2006-11-21 14:51:23 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Justin's OBP was .375.
Jeter's was .417 (4th in the league)....
How is .375 better than .417?
As far as fielding percentages go, no knowledgeable fan would compare the fielding percentage of a first baseman with that of a shortstop. Jeter won the Gold Glove, at the most important defensive position. Justin did not win the gold glove, even though he plays the easiest defensive position.
If you're a first baseman and you DON'T hit more HRs and drive in more runs than a shortstop, you're not going to keep your job very long. (The reason first basemen are expected to be top offensive players is because the position is so easy to play, that teams can almost always find someone who can play that postion and also hit)
Justin drove in 130 runs and scored 97... Jeter drove in 97 and scored 118. Not a huge difference in run production, until you account for the fact that Justin is a first baseman, and Jeter is a shortstop. If anything, Jeter would get an edge here (Sabermetric "runs created" formula credits Justin with 125 runs created, Jeter with 123...but again, Jeter is a shortstop). However, MVP voters have always been biased toward players who drive in, as opposed to scoring, runs.
Despite 11 straight division titles, the Yanks have only had 1 MVP during that time... during their four World Championship seasons, the MVP awards went to the Texas Rangers (3 times) and the Oakland A's (once). A-Rod's winning the award in 2005 may actually have hurt Jeter's chances this year... and yes, there is a definite anti-Yankee bias in MVP voting.
Jeter also held the Yankees together this season and led them to the best record in the AL... despite Matsui, Shefield and Cano missing quite a bit of playing time with injuries...and depsite the fact that their pitching was TERRIBLE...
Justin's RBI total is the reason he won the award.
Neil D is correct in pointing out that you really couldn't go "wrong" either way...there were a few good candidates in the AL this year...but Jeter did deserve the award, imo.
2006-11-21 22:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will personally correct all of the stupid answers made to this question:
1. "Jeter stinkz" -Jeter is a very good baseball player
2. "Because people like to hate on the Yankees" -The same voters voted Alex Rodriguez the MVP last year.
3. "Voters have no idea what Jeter means to Yankees" -Completely ubsurd answer. Voters are very, very knowledgeable and are more aware of baseball than anybody here is. Most fans do not know importance of Morneau to the Twins.
4. "Morneau is not even best on team"-Morneau was easily MVP of the Twins. When did Twins turn season around; June, from June to the end of the year, no player in the majors, not even mauer had a better batting average than Morneau.
2006-11-21 16:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
first of all Jeter is a approaches from overvalued. he's hated on via each and every guy or woman who would not have a guy like him on their group's roster. He had his profession year this year in terms of offense and if there became ever a time the place it gave the impact of the yankees weren't going to win and did....Jeter became in contact in some way. SS is the main extreme place in the area of enjoying the sphere. the different stupid element with reference to the mvp race is that the participant who gets it is going to likely be consistently sturdy throughout the time of the completed year. I had the two gamers on my myth roster and had to drop morneau bc the guy became hitting .181. fortunate for me i've got been given him back good as he hit his stride yet how can a guy get the MVP if there became somebody with extra consistent #s throughout the time of.....ultimately, ppl forget that the backside of the american dynasty in the final decade became equipped from Jeter up!
2016-10-17 09:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I concur with Georgie Porgie. Additionally he should have not won the AL Gold Glove at SS, that should've went to Michael Young who had less errors, a better fielding %, more total chances, more assists, more put outs, and more turned double plays. Jeter is a great player but he gets so much exposure because he plays for the Yanks.
Stats do not qualify as Anti-Yankee sentiment.
2006-11-21 22:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by csduncan23 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jeter didn't win the award, because he had an impressive batting average after June 8th (.362), best in the league. Second, don't forget what MVP really stands for: Most Valuable Player. Jeter is important for the Yankees, but if he goes down with an injury, the rest of the Yankee are just that dominate without him. For Morneaur, if he goes down with an injury, the twins are screwed. He is more valuable than jeter.
2006-11-21 15:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by tornado761367 1 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Only Die Hard Yankee Fans would say Jeter deserved it when clearly Bobby, or Jonny Damon clearly deserved it alot more than he did on the Yankees team.
Justin Had:
-More HR
-More RBI
-5th in Average though Jeter was 2nd
-Better On Base %
-Better Fielding %
-Without Justin the Twins are nothing.
-Without Jeter the Yanks still have A-Rod, Damon, Canoe, Giambi, Bobby. WHO DON'T THEY HAVE AND HERE YOU ARE SAYING THE JETER DESERVES IT?
2006-11-21 17:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only reason is that the people voting have no idea what value Jeter brings to the Yankess. Either that or they lived in a hole for the past year and didnt see the numbers he put up and the plays he made in the field.
The fact that so many fans disagree just goes to show that these "experts" just got it wrong.
2006-11-21 14:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by Edwin 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Easy answer, a Chicago writer voted him 6th who knew nothing he was talkin bout in a WFAN interview. You could not of went wrong with any of them, was way more wide open than the NL which was only Howard or Pujols.
2006-11-21 19:01:45 · answer #8 · answered by Neil D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anti-New York, Anti-Yankee Anti-Jeter sentiment among the writers. Jeter actually got a SIXTH place vote. All the rest were first or second, and one fourth place vote. Now tell me that the moron who voted him sixth didn't have an axe to grind.
2006-11-21 14:56:50 · answer #9 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Jeffrey S says it all.
Anti-Yankee sentiment in the sports writers camp. Look at it here. It's not hard to imagine it spilling over to the writers.
2006-11-21 22:23:32 · answer #10 · answered by Oz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