Who would the MSB select? Jeter vs Ripken

Slightly Ripken.

I first thought hard about Jeter until I did look over the stats. It's really what do you prefer.. the power guy or the guy who gets on base slightly more and can run somewhat.

I'm really impressed by how few Ripken struck out.

Jeter doesn't have the home runs but he actually leads in Slugging.... that actually surprised me because Ripken has more double but Jeter triples

He definitely brings a few more tools to the table.

It really depends on team and I usually value avg running defense a lot more.. but straight up not knowing anything else.. I'm slightly leaning towards the masher at SS. Plus he did have a couple of seasons of 200 hits and a few 300+ avg seasons as well. I'm not sure how many I'll have to check when I'm more awake. You can't go wrong with either.. and that streak was nuts.

I'd take the back end of Jeter's career of Ripken's, but I'd take the full career over Ripken. The big difference is defense. Ripken is one of the best defensive shortstops of all-time, on the tier below Ozzie and Belanger, and Jeter is pretty mediocre. He's got a great arm, but no one had a better arm than Cal. Cal also had great range.

Both great but Ill take Jeter. His numbers are great and he steps up big.

His backhand flip at the plate is one of baseballs all-time great plays imo.

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I'll preface this by saying I hate Derek Jeter.

That said, there is no way to not take him over Cal.

We all love Cal because of his grit, his moxie, his hardnosed every day approach to his profession; he was undoubtedly a superior shortstop in the field for the first 3/4ths of his career after being moved over from 3rd, but it's not like his defense holds up as an all-time great at the position.

People often forget just how often he turned in absolute clunkers of a season-- his career average would be closer to .260 if he didn't have 3.5 abberently high seasons where he hit a combined .312 ; his well regarded early career power fell off, not only in HR, but in doubles power, to the point it's pretty well indistinguishable from Jeter's advanced power in terms of SLG and OPS.


When you evaluate it fully, the only areas where Ripken looks to be ahead of Jeter are in cumulative HR power, overall career defense, and durability. It's not like Jeter is a terrible slouch in these areas, but Ripken does win them.

Ripken is the guy I'd rather my son emulate, in terms of attitude and approach to the game-- but I would undoubtedly prefer he played to a Jeter standard, over Ripken's.

Slightly Jeter.

He seemed more clutch - especially in the post-season.

(Maybe stats say he wasn't...but it felt like he always came through with a big hit.)

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(Maybe stats say he wasn't...but it felt like he always came through with a big hit.)

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Cal has 120 postseason plate appearances. He went 3-18 in his only World Series app. .425 OPS



Jester has over 700 postseason plate app. Much harder to sustain the numbers he has compared to the 120 plate app Ripken had.

Jeter is a .321 career hitter in World Series. With an .832 OPS

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He went 3-18 in his only World Series app. .425 OPS

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which the Orioles won in 5 games. WOOOOOOO!!!!

But way to cherry pick. Cal hit 336/411/455 in those 120 PA's and hit .400 in three different postseason series.

Jeter's career postseason line is 308/374/465. Which, you might notice, is less than Cal's numbers. But Jeter is an excellent postseason player.

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Who would the MSB select? Jeter vs Ripken

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JETER!!!!!!!!! I love Cal and the way he handled himself his whole career. A GREAT PLAYER. BUT


NOT the WINNER Jeter is. If I was starting a team...... Jeter would be my 1st [non-pitcher] I would take.