Jeter or Ripken?

[TheEdge07]

Close..

Imo Jeter had the better career but Ripken is the better player.

[cj's dad]

Close..

Imo Jeter had the better career but Ripken is the better player.

As an O's fan I am locked into Cal. I will say however that If the O's do not win I root for the Yankees. I hate the Red Sox and their obnoxious fans.

If you had to choose a player between DJ and CR it would be a tough call. Having seen Cal play nightly and Jeter on occasion I really don't know; Jeter was and still is a class act. Tough call.

[MutuelClerk]

ABO. Anyone But Ozzie. Back flipped to the HOF.

[cj]

Cal was the better all around player in my opinion.

[wiffleball whizz]

Cal was the better all around player in my opinion.

Look at this celebrity appearance

Give me cal over jeter any day....

Cal was on a bad team alot of time I think....put jeter on the old time pirates or royals and let me know how clutch he his

[ManU918]

Honus is the greatest but then Jeter/Ripken Ripken/Jeter follow.

[TheEdge07]

Look at this celebrity appearance

Give me cal over jeter any day....

Cal was on a bad team alot of time I think....put jeter on the old time pirates or royals and let me know how clutch he his

No such thing as clutch..jeter peformed in playoffs just like he performed in regular season..

Clutch just means the players stats didnt drop im postseason..go look up jeter stats.in regular season and playoffs similiar.

[JustRalph]

I love Cal Ripken. But Jeter in the postseason.......pretty good.

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[Valuist]

Games: Ripken 3001 Jeter 2590
Runs: Jeter 1871 Ripken 1647
Hits: Jeter 3308 Ripken 3184
Doubles: Ripken 603 Jeter 524
Triples: Jeter 65 Ripken 44
Home Runs: Ripken 431 Jeter 256
RBI: Ripken 1695 Jeter 1256
Walks: Ripken 1129 Jeter 1041
Stolen Bases: Jeter 348 Ripken 36
Batting average: Jeter .313 Ripken .276
OPS: Jeter .829 Ripken .788
WAR: Ripken 95.6 Jeter 72.2
Misc: Ripken 2 MVPs, Jeter 200 post season hits and 20 HR and .308 BA
both won Rookie of the Year

[Johnny V]

I would say Jeter. Interestingly enough, both Jeter and Ripken have identical lifetime slugging % averages, .447, 7th or so among all time shortstops.

[Robert Fischer]

Statistically, they were about the same in hitting, with Jeter having better OnBase% and Cal slugging better.
Fielding stats show Ripken to be far superior at SS.

My own impression was that Cal was an impact offensive player during his time. Jeter was a really good player, but even surrounded by those Yankee lineups he wasn't in the same class of offensive threat.

Less sure of fielding. I'm surprised that Jeter looks so bad statistically. Intuitively I would think that the faster Jeter should have an edge in range whether into the hole or on looping 'texas leaguers' headed behind 3b.
Cal may have seen the ball sooner off the bat, and possibly been smarter with knowing when he could play deep and still make the throw.
Probably closer defensively than it looks statistically. At least Jeter didn't seem like a liability.

So in terms of playing ability, I would take a good hitter like Cal any day over a weaker hitter, considering both were good enough to field their position.

The streak probably puts Cal even further ahead considering it's impact.