His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards, and a Roberto Clemente Award. Jeter was the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits and finished his career ranked sixth in MLB history in career hits and first among shortstops.

A five-time World Series champion and member of baseball's exclusive 3,000-hit club, Jeter earned numerous accolades throughout his career in recognition of both his on-field skill and his commitment to the community, including: World Series MVP (2000); 14 MLB All-Star selections; 5 Gold Glove Awards; 5 Silver Slugger ...

Derek Jeter, in full Derek Sanderson Jeter, (born June 26, 1974, Pequannock, New Jersey, U.S.), American professional baseball player who, as a shortstop for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB), was selected to multiple American League (AL) All-Star teams and was one of the most popular players of his ...

Derek Sanderson Jeter is a former professional baseball shortstop and now a baseball executive. He has been the CEO and part owner of the Miami Marlins since September 2017. Playing shortstop, Jeter spent his entire 20-year career with the New York Yankees.

The only primary shortstop with more career oWAR than Jeter was Honus Wagner. Nobody from the past 100 years is close, with Jeter (96.3) easily outpacing Robin Yount (83.1) and Cal Ripken Jr. (78.1).

“I am very good at knowing what I don't know,'' he said. “In order to learn, I try to surround myself with people who are much smarter, which isn't hard.” Jeter said as a leader he learned that if you want people to follow you, you have to recognize their individual strengths and weaknesses.

In the book "Who Is Derek Jeter?" you will learn all about a man named Derek Jeter and his life before and during baseball. You will learn about his career with the Yankees, his farewell tour, his journey to make varsity basketball as a freshman, and the challenges he faced being biracial.

You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business, it's our job, but I don't think you can do well unless you're having fun.

Herman Long, who retired in 1904 after setting major league records for games and putouts as a shortstop, is the all-time leader in errors committed as a shortstop with 1,070, nearly three times as many as any shortstop active since 1960, and the most by any player at a single position in major league history; he is ...

He was durable: Jeter played 20 MLB seasons. Excluding his brief debut in 1995, he played at least 145 games in 16 of 19 years, making him one of five players with at least that many 145-game campaigns. He ranks 29th all-time in games played (2,747). He was always at short: Sure, maybe this wasn't always wise.

In 1996, during his rookie season with the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter and his father, Dr. Charles Jeter, created the Turn 2 Foundation to motivate young people to turn away from drugs and alcohol and "Turn 2" healthy lifestyles.

Michael Jordan says Derek Jeter “should be. remembered as one of the best shortstops to ever play.