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Originally Posted by Mattingly120

Keith Hernandez
Derek Jeter

Hernandez had three decent years for the Twins, topping out in '73 with a 190 hit, .299/.353/.416 performance. After the '74 season he was hit with talent drops and then by a baseball - fracturing his skill. He played in the low minors for the rest of his career, except for a 9 game stint in '79 for the Twins.

Derek Jeter is even better than in real life. In his '93 rookie campaign for the White Sox he totaled 222 hits and 31 steals (career high) with a .336/.384/.430 line. He played with the Pale Hose until the 2005 season when he was traded to the Twins for Scott Hairston (2B), who isn't nearly as good offensively and only slightly better defensively (Jeter has a 5 infield range and a 3 rating at SS). The Twins made an excellent trade to improve their offense though. So far, at the age of 33, Jeter has 2953 career hits, 1515 runs, 515 doubles, 229 HRs, 1228 RBIs, 189 SBs and 41 CS. His overall line is .335/.401/.484 (he hit .390 in 2000) - good for a 875.7 VORP (25th all-time, 4th among SSes). RoY, 9 time AS.

That's enough Yankees for now.

Through 2007 Ortiz has played his entire career for the Indians, amassing 319 2Bs and 372 HRs and a .302/.389/.577 line.

Originally Posted by jHatch

How about Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr and Brady Anderson?

Brooks Robinson never played in the bigs. He managed 291 career minor league hits over 11 seasons.

Frank Robinson was a bust, putting up 76 hits over five seasons for the Reds.

Ripken was a bust as well. 72 career hits over two seasons.

Brady Anderson was a bust. 221 hits in six seasons for the Red Sox.

Originally Posted by Nukester

How about Rube Krohl and Dave Kingman ?

Kroh had three good years for the Senators from '08 through 1910. 1911 through '14 weren't quite as good. Overall he was 46-55 with a 2.67 ERA in 966 IP.

Kong was Kong, only a bit better. He played 17 full seasons, never appearing in less than 147 games except for his 139 games in '82. He played for the Pirates, Athletics, Dodgers and Angels. 2400 career hits, 523 HRs (25th all-time, 9th all-time when he retired however), 2493 strikeouts (6th all-time, 3rd when he retired). .233/.297/.427 was good for a 319.1 VORP.