Post by CSCommish on May 4, 2024 21:42:39 GMT -5
While Jeter broke the all-time career stolen base record in a 9-3 victory at home against the San Diego Padres on Friday, July 28, 2012, we was not able to keep pace in August and September to get close to the single-season record.
Jeter ended up with 97 steals, his most since his 101 steals in the 2007 season. At the time of breaking the all-time career solen base record, he had 72 steals in the first 104 games, or about 0.69 steals per game; however he slowed to 25 steals in the remaining 57 games, or about 0.44 steals per game, which represented a fairly significant 36% reduction of pace.
Now, had the co-commissioner's office not messed up with the make-up games for the April 2nd games, it is technically possible that Jeter could have stolen 16 bases in that phantom 162nd game. Therefore, we consider Jeter to have been robbed of the single-season record.
Team staff has noticed over the past month that baseball has been taking its toll on Jeter's body. He showed some sluggishness, loss of patience, and showing weaknesses in his swing, just like earlier in the season. Jeter did give the Twins a huge team discount, to potentially play next season, where he hopes to be able to fend off up-and-coming shortstop sensation Jose Ramirez, who, while he has the same blazing speed and tendency as Jeter, does not expect to get close to Jeter's record, as Jose is more of a power hitter, but does show excellent patience.
With 54 more steals, Jeter has the chance to break the 1600-steal threshold. At 3,337 hits in his career, good for 13th all-time, he needs 139 hits to tie Julio Cruz for 10th all-time and 140 hits to break the tie and hold the 10th all-time position to himself.
If Jeter does not retire over the off-season, the Twins anticipate that he will start the season at SS, but may end up yielding the starting role to Jose Ramirez sometime during the 2013 season. Jeter could then back-up at second base and short-stop as well as designated hitter. If he is able to hit .300, he would need about 463 at bats. Any more at bats or a better batting average, or a combination of the 2 would guarantee Jeter getting into the top-10.
So, how did the pace and projections play out?
Original Pace / Projections
Career Pace: 0.58 steals per game played
Average Games Played Per Season in Career: 149 games
Pace times Average Games Played for an average season: 86 steals
Current Pace in Past 3 Seasons: 0.54 steals per game played
Average Games Played Per Season in Past 3 Seasons: 133 games
Pace times Average Games Played for an average season: 72 steals
Estimated Pace for 2012: 0.56 steals per game played
Estimated Games Played in 2012: 141 games
Estimated Steals: 79 steals
Actual Pace for 2012: 0.60 steals per team game played
Actual Pace for 2012: 0.65 steals per game played
Games Played in 2012: 150 games
Stolen Bases in 2012: 97 steals
Jeter ended up with 97 steals, his most since his 101 steals in the 2007 season. At the time of breaking the all-time career solen base record, he had 72 steals in the first 104 games, or about 0.69 steals per game; however he slowed to 25 steals in the remaining 57 games, or about 0.44 steals per game, which represented a fairly significant 36% reduction of pace.
Now, had the co-commissioner's office not messed up with the make-up games for the April 2nd games, it is technically possible that Jeter could have stolen 16 bases in that phantom 162nd game. Therefore, we consider Jeter to have been robbed of the single-season record.
Team staff has noticed over the past month that baseball has been taking its toll on Jeter's body. He showed some sluggishness, loss of patience, and showing weaknesses in his swing, just like earlier in the season. Jeter did give the Twins a huge team discount, to potentially play next season, where he hopes to be able to fend off up-and-coming shortstop sensation Jose Ramirez, who, while he has the same blazing speed and tendency as Jeter, does not expect to get close to Jeter's record, as Jose is more of a power hitter, but does show excellent patience.
With 54 more steals, Jeter has the chance to break the 1600-steal threshold. At 3,337 hits in his career, good for 13th all-time, he needs 139 hits to tie Julio Cruz for 10th all-time and 140 hits to break the tie and hold the 10th all-time position to himself.
If Jeter does not retire over the off-season, the Twins anticipate that he will start the season at SS, but may end up yielding the starting role to Jose Ramirez sometime during the 2013 season. Jeter could then back-up at second base and short-stop as well as designated hitter. If he is able to hit .300, he would need about 463 at bats. Any more at bats or a better batting average, or a combination of the 2 would guarantee Jeter getting into the top-10.
So, how did the pace and projections play out?
Original Pace / Projections
Career Pace: 0.58 steals per game played
Average Games Played Per Season in Career: 149 games
Pace times Average Games Played for an average season: 86 steals
Current Pace in Past 3 Seasons: 0.54 steals per game played
Average Games Played Per Season in Past 3 Seasons: 133 games
Pace times Average Games Played for an average season: 72 steals
Estimated Pace for 2012: 0.56 steals per game played
Estimated Games Played in 2012: 141 games
Estimated Steals: 79 steals
Actual Pace for 2012: 0.60 steals per team game played
Actual Pace for 2012: 0.65 steals per game played
Games Played in 2012: 150 games
Stolen Bases in 2012: 97 steals