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Originally Posted by jhs5120
Leading the league in home runs or winning an MVP award is meaningless.
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So being recognized by the sports writers who cover the game as the best player in the game is meaningless? /head scratch
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Originally Posted by jhs5120
Look at his career stats and you will be very hard pressed to find 5 players who had a more productive career than Jeter over the past 30 years.
As for the original topic, I'll stick to my original list:
T1. Honus Wagner
T1. Derek Jeter
3. Cal Ripken Jr.
4. Barrry Larkin
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Well, of course you'll have a hard time finding anybody who had better numbers over the last 30 years. That's because you're providing such a narrow time frame, a time frame that perfectly fits Jeter's career. Most players, if they even played that long, started playing before your 30 year parameter, meaning the earliest part of their career is being excluded, or they started playing some time after Jeter did, meaning their later years are being excluded.
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Originally Posted by jhs5120
I would argue that Jeter was better than Wagner purely because of the time period they played in, but without opening that can of worms I'll just concede they're tied.
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Let me get this straight. You're basically saying that Derek Jeter is the greatest shortstop to ever play the game?
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