Much has been made of the ever-increasing frequency of Derek Jeter’s ABs ending in a grounder to short or second.
I decided to take a look at this via Baseball Reference. Here is Jeter’s year-by-year games, ABs that ended in a ball to the infield, total ABs for the year, and the percentage of total ABs that ended in the infield.
| Year | G | Infield AB | Infield/G | Tot AB | Inf AB/ Tot |
| 1995 | 15 | 20 | 1.33 | 48 | 42% |
| 1996 | 157 | 196 | 1.25 | 582 | 34% |
| 1997 | 159 | 287 | 1.81 | 654 | 44% |
| 1998 | 149 | 259 | 1.74 | 626 | 41% |
| 1999 | 158 | 214 | 1.35 | 627 | 34% |
| 2000 | 148 | 217 | 1.47 | 593 | 37% |
| 2001 | 150 | 243 | 1.62 | 614 | 40% |
| 2002 | 157 | 268 | 1.71 | 644 | 42% |
| 2003 | 119 | 188 | 1.58 | 482 | 39% |
| 2004 | 154 | 248 | 1.61 | 643 | 39% |
| 2005 | 159 | 272 | 1.71 | 654 | 42% |
| 2006 | 154 | 268 | 1.74 | 623 | 43% |
| 2007 | 156 | 263 | 1.69 | 639 | 41% |
| 2008 | 150 | 266 | 1.77 | 596 | 45% |
| 2009 | 153 | 278 | 1.82 | 634 | 44% |
| 2010 | 157 | 333 | 2.12 | 663 | 50% |
| 2011 | 9 | 23 | 2.56 | 34 | 68% |
Verdict: Many more worms are dying at the hands of the Captain.
