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That’s all certainly true, and he should have moved to third for A-Rod, and yet he is still a hall of fame calibre player, which don’t exactly come around every day.

Despite his -9.4 dWAR, his 96.3 oWAR still leaves him well beyond the 60 WAR HOF barrier.

Jeter is such an odd player since he is simultaneously one of the best to ever play the game and massively overrated. I’m not sure there is another baseball player who fits that description.

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I'd say Joe DiMaggio is similar. He's an all-time great, but there are many better players with less renown. You could make a case for Pete Rose too.

In a way Jeter's career is a cross of those two. His triple slash is similar to Rose, and he's also among the hits and plate appearance leaders. And like DiMaggio, he was the face of a Yankees dynasty.

Yeah, I'm not even looking at the defensive metrics. I don't even think he's that great defensively either. But the offensive numbers AND more importantly, his clutch performances are what makes him special.

People underestimate how hard it is to produce offensively in a pressure cooker environment in NY. Many superstars have come here and simply not produced the way they have in the past because they can't produce under the pressure.

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