• Yankees Back Sharp-Looking Burnett With Some Help From Blue Jays

  New York Times - Found 5 hours ago With the game tied at 1-1, Brett Gardner and Derek Jeter each walked, quickly putting runners on first and second with no outs. Yankees power Burnett past Blue Jays - Major League Baseball Another good outing for Burnett in 4-2 win - Newsday Burnett pitches Yankees past Blue Jays - Newsday Burnett hands Blue Jays first loss at new Yankee stadium - CBC North Explore All

  CBC North

• MLB: New York Yankees 4, Toronto 2

  UPI - Found 9 hours ago ... hit solo homers, Mark Teixeira drew a fifth-inning bases loaded walk, a run scored on a passed ball and Derek Jeter had two of the eight hits... Cano, A-Rod homer as Yankees top Toronto - Sports Network Recap: NY Yankees vs. Toronto - KansasCity.com Cano, A-Rod Homer As Yankees Top Toronto - The Indy Channel Cano, A-Rod homer as Yankees top Toronto - TheScore.com Explore All

  WAWS FOX30

• Burnett, rolling Yanks, down Blue Jays 4-2

  USA Today - Found 8 hours ago He walked Brett Gardner and Derek Jeter starting the fifth, then fielded Johnny Damon's drag bunt and flipped the ball low, a play at first... Yankees Beat Blue Jays 4-2 for 8th Win in 9 Games - ABC News Burnett keeps old club in check - CBSSports Solid Burnett guides Yankees to eighth win in 9 - ESPN Yankees beat Blue Jays for 8th win in 9 games - MSNBC Explore All

  San Jose Mercury News

• A-Rod's homer lifts Pettitte, Yankees over Seattle

  Minneapolis Star Tribune - Found Jul. 2, 2009 ... anniversary of SS Derek Jeter's memorable catch against Boston, when he hurtled headfirst into the stands at the old Yankee Stadium. ... Jeter... Yankees 4, Mariners 2: A-Rod's Homer Lifts Pettitte, Yankees Over ... - New York Times New York wins 7th straight - CBSSports A-ROD'S HOMER LIFTS PETTITTE, YANKEES OVER SEATTLE - New York Post A-Rod's homer lifts Pettitte, Yankees over Seattle - Boston Globe Explore All

  Sympatico

• Yankees OF Nady to have Tommy John surgery

  Boston Globe - Found Jul. 1, 2009 ... this season, Hinkse had an on-base percentage of .373, better than everyone on the Yankees but Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira. Yanks confirm Nady will have surgery - Major League Baseball Yanks confirm Nady will have surgery - Major League Baseball Yankees' Nady to have Tommy John surgery - Miami Herald Yankees' Nady to have Tommy John surgery - Sports Network Explore All

• Woods and Mickelson lead the way among U.S. sports earners

  Reuters - Found Jul. 1, 2009 Garnett (NBA) $34,750,000 7. Kobe Bryant (NBA) $31,262,500 8. Allen Iverson (NBA) $28,937,500 9. Derek Jeter (baseball) $28,500,000 10. Peyton... Woods and Mickelson lead the way among U.S. sports earners - Reuters Woods and Mickelson lead the way among U.S. sports earners - Reuters Canada Woods and Mickelson lead the way among U.S. sports earners - Reuters via Yahoo! Woods and Mickelson lead the way among U.S. sports earners - KWMU Explore All

  Reuters

• Gillette Pushing Beyond Shavers

  ABC News - Found Jun. 30, 2009 Gillette celebrity promoters golfer Tiger Woods, tennis' Roger Federer and baseball's Derek Jeter are in a 30-second TV spot about how men... Gillette pushing beyond shavers - Seattle Times Gillette pushing beyond shavers - San Jose Mercury News Gillette pushing beyond shavers - Boston Globe Explore All

• Kevin Youkilis overtakes Mark Teixeira in American League All-Star ...

