 games
--Pete Catapano
