Scott Brosius is the best #9 hitter of all time on the 1998 Yankees

[C-Gold]

1998 Yankees won 114 games.

Brosius batted 9th hit .300 with 19 HR, 98 RBI and 11 steals
He hit 34 doubles, .371 on base percentage, .843 OPS.

The year before he got run out of Oakland batting .203 Over 526 plate appearances but the Yanks gave him a shot.

[Chi_archie]

he was very very good that year

[InTheDrink]

dont forget WS MVP

[pattymayo]

I think he batted 8th a lot, not 9th

[C-Gold]

Right now there are only 11 hitters in the AL that are batting .300 or better.

Of those 11 hitters only 6 of them have a higher OPS than Scott Brosius did in 1998

Miguel Cabrera
Mike Trout
David Ortiz
Joe Mauer
Adrian Beltre
Chris Davis

What that guy did and what the 1998 Yankees did was amazing.

[Chi_archie]

that Yanks team did not have a big big slugger

but they had at least 9 guys that hit double figures in HR's

kinda like the Braves this year

[stevenash]

Brosius hit eight in the order 75 times that season, Posada hit eight 39 times.
Girardi hit ninth in the order that season 63 times, Brosius hit ninth in the order 60 times.



Most Common Batting Orders

8 Games Knoblauch Jeter O'Neill Martinez Williams Strawberry Curtis Posada Brosius

7 Games Knoblauch Jeter O'Neill Williams Martinez Strawberry Curtis Brosius Girardi

7 Games Knoblauch Jeter O'Neill Williams Martinez Raines Curtis Brosius Girardi

6 Games Knoblauch Jeter O'Neill Williams Martinez Strawberry Posada Curtis Brosius

6 Games Knoblauch Jeter O'Neill Williams Martinez Raines Curtis Posada Brosius

5 Games Knoblauch Jeter O'Neill Martinez Williams Strawberry Curtis Brosius Girardi

[DrStale]

[C-Gold]

I think he batted 8th a lot, not 9th

He did hit 8th sometimes, but the majority of the games he was batting 9th.

Look at that lineup.
A 24 year old Derek Jeter hit .324 with 19 HR, 84 RBI and 30 steals
Bernie Williams hit .339
Paul O'Neil hit .317 with 24 HR, 116 RBI and 15 steals
Chuck Knoblach hit .265 with 17 HR and 31 steals
Tino Martinez hit .281 with 28 HR and 123 RBI
Daryl Strawberry hit 24 HR as a part time DH
Tim Raines hit .290
Chili Davis hit .291
Shane Spencer hit .373 with 10 HR in 27 games late in the year

That teams was so balanced, no holes

[InTheDrink]

look at the lineup on that team....only one sure fire hall of fame everyday player

here's a question....where does jorge posada sit for hall of fame voting

statistically rated the 17th best catcher of all time, 3 rings, 5 ws appearances

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_C.shtml

[stevenash]

@Doc Stale
Scotty didn't juice, he always had that kind of talent, just didn't see the pitches he saw that year because of the shitty teams he played on before coming over.

[C-Gold]

look at the lineup on that team....only one sure fire hall of fame everyday player

here's a question....where does jorge posada sit for hall of fame voting

statistically rated the 17th best catcher of all time, 3 rings, 5 ws appearances

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_C.shtml

Jeter, Mariano, Pettite, and Jorge were the heart of that team for the long haul. They all came up together and ran that Dynasty and I think they all 4 get in. That was when everybody complained all the yankees did was buy talent.

Notice the Yankees farm system blows right now.

[iifold]

@Doc Stale
Scotty didn't juice, he always had that kind of talent, just didn't see the pitches he saw that year because of the shitty teams he played on before coming over.

There's a picture floating around the Internet that begs to differ...

[stevenash]

Details?
And if it's on the Internet, it must be true.

[InTheDrink]

Jeter, Mariano, Pettite, and Jorge were the heart of that team for the long haul. They all came up together and ran that Dynasty and I think they all 4 get in. That was when everybody complained all the yankees did was buy talent.

Notice the Yankees farm system blows right now.

lotta people loved paul oneill too

was nothing like baba oreilly coming on whenever he came up in big games

[gryfyn1]

actually he had mor PA batting 8th, he has just 245 PA hitting 9th and hit, a still good, 281/347/419