  ESPN - Found Jun. 30, 2009 Kinsler has 2,170,100 votes to Pedroia's 2,163,270.Maintaining their leads were Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (3,046,813), Tampa Bay Rays... Pedroia closing in on Kinsler in voting - Major League Baseball Teixeira in fight for starting All-Star spot - Major League Baseball Youkilis Overtakes Teixeira in All-Star Vote - ABC News Youkilis overtakes Teixeira in All-Star vote - NBC Sports Explore All

  Boston Herald

• Yankees Win Begins And Ends With Rivera

  New York Times - Found Jun. 30, 2009 Well, in order for Mo to get ready, hes got to get a massage for a half an hour, a heat pack and all that other stuff, Derek Jeter said. Cabrera hits key double, Yanks win 6th straight - USA Today Cabrera hits key double to lead Yankees - Minneapolis Star Tribune Cabrera hits key double in Yanks 8-5 win over M's - Denver Post Cabrera hits key double in Yanks 8-5 win over M's - San Jose Mercury News Explore All

  WCBS-TV

• Since ?96, Yankees? Rivera Has Made It Look as Easy as 1-2-3

  New York Times - Found Jun. 30, 2009 It was the first of Rivera?s 500 career saves.Derek Jeter was there for the first and for the most recent. Since 96, Yankees Rivera Has Made It Look as Easy as 1-2-3 - New York Times Ken Davidoff: Mo refuses to fade away - Newsday Ken Davidoff: A lesson learned 500 times: Mo refuses to fade away - Newsday Rivera adds to legacy as elite closer - Seattle Times Explore All

  Raleigh News & Observer

Derek Jeter
New York Yankees — No. 2
Shortstop
Born: June 26, 1974 (1974-06-26) (age 35) Pequannock, New Jersey
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 29, 1995 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics (through June 27, 2009)
Batting average	.316
Hits	2623
Runs	1514
Home runs	215
Runs batted in	1032
On-base plus slugging	.844
Teams
New York Yankees (1995-present)
Career highlights and awards
9x All-Star selection (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) 4x World Series champion (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000) 3x Gold Glove Award winner (2004, 2005, 2006) 3x Silver Slugger Award winner (2006, 2007, 2008) 1996 AL Rookie of the Year 2000 World Series MVP 2000 Babe Ruth Award 2000 MLB All-Star Game MVP 2006 AL Hank Aaron Award

Derek Sanderson Jeter (pronounced /ˈdʒiːtər/; born June 26, 1974) is an American Major League Baseball player. Jeter is a nine-time All-Star shortstop, and currently the captain of the New York Yankees.

Jeter has spent his entire career with the Yankees, beginning in 1995 when he was 20 years old. In 2009, he passed Mickey Mantle for most career at-bats with the team. Mantle held the coveted Yankee record since 1968. He also passed Babe Ruth for most career doubles on June 23, 2009 against the Atlanta Braves. Jeter has won the American League Rookie of the Year Award, a Silver Slugger Award, and three Gold Glove Awards. In 2000, he became the only player to win both the All-Star Game MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award in the same year. His .316 career batting average through the 2008 season ranks him with the 5th-highest lifetime batting average of all active baseball players. He has been in the top seven in the American League in hits for eight of the past ten years and runs scored seven of the past ten years. During the 2000s, he ranks second in the major leagues in hits (1,504), fourth in runs (857), most hits in Yankee Stadium and tied for seventh in batting average (.316) (stats accurate as of July 28, 2007). On June 2, 2009, Jeter became the 74th player to reach 2,600 hits. In the same game he scored his 1,500th run, joining Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees to reach that milestone.¹

Early life

Jeter was born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, at Chilton Hospital, to an African-American father, Dr. Sanderson Charles Jeter; his mother Dorothy is of Irish/German descent. The family lived in North Arlington, New Jersey, before moving to Kalamazoo, Michigan, when he was 5. He also has a sister named Sharlee. As a child his grandmother made him a passionate fan of his future team, the New York Yankees² His father played shortstop at Fisk University in Tennessee.[1]

High school

Jeter was inspired to play baseball by Hall of Famer Dave Winfield.³ In high school, Jeter was a star baseball player at Kalamazoo Central High School, where he also played basketball, earning an All-State honorable mention. After batting .557 as a sophomore, Jeter hit .508 (30-59) with 7 HR, 23 RBI 21 BB, and 1 strikeout his junior year. His on base percentage was .637.

Jeter collected many awards at season's end, including the Kalamazoo Area B'nai B'rith Award for Scholar Athlete, the 1992 High School Player of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association, the 1992 Gatorade High School Player of the year award, and USA Today's High School Player of the Year.

In December 2003, Jeter was inducted into the Kalamazoo Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Draft

Jeter received a baseball scholarship to attend the University of Michigan, he attended the university for one semester and then he was drafted by the New York Yankees with the 6th overall pick of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft and chose to go pro. Jeter has said, however, that he will eventually go to college.²

Minor league career

Jeter spent four years in the minor leagues, beginning in the Rookie League before advancing to Single-A. He spent 2 years there, collecting various awards, including Most Outstanding Major League Prospect of the South Atlantic League in 1993.⁴

In 1994 he was honored with the Minor League Player of the Year Award by Baseball America, The Sporting News, USA Today, and Topps/NAPBL after hitting .344 with five home runs, 68 RBIs and 50 stolen bases combined at Triple-A Columbus, Double-A Albany, and Class-A Tampa. He was also named the MVP of the Florida State League.

