Just in case someone want more up to date stats, I made a list of all starting SSs using data from the 2003 season (only because the almanac does not have full defensive ratings for the 2004 season yet!). You'll notice that there are only 29 teams here... that is because one of the teams didn't have a shortstop that played more than 50 games.
What I've done is change the stats to the postion rank that they are in when compared to their peers. So a "1" indicated first overall, while a 29 is the worst. In terms of errors, a "1" means the LEAST amount of errors, and "29" indicates a stone glove...
here are the numbers on Jeter:
Code:
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP FLD% RF ZR
NYY Jeter SS 9 6 10 11 13 10 1 16 11 7 4 18 15
As you can see, Jeter ranked 18th out of 29 in terms of his "Range Factor" and he was 15th of 29 in terms of "Zone Range." Although he ranked #1 in terms of put outs, he was a less than average 16 in terms of assists (fielded balls). So he isn't getting to many that are hit his way still...
Here's the rest of the league:
Code:
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP FLD% RF ZR
CAL Eckstein SS 21 21 21 21 20 21 17 22 1 22 2 19 1
CHA Valentin SS 15 17 17 14 10 14 8 14 25 7 23 10 2
TB Lugo SS 20 19 19 18 2 18 12 19 20 17 21 4 3
STL Renteria SS 6 6 5 13 23 13 20 10 16 14 12 25 4
CHN Gonzalez SS 11 14 14 15 22 15 17 12 6 10 2 17 5
CIN Larkin SS 29 29 29 29 26 29 29 29 5 29 28 21 6
HOU Everett SS 18 19 20 17 13 17 13 18 20 19 21 2 7
KC Berroa SS 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 4 28 3 25 4 8
FLA Gonzalez SS 11 11 11 10 10 11 5 11 16 2 10 13 8
BAL Cruz SS 14 13 13 12 13 12 9 13 16 7 12 15 8
TEX Rodriguez SS 3 3 4 5 13 5 7 5 1 1 1 13 11
MON Cabrera SS 1 2 2 4 10 4 3 7 24 6 12 11 12
LA Izturis SS 3 6 6 6 13 6 15 2 16 12 8 16 12
SF Aurilia SS 19 18 18 20 23 20 21 20 11 16 17 26 14
NYY Jeter SS 9 6 10 11 13 10 1 16 11 7 4 18 15
CLE Peralta SS 28 27 26 27 6 27 28 27 1 28 10 8 16
COL Uribe SS 27 27 28 25 1 25 23 25 8 24 18 1 17
BOS GarciaparaSS 6 5 7 7 13 7 11 7 25 15 20 20 18
PHI Rollins SS 9 10 8 9 13 9 14 6 14 13 6 21 19
MIL Clayton SS 16 15 16 16 20 16 17 14 14 17 8 23 19
PIT Wilson SS 13 12 12 8 6 7 10 9 20 5 12 9 21
TOR Woodward SS 23 23 23 22 6 22 22 21 20 20 26 7 22
SEA Guillen SS 26 26 27 28 28 28 27 28 8 26 27 27 23
SD Vazquez SS 22 22 22 23 28 23 26 23 11 24 23 28 24
ARI Cintron SS 24 24 24 26 23 26 25 26 1 26 6 24 25
ATL Furcal SS 8 6 9 3 2 3 5 2 29 3 29 6 26
MIN Guzman SS 16 15 15 19 26 18 16 17 8 22 5 29 27
OAK Tejada SS 1 1 1 2 6 2 4 1 27 10 18 12 28
DET Santiago SS 25 25 25 24 5 24 24 24 6 21 12 3 29
Damn... if that just didn't absorb 90 minutes of my time... ay carumba! And I told the wife I'd only be a few minutes on line!!