Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Derek Jeter’s Shot At History
Consider the following list of players:
Omar Moreno, 1980
Frank Taveras, 1979
Horace Clarke, 1970
Juan Samuel, 1984
Jose Reyes, 2005
Omar Moreno, 1979
Sandy Alomar, 1971
Sandy Alomar, 1970
Jimmy ROllins, 2007
Juan Pierre, 2006
So, what’s the point of this list? It’s a list of the top ten single season total for outs made (AB - H + CS + GDP) since 1969, which is when the mound was lowered to account for pitchers dominating the game in 1968.
So what does this have to do with Derek Jeter? Jeter’s made 425 outs so far this year. At his current pace, he’d end the year at 522, which would place him in a tie for 8th place on the list with Sandy Alomar’s 1970.
If he really steps it up, he may be able to get to second place and surpass Frank Taveras’s 535 in 1979. Unfortunately, it looks like Omar Moreno’s 550 outs made in 1980 is a bit out of his reach.
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