Major League career

Early years (1995–1998)

On May 29, 1995, Jeter made his debut in the major leagues against the Seattle Mariners in the Kingdome. He got his first major league hit the following day off veteran pitcher Tim Belcher, and started 13 games before being sent back down to the minors.

He returned on Opening Day of the 1996 season as the starting shortstop (the first Yankee rookie since Tom Tresh in 1962 to do so) and hit his first major-league home run on that day. Jeter played his way to a successful rookie season, hitting for a .314 batting average, 10 home runs, and 78 runs batted in and subsequently earning Rookie of the Year honors.⁵

During the 1996 American League Championship Series, Jeter was involved in what has become a memorable moment in postseason history. During game one, with the Yankees trailing the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in the 8th inning, Jeter hit a fly ball to right field. As right fielder Tony Tarasco moved to make a play on the ball near the fence, appearing to have a chance to catch the ball, 12 year old Jeffrey Maier reached over the wall and caught the ball, pulling it back into the stands. Despite Tarasco's protest, the umpires convened and ruled the ball a home run. Replays conclusively showed that had Maier not interfered, the ball would have fallen in front of the fence and potentially into Tarasco's glove for an out. The Yankees would go on to win in 11 innings, and eventually the series, 4 games to 1. The ruling made for the first home run of Jeter's postseason career.⁶

Mr. November (1999–2003)

Jeter making a play against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium.

In the year 1999 Jeter led the AL in hits (219), and was 2nd in the league in batting average (.349) and runs (134). Jeter (who batted 3rd in the lineup part of the year) also drove in 102 runs, becoming only the 2nd Yankee shortstop ever to do so (Lyn Lary had driven in 107 runs in 1931).⁵

In 2000, Jeter became the first player ever to win the All-Star Game MVP award, and the World Series MVP Award in the same year. Jeter became the first Yankee since Yogi Berra, in 1959, to hit a home run in the All Star Game (Alfonso Soriano then hit one in 2002).⁵

Jeter has made a series of notable plays both in the field, especially in the 2001 postseason. Perhaps the most memorable took place in Game 3 of the 2001 American League Division Series vs. the Oakland Athletics. With Jeremy Giambi on first base, Oakland right fielder Terrence Long hit a double off Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina into the right-field corner. As Giambi rounded third and headed for home, Yankees right fielder Shane Spencer retrieved the ball and made a wild throw intended for Yankees catcher Jorge Posada. Instead, the errant throw missed cutoff man Tino Martinez and dribbled up the first base line. Jeter came out of nowhere to grab the ball and flip it to Posada, who tagged Giambi on the leg just before he crossed home plate for the out. Facing elimination, the Yankees went on to win the game, as well as the series.

Fox announcer Thom Brennaman's call of the play is as follows:

"That is fair, down the right field line. Giambi on his way to third, and they're gonna wave him around! The throw misses the cutoff man—shovel to the plate! Out at the plate! Derek Jeter with one of the most unbelievable plays you will ever see by a shortstop!⁷

The play was later voted #7 in Baseball Weekly's 10 Most Amazing Plays of all time.⁸

After the September 11th terrorist attacks, the baseball season was put on hold. Because of this, the playoffs started later, and Game 4 of the 2001 World Series was played on October 31. The game went into the tenth inning tied at 3–3. At midnight, the scoreboard in center field read "Attention Fans, Welcome to NOVEMBER BASEBALL." This was the first time that any non-exhibition MLB game had been played in the month of November.⁹

Moments after this message was displayed on the board, Jeter sent a 3–2 pitch from Byung-Hyun Kim over the right field stands. A fan in the stands held up a sign with the words "Mr. November." Michael Kay, who called the walkoff home run, called Jeter by this name, referencing the sign. Jeter would be only the third person in New York City sports history to get similar nickname, following the "Mr. October" nickname given to Reggie Jackson of the Yankees during the 1977 World Series and "Mr. June" given to Mark Messier of the Rangers for captaining them to the Stanley Cup in 1994, as that happened in the month of June.

