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Originally Posted by bagsangels
wow, thats a ridicoulous statement...i got this off of ESPN.COM
Sortable Fielding:
NAME GP GS INN TC PO A E DP FPCT RF ZR
Orlando Cabrera, LAA 140 139 1241.2 583 229 347 7 81 .988 4.18 .844
Derek Jeter, NYY 157 1353.2 731 262 454 15 96 .979 4.76 .830
Juan Uribe, CWS 146 143 1293.1 687 249 422 16 99 .977 4.67 .852
Michael Young, Tex 155 155 1356.0 683 238 427 18 95 .974 4.41 .807
Miguel Tejada, Bal 160 160 1395.2 753 252 479 22 105 .971 4.72 .818
Jhonny Peralta, Cle 141 138 1232.1 639 207 413 19 104 .970 4.53 .852
Julio Lugo, TB 156 155 1339.2 759 311 424 24 94 .968 4.94 .841
Angel Berroa, KC 159 159 1360.1 720 254 441 25 108 .965 4.60 .827
Edgar Renteria, Bos 153 150 1293.0 655 227 398 30 90 .954 4.35 .809
Russ Adams, Tor 132 122 1100.0 546 194 326 26 68 .952 4.25 .780
Now how is it that the number one fielding shortstop in the AL would be just as big a travesty????????
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Wow, Peralta did much better than I thought he would. If you asked me today if I was allowed to choose which guy I'd want between Jeter and Peralta, it would be Jhonny in a heartbeat. Not only was his D fairly comparable, but compare the offense. Peralta had an OPS+ of 139, an OPS of .886 and 73 extra base hits, while Jeter had an OPS+ of 121, an OPS of .849 and 49 extra base hits. Seems to me Joe Morgan and all his announcer buddies are whacking off to the wrong SS when they grow wood over Jeter.
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