If you were on the Jeter bashing bandwagon earlier this season, don’t look now as he is hitting .299 with a .359 on base percentage. He’s king of New York City again with his amazing month of August. Although the month isn’t over yet, Jeter is hitting .422 in August with a .475 on base percentage and a.986 OPS. In his last twelve games, he is hitting .490! The last time he hit this high over a course of a month was in July of 2006 when he hit .390.
Compare Jeter’s recent numbers to earlier this year when he was hitting around .260 throughout much of the first half. His average has jumped about 40 points since then. June was his worst month as Jeter hit only .239 before going on the DL. When he went on the DL, the Yankees went 14-5 without him and many actually considered the Yankees to be better off without Jeter in the lineup. Then he made the big comeback starting around the 3000 hit game. During the second half of the season, he is hitting .355 and driving the ball like he used to.
During Thursday's game when he went 3-6, Jeter actually got his average over .300 as he passed Rickey Henderson with 3058 hits, putting him at 21st on the All-Time hits list. It won’t be long before Jeter ties Craig Biggio on that list with 3060 hits, which will put him at #20 All-Time. Jeter also broke Jimmy Fox’s record of runs scored with 1752, which now puts Jeter #20 on the All-Time runs scored list.
Although Jeter has quieted the haters temporarily, I’m sure we will have the discussion of whether Jeter is too old again. Hopefully it won’t be this season though, as Jeter looks determined to make an impact in the postseason. I doubt he can keep these numbers up, but if I have learned anything about Jeter –Don’t Doubt Him!
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