As the 2015 Major League Baseball season begins with teams reporting to Spring Training it is a perfect time to pay tribute to The Captain, Derek Jeter, and reflect on his remarkable career and remember favorite puzzle pieces of memories from watching his wonderful twenty year career (stats were compiled from mlb.com, baseball-almanac.com, espn.com).
Drafted 6th Overall in 1992 by the New York Yankees
MLB Debut – May 29, 1995
1996 Became the first Yankees Opening Day Rookie Shortstop Since Tom Tresh in 1962
1996 Rookie of the Year
.361 Batting Average in 1996 World Series Title (Last Yankees Championship was 1978)
Five World Series Championships (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009)
Career Batting Average – .310
Career At Bats – 11,195
Career Hits – 3,465 (Yankees All-Time Career Leader)
Career Base on Balls – 1,082
Career Strike Outs – 1,840
Career Home Runs – 260
Career RBI’s – 1,311
Career On-Base Percentage – .377
Career Slugging Percentage – .440
Career On-Base Plus Slugging Percentage – .817
Career Fielding Percentage – .976
Five Gold Glove Awards
14 Time All-Star Shortstop
Career Runs – 1,923
Career Doubles – 544
Career Triples – 66
2000 World Series MVP
2000 All-Star MVP
2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
Career Games – 2,747
Career Fans – Watching Countless Great Games on MLB TV or Live (Win or Loss)
Career Fans – Years of Watching a Class Act On and Off The Field
Career Fans – Countless Memories and Years of Enjoyment
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