Despite the nickname, Jeter was 3 for 12 (.250) in November baseball that season, as the Yankees lost the World Series in seven games to the Arizona Diamondbacks; all seven games were won by the home team and the National League had home field advantage.

Yankee captain (2003–present)

In 2003, Jeter started the season by dislocating his left shoulder on opening day at the SkyDome in Toronto. With Jeter on first base and Jason Giambi at bat, Toronto used an extreme shift that left third base uncovered. Giambi hit a soft grounder to the pitcher, Roy Halladay, who threw to first baseman Carlos Delgado for an out. Jeter, seeing Toronto out of position, rounded second and ran to third. Toronto catcher Ken Huckaby ran up the line to cover third and fielded Delgado's throw. Jeter dived headfirst into the bag, while Huckaby attempted to catch the baseball and block Jeter from reaching third. In doing so, Huckaby fell onto Jeter, his shin guard driving into his shoulder.¹⁰

Jeter's shoulder popped out the front of the socket, and Yankee trainers and Blue Jay doctors tried to pop it back. After unsuccessfully attempting to reset his shoulder in the socket, Jeter was taken to the Yankees' clubhouse, where his shoulder was put back in place. Jeter, who had never played fewer than 148 games in the prior seven full seasons, was subsequently on the disabled list for six weeks, missing 36 games.¹¹

Jeter waiting on deck in the 2008 season opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1, 2008

The New York Yankees named Jeter the 11th recognized captain in Yankees history on June 3, 2003, after 8 years without one (Dispute over the true count was noted in a lengthy article in the New York Times on March 25, 2007, by Vincent M. Mallozzi).¹² Jeter became the first official captain of the team since Don Mattingly retired in 1995. His contract, which has a total value of $189,000,000 is the 3rd largest contract in baseball history, behind two contracts of Alex Rodriguez.

The beginning of the 2004 season saw Jeter mired in a slump; on May 25, he was hitting only .189. This included a personal career record 0-for-32 skid in April. In June, however, Jeter broke out of his slump. He hit nearly .400 for the month and set a personal best with 9 home runs. He finished the season with a .292 average and 23 home runs, the 2nd most of his career, as well as 44 doubles.⁵

During a July 1, 2004, game against the rival Boston Red Sox, Jeter made a play which has helped perpetuate his reputation as a clutch player. In the top of the 12th inning, with the score tied at 3, the Red Sox had runners on second and third with 2 outs and right fielder Trot Nixon up at bat. Nixon hit a pop fly down the left field line. Jeter ran from his position at shortshop and made an over-the-shoulder catch. In dramatic fashion he launched himself over the third base side railing, landing three rows into the left field seats, and lacerating his chin and bruising his face in the process. Jeter was later taken out of the game. This catch ended the inning and later the Yankees went on to win the game in the bottom of the 13th inning.¹³ The "Dive" was awarded Play Of The Year in the This Year In Baseball awards competition, as voted on by fans at MLB.com. The play is also currently seen during the introduction of Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN.

The question surrounding this play is whether the ball would have landed in fair territory. If the ball was fair and not caught, Nixon would have driven in two runs to put the Red Sox up 5-3. If the ball had landed foul, it simply would have been a strike. Either way, the play ended the inning, and helped the Yankees win. The third base umpire, Fieldin Culbreth, called it a fair ball.

Jeter connects for a hit against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

In 2005 he was 2nd in the AL in runs (122) and batting average on balls in play (.394),¹⁴ and 3rd in the league in at bats (654) and hits (202). Jeter won his second consecutive Gold Glove in 2005, as his notoriously low range factor rose to 4.76 and ranked 2nd among AL shortstops.

In 2006, Jeter was 2nd in the American league in batting average (.343) and runs scored (118), 3rd in hits (214), SB success % (87.2), and batting average with runners in scoring position (.381), and 5th in infield hits (26).¹⁵ He finished 2nd in American League MVP voting to Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins (320 points to 306 points). Jeter has finished in the top 10 in the MVP balloting 6 times in his 11 full seasons through 2006 (including also a 3rd place finish in 1998).

As of August 25, 2007, Derek was named the Face of the Yankees by staff and fan voters on ESPN.com. One day before the Yankees completed what was thought of as an improbable comeback by winning a playoff spot on September 26, Jeter reached 200 hits for the 6th season, and the third consecutive, tying former Yankee great Lou Gehrig.

In 2007, Jeter was 3rd in the AL in hits (203), 4th in at bats (639) and plate appearances (714), 6th in times on base (276), 7th in hit by pitch (14), and 9th in batting average (.322).⁵ In the field, he was involved in a career-high 104 double plays, but his 4.02 range factor was the lowest of all AL shortstops, and his .765 zone rating was his career low and the lowest among all major league shortstops that year.

