Derek Jeter “All Time Yankee”

Originally posted on KCSportsNinja on February 13, 2014

Derek Jeter has publicly announced via Facebook that the 2014 Major League Baseball (MLB) will be his last.

Former New York Yankees Bench Coach Don Zimmer made a statement back in 2009 regarding Derek Jeter “He might go down, when it’s all over, as the all time Yankee.” Perhaps a bold statement to make considering the other of handful of greats who have dawned the navy pinstripes. Names like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gerhig, Joe Dimaggio, Don Mattingly along many other Yankee greats. But when you think about it and put the numbers and accolades together, Don Zimmer is right!

     After a brief call up in 1995, Derek Jeter has been a mainstay of the New York Yankees since 1996, in which he would be named that year’s “American League Rookie of the Year”. During his time in New York Jeter helped the Yankees to five world series championships and was named the 2000 World Series MVP. Along with his A.L. Rookie of the Year and world series championships and MVP, Jeter has been voted to 13 All-Star Games, is both a 5 time Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award winner, and a recipient of the A.L. Hank Aaron Award twice. Jeter is a also member of the prestigious 3,000 Hit Club (And the only New York Yankee and player to achieve the feat playing on one team) and is currently in the top 10 for the most hits in MLB history (3,316). Jeter also holds team records for most games played and stolen bases, records previously held by Mickey Mantle and Ricky Henderson respectively. To date Jeter has a life time batting average of .312, with 256 Home Runs and 1,261 runs batted in (RBI).

     It is easy to see why Derek Jeter will be one of the first names you think of when you hear or discuss some of the New York Yankees all time greats.  Jeter himself stated  “I want to be remembered as someone who had a lot of respect for the game, his teammates and opponents, and I want to be remembered as a winner. But most importantly I want to be remembered as a Yankee”. When the 2014 season comes to a close, there is no denying the historical impact not only on the New York Yankees, but Major League Baseball as a whole that Derek Jeter will have made!



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