Derek Jeter’s 38 greatest hits

Today is Derek Jeter’s thirty-eighth birthday and to celebrate the event, here are Jeter’s 38 greatest hits. In a career as long as the Captain’s, it is difficult to come up with a highlight reel of sorts. So what was done instead was to use the fantastic Baseball-reference.com’s Play Index to come up with Jeter’s thirty-eight highest WPA scores for his career. WPA stands for Win Probability Added. So these are the regular season games where Jeter’s performance most affected his team’s ability to win a particular game. There are other ways to come up with such a list. But since Jeter is all about winning, this seemed the most appropriate.

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