2008 was a sub-par offensive year for Jeter. His slugging percentage was .410, his lowest since 1997. Some theorized that one possible cause for the slump was a May 20 game that saw Jeter get hit by a pitch on his wrist.¹⁶ Before the injury, Jeter was hitting .324 with a .774 OPS. After the injury, his batting average dipped as low as .269 by the end of the month.

His offense took an upward turn after May as he hit .322 with a .824 OPS after June 1. Jeter was elected to his ninth All-Star game as the starting shortstop, batting in the 2-hole and going 1-for-3.

Derek tied the "Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig for the most hits at Yankee Stadium (1,269) with a home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price on September 14, 2008. On September 16 he went on to break the record off of Chicago White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd.

In 2009 he was named # 8 on the Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. A panel of 100 baseball people, many of them members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and winners of major baseball awards, was polled to arrive at the list.[2]

Postseason

As of 2006, Jeter has a career .314 postseason batting average with 17 home runs and 48 RBIs as well as reaching base in 105 of 119 postseason games. The Yankees have been to the playoffs every year since Jeter joined the team except for 2008. He has a Major League Baseball record 150 career postseason hits, and also holds records for most postseason singles (108), at-bats (478), runs scored (85) and strikeouts (92).⁵

Defensive criticisms

Jeter as shortstop in 2007

Despite winning three Gold Glove awards, Jeter's defense has been the subject of criticism from a number of sabermetricians, including Rob Neyer and the publication, Baseball Prospectus.^17181920 The book The Fielding Bible by John Dewan contains an essay by James in which he concludes that Jeter "was probably the most ineffective defensive player in the major leagues, at any position."¹⁸ A 2008 study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that from 2002-2005 Jeter was the worst defensive shortstop in the Major Leagues.²¹ Jeter responded to this criticism by saying "I play in New York, man. Criticism is part of the game, you take criticism as a challenge."

Career earnings

Jeter has played a role for the Yankees since 1996. Jeter is one of three current veterans (the others are Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera) who came up through the Yankees organization, and has played his entire professional career with the Yankees. As the Yankees shortstop, he is currently the longest-serving position player on the team. As of his current contract, Derek earns $22 million a year in salary, and is the second highest paid endorser in baseball having earned $7 million in endorsements in 2006.²² Also, he was ranked as the most marketable player in baseball according to an 2005 Sports Business Survey.²³

As of 2008 season²⁴

Total career earnings: US$ 161,210,000

Awards

Jeter warming up before a game against the Colorado Rockies on June 19, 2007

• 9-time AL All-Star (1998-2002, 2004, 2006-2008)
• 4-time NY Yankees Player of the Year (1998-2000, 2006)
• 3-time AL Gold Glove Award (SS) (2004-06)
• 2-time Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (SS) (1999, 2004)
• 3-time AL Silver Slugger (SS) (2006-08)
• South Atlantic League All-Star (SS) (1993)
• Florida State League All-Star (SS) (1994)
• Baseball America 1st Team Minor League All-Star (SS) (1994)
• Minor League Player of the Year (1994)
• NY Yankees Minor League Player of the Year (1994)
• Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year (1994)
• Florida State League Most Valuable Player (1994)
• International League All-Star (SS) (1995)
• AL Rookie of the Year (1996)
• Babe Ruth Award (2000)
• All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (2000)
• World Series Most Valuable Player (2000)
• TSN Award (SS) (2006)
• Hank Aaron Award (2006)
• This Year In Baseball Awards Top Hitter (2006)

Personal life

Derek Jeter is from a family of four. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida, but also maintains an apartment in Manhattan's Trump World Tower and a mansion in Marlboro, New Jersey and a mansion on Greenwood Lake, NY. Jeter's personal life has been a favorite topic in gossip columns and celebrity magazines since his rookie year in 1996. Jeter had a well publicized relationship with pop diva Mariah Carey from 1997 to 1998.²⁵ Jeter also dated former Miss Universe Lara Dutta and actress Jordana Brewster. He is rumored to have dated actresses Scarlett Johansson,²⁵ Gabrielle Union, and Jessica Alba.²⁶ Rumors also circulated that he was dating supermodel Tyra Banks after the two were spotted sitting next to each other at a New York Knicks game, but it turned out to be a coincidence; Jeter's actual "date" to that game was his father. He has also dated Brazilian Supermodel Adriana Lima; with whom he did a commercial. Jeter also had an on-and-off relationship with television personality Vanessa Minillo from late 2003 until early 2006.²⁷ From November 2006 to January 2007, Jeter was romantically involved with actress Jessica Biel.²⁸²⁹³⁰ Derek Jeter has recently been connected to Friday Night Lights actress, Minka Kelly.

