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Defensive Statistics

• Gold Gloves are about meaningless.

• Errors and Fielding Percentage are vastly overrated as measurements of fielding ability.

• Far more important are the total number of balls you get to.

• Range Factor = 9 * (Assists + Putouts) / Innings played. Plays made per game.

  Sortable Fielding:
  NAME	GP	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT	RF	ZR
  Rafael Furcal, Atl	152	152	1306.1	774	255	504	15	119	.981	5.23	.858
  David Eckstein, StL	156	154	1341.2	776	244	517	15	123	.981	5.11	.833
  Jack Wilson, Pit	157	155	1360.0	783	246	523	14	126	.982	5.09	.884
  Julio Lugo, TB	156	155	1339.2	759	311	424	24	94	.968	4.94	.841
  Alex Gonzalez, Fla	124	124	1087.1	604	221	367	16	102	.974	4.87	.846
  Derek Jeter, NYY	157	157	1353.2	731	262	454	15	96	.979	4.76	.830
  Neifi Perez, ChC	130	118	1063.1	570	175	385	10	81	.982	4.74	.882
  Miguel Tejada, Bal	160	160	1395.2	753	252	479	22	105	.971	4.72	.818
  Juan Uribe, CWS	146	143	1293.1	687	249	422	16	99	.977	4.67	.852
  Angel Berroa, KC	159	159	1360.1	720	254	441	25	108	.965	4.60	.827
  Omar Vizquel, SF	150	144	1292.1	668	234	426	8	81	.988	4.60	.872
  Jhonny Peralta, Cle	141	138	1232.1	639	207	413	19	104	.970	4.53	.852
  Royce Clayton, Ari	141	131	1177.1	595	180	404	11	91	.982	4.46	.815
  Michael Young, Tex	155	155	1356.0	683	238	427	18	95	.974	4.41	.807
  Adam Everett, Hou	150	147	1292.2	644	209	421	14	96	.978	4.39	.875
  Edgar Renteria, Bos	153	150	1293.0	655	227	398	30	90	.954	4.35	.809
  Jose Reyes, NYM	161	159	1398.1	683	237	428	18	105	.974	4.28	.821
  Russ Adams, Tor	132	122	1100.0	546	194	326	26	68	.952	4.25	.780
  Cristian Guzman, Was	142	133	1161.0	559	217	327	15	85	.973	4.22	.804
  Orlando Cabrera, LAA	140	139	1241.2	583	229	347	7	81	.988	4.18	.844
  Felipe Lopez, Cin	140	133	1175.1	561	186	358	17	71	.970	4.17	.836
  Khalil Greene, SD	121	120	1029.2	487	161	312	14	64	.971	4.14	.860
  Jimmy Rollins, Phi	157	156	1356.0	631	208	411	12	80	.981	4.11	.847
  J.J. Hardy, Mil	119	104	938.2	402	133	259	10	52	.975	3.76	.848

• Even more advanced measurements adjust for how many strikeouts a team gets, how many fly ball outs they record and how many right and left handed pitchers they have.

• Stats, Inc. pays three people to be at each game and track who made what plays where. Fielders are then rated on how many balls they successfully fielded in their zone, Zone Rating. Chart of Stats' zones

  Sortable Fielding:
  NAME	GP	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT	RF	ZR
  Jack Wilson, Pit	157	155	1360.0	783	246	523	14	126	.982	5.09	.884
  Neifi Perez, ChC	130	118	1063.1	570	175	385	10	81	.982	4.74	.882
  Adam Everett, Hou	150	147	1292.2	644	209	421	14	96	.978	4.39	.875
  Omar Vizquel, SF	150	144	1292.1	668	234	426	8	81	.988	4.60	.872
  Khalil Greene, SD	121	120	1029.2	487	161	312	14	64	.971	4.14	.860
  Rafael Furcal, Atl	152	152	1306.1	774	255	504	15	119	.981	5.23	.858
  Jhonny Peralta, Cle	141	138	1232.1	639	207	413	19	104	.970	4.53	.852
  Juan Uribe, CWS	146	143	1293.1	687	249	422	16	99	.977	4.67	.852
  J.J. Hardy, Mil	119	104	938.2	402	133	259	10	52	.975	3.76	.848
  Jimmy Rollins, Phi	157	156	1356.0	631	208	411	12	80	.981	4.11	.847
  Alex Gonzalez, Fla	124	124	1087.1	604	221	367	16	102	.974	4.87	.846
  Orlando Cabrera, LAA	140	139	1241.2	583	229	347	7	81	.988	4.18	.844
  Julio Lugo, TB	156	155	1339.2	759	311	424	24	94	.968	4.94	.841
  Felipe Lopez, Cin	140	133	1175.1	561	186	358	17	71	.970	4.17	.836
  David Eckstein, StL	156	154	1341.2	776	244	517	15	123	.981	5.11	.833
  Derek Jeter, NYY	157	157	1353.2	731	262	454	15	96	.979	4.76	.830
  Angel Berroa, KC	159	159	1360.1	720	254	441	25	108	.965	4.60	.827
  Jose Reyes, NYM	161	159	1398.1	683	237	428	18	105	.974	4.28	.821
  Miguel Tejada, Bal	160	160	1395.2	753	252	479	22	105	.971	4.72	.818
  Royce Clayton, Ari	141	131	1177.1	595	180	404	11	91	.982	4.46	.815
  Edgar Renteria, Bos	153	150	1293.0	655	227	398	30	90	.954	4.35	.809
  Michael Young, Tex	155	155	1356.0	683	238	427	18	95	.974	4.41	.807
  Cristian Guzman, Was	142	133	1161.0	559	217	327	15	85	.973	4.22	.804
  Russ Adams, Tor	132	122	1100.0	546	194	326	26	68	.952	4.25	.780

• This is a little better than Jeter was in 2003, 2002 and 2001 and a lot worse than 2004.

• David Pinto's probabilistic model of fielding says that Jeter was 60 outs worse than the normal shortstop and cost his team about 8 runs versus an average shortstop.

• Jeter is pretty easily the second best shortstop on his team.

• Advanced look at fielding: And the Beat Goes On: Derek Jeter and the State of Fielding Analysis in Sabermetrics Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Revisited,

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