as a disclaimer, i'm a Mets fan, don't really like or dislike JeterBFiVL wrote:Better Plate Discipline? not even close IMO. Jeter has had 9 100 K years at the plate to Ichrio ZERO ( His high strike out year is 86) He does Walk more so if you base it off that sure, but Ichrio has 10 straight 200 seasons so he aint looking for walks ( Jeter has had only 8 total 200 hit seasons despite playing longer)
Ichrio has better speed, better bat avg, and better bat discipline. Not even close in my book.
Ichiro swings at everything and makes a lot of contact, which is why he doesn't walk alot or strike out alot, which is why i say he doesn't have as good of plate discipline. For a guy that gets 200+ hits every year and hits around .325, his career obp is 'only' .373.
Jeter has a higher career OBP and OPS... not sure how you can say its not close.
if you want look old school type stuff like hits and avg and speed (which i have no idea how that makes him a better hitter), its not as if Jeter is slacking there, he averages 206 hits per season over 17 seasons, is a career .312 hitter and has 4 30 stolen base seasons of his own.
baseball isn't a tough sport to analyze given both bodies have a big enough sample... the numbers say they are pretty similar.
'not even close' seems like a stretch.