World Baseball Classic

Derek was the starting shortstop for the USA team in the first ever World Baseball Classic. Jeter hit .450 (9-for-20) for Team USA and scored 5 runs in 6 games. Only Ken Griffey, Jr. (.524) and Cuba's Yoandy Garlobo (.480) had a higher batting average with a minimum of 20 at bats.³¹ Jeter's play earned him recognition as the shortstop selection on the All-Tournament Team.³² He actually faced the Yankees at Stienbrenner Field in an exhibition game while playing for Team USA. Also, there seemed to be criticism as to how Johnson was handling both him and Jimmy Rollins, of the Philadelphia Phillies who were both shortstops on the team. Either one of them was left on the bench, or the one not playing SS was inserted as the DH.

Derek was also the starting shortstop for Team USA in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. At the start of the tournament, Derek was named captain of Team USA by manager Davey Johnson.³³

Milestones

• Recorded his 2,000th career hit with an infield single on May 26, 2006 off Kansas City Royals pitcher Scott Elarton, becoming the eighth Yankee to reach the milestone.³⁴
• Holds the record for most singles all-time by a Yankee.³⁵
• It took 10 years for Jeter to hit his first and only grand slam, and at one point had the most at bats of any active player to not have hit a grand slam. It was hit on June 18, 2005 against the Chicago Cubs.³⁶
• On June 4, 2008, Jeter passed Mickey Mantle for 3rd place on the Yankees all time hit list.³⁷
• Hit 400th double at Yankee Stadium on June 27, 2008.³⁸
• Hit 200th home run at Rogers Centre on July 12, 2008.³⁹
• On September 9, 2008, Jeter passed Babe Ruth for 2nd place on the Yankees all time hit list.⁴⁰
• On September 14, 2008, Jeter tied Lou Gehrig for most hits at Yankee Stadium⁴¹
• On September 16, 2008, Jeter moved past Lou Gehrig for most hits at Yankee Stadium with 1,270 in the 1st inning, and 1,271 in the 5th inning.
• On June 2, 2009, Jeter became the 74th player to reach 2,600 hits.
• On June 23, 2009, Jeter moved past Babe Ruth for most career doubles.

Appearances outside of baseball

Turn 2 Foundation

Jeter began the Turn 2 Foundation, a charity organization, in 1996. The Foundation was established to help children and teenagers avoid drug and alcohol addiction, and to reward those who show high academic achievement. The organization's name was chosen, besides the baseball reference to a double play (and Jeter's uniform number), to demonstrate the goal of giving youths a place to "turn to", besides drugs and alcohol.⁴²

During the 2009 season, Jeter and Mets star David Wright will represent their foundations in a competition sponsored by Delta Airlines; the player with the highest batting average will receive $100,000 for their foundation from Delta; the runner-up's foundation will receive $50,000.⁴³

Endorsements

Jeter has appeared in national ad campaigns for Nike, Gatorade, Fleet Bank, Discover Card, Florsheim, VISA (with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner), Skippy, Ford, and XM Satellite Radio. He endorses a cologne named Driven designed in collaboration with and distributed by Avon.⁴⁴ Jeter is one of the only three athletes to have their own Jumpman shoe, and has appeared on Gillette Fusion commercials along with Tiger Woods, Thierry Henry and Roger Federer.

Other appearances

Derek Jeter was the cover athlete for 2K's MLB 2K5, MLB 2K6, and MLB 2K7. Jeter was also the cover athlete for Acclaim Entertainment's All-Star Baseball series of video games. Jeter is currently the cover athlete for Gameloft's wireless phone baseball game, Derek Jeter Pro Baseball 2008. He has appeared on television in person twice, on Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live. He has also can be seen briefly on The Simpsons season 19 episode 8 titled "Funeral for a Fiend." He is parodied as guest starring on Sesame Street. Jeter was the subject of a 2005 segment on the TV news magazine 60 Minutes.⁴⁵

Wax figure

There is a wax figure of Jeter at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York.⁴⁶

Career statistics

Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Stats through September 10, 2008.⁴⁷

See also

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• List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
• List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
• List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
• Jeffrey Maier

References

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