second half of his career ops+:
93, 97, 107, 91, 102, 93, 89, 144, 95, 70.
he was average to below average for most of the decade outside of a fluke season toward the end when he was platooning and playing a lot of dh.
look, great player for sure. but he's a bit overrated because of the ironman streak and how much chris berman slobbered all over him constantly.
i dont know how much better he was than derek jeter in the final analysis. and i would definitely rank him below gehringer.