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SI: The 50 highest-earning athletes
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1. Buzzkill posted on September 20, 2012 at 05:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Rose at 38: 3372 hits, a 130 OPS+ with 208 hits that year. He'd have just one more season of 100+ for OPS+ in his career, top hit totals were 185, 172 but in the strike year of '81 he led with 140 at age 40 (118 OPS+).
The lesson learned is that the great ones(yeah, as a Sox fan, I just typed that) age differently then the rest. We've been predicting(hoping?) he would experience a normal decline phase from say age 35 on. However he had an excellent year that year then produced again this year. As Buzz said in #1, that crow does truly have a nasty taste.....
It wasn't just the "thinking fans" that underestimated him - ZIPS projected an 82 OPS+ and a mere 145 hits for Jeter in 2012.
Given this is one of baseball's most treasured records, I can't believe this isn't getting more coverage.
the great ones(yeah, as a Sox fan, I just typed that) age differently then the rest
Well, some do and some don't. And Jeter was never a great hitter, he was a great hitter for a SS.
Ripken had an awesome half-season at 38 but 37-40 he's just a 96 OPS+ ... and that good only because of that awesome half-season. Larkin was horrible at 38 and just OK 37-40. Alomare didn't even make it to 37, Yount didn't make it to 38. Ichiro has not been a good hitter at 37-38. Carew was still Carew at 37 but not 38-39. But Tony Gwynn was still Tony Gwynn when he could take the field (220 hits and 372 BA at 37). And Jeter -- doing well at 38 but 36-38 he's at a 102 OPS+ ... still plenty good for a SS of course but clearly not as good as he was when younger. Incredible durability for those ages though.
Well, Ripken also had a 96 OPS+ from age 31-37. That awesome half-season at 38 was the only great part of Ripken's post-30 career.
Rk Player WAR/pos OPS+ Rfield PA From To1 Honus Wagner 19.3 144 26 1832 1910 1912 H
2 Ozzie Smith 12.7 102 20 1834 1991 1993 H
3 Bill Dahlen 8.3 89 12 1682 1906 1908
4 Maury Wills 7.7 88 3 1922 1969 1971
5 Omar Vizquel 7.2 88 15 1587 2003 2005
6 Bobby Wallace 6.6 88 9 1404 1910 1912 H
7 Pee Wee Reese 6.6 79 23 1678 1955 1957 H
8 Luis Aparicio 5.8 89 -12 1631 1970 1972 H
9 Derek Jeter 4.9 102 -38 2016 2010 2012
10 Rabbit Maranville 4.3 75 26 1674 1928 1930 H
11 Bones Ely 2.6 60 38 1520 1899 1901
12 Barry Larkin 2.2 93 -15 1199 2000 2002 H
13 Tommy Corcoran 0.7 68 2 1347 1905 1907
14 Larry Bowa 0.6 67 -12 1517 1982 1984
15 Dave Bancroft 0.2 69 -9 1421 1927 1929 H
16 Dave Concepcion -1.2 77 -23 1566 1984 1986
that Derek Jeter---he's no Bobby Wallace
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