JockBio: Derek Jeter Facts

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• New York Yankees	• Shortstop	• #2
• Height: 6' 3"	• Weight: 195	• Born: 6/26/74

When Derek was 12, he got Dave Winfield’s autograph in the Tiger Stadium parking lot.
In Derek’s junior high yearbook, students were asked to predict what they would be doing in 10 years. He wrote that he would be playing shortstop for the Yankees.
Derek played AAU basketball against Chris Webber and Jalen Rose.
In high school, Derek’s throws from shortstop were clocked in the high 80s. He struck out just once his senior year.
Derek ran up phone bills of $300 a month talking to his family during his first year in the minors.
Derek established a post-season record for hits by a rookie in 1996, with 22.
Derek caught the final out of Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter in May of 1996.
In 1996, Derek and Alex Rodriguez stayed in each other’s apartments whenever their teams played.
In the 1997 playoffs, Tim Raines, Derek and Paul O’Neill hit back-to-back-to-back homers—the first time the Yankees had ever done this in the postseason.
Derek was named captain of the Yankees in 2003.
In 2005, Derek hit the first grand slam of his career. Prior to that, he had gone longer than any active player without homering with the bases full.
Derek lost the 2006 AL MVP voting to Justin Morneau by 14 points, 320 to 306.
Derek played in the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009. He was captain of the ’09 U.S. team.
On September 11, 2009, Derek passed Lou Gehrig as the Yankees' all-time hit leader.
Derek's .406 on-base average in 2009 ranked third in the AL.
In 2009, Derek passed Luis Aparicio to become the all-time hit leader among shortstops.
In the old Yankee Satdium, Derek’s locker was located next to the one that belonged to the New York’s most famous first-round pick before Derek, Thurman Munson.
George Steinbrenner once questioned Derek’s commitment because of his active nightlife. This later became the basis for a funny Visa Check Card commercial.
Derek started the Turn 2 Foundation for troubled kids in 1996.
Derek appeared on the cover of GQ in 1998 and has hosted "Saturday Night Live."
Derek enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1993, and he plans to go back and get his degree after his career. He makes annual wagers with Steinbrenner, a big Buckeye fan, on the outcome of the Michigan-Ohio State football game.
In 2002, Derek was named the #1 good guy in sports by The Sporting News.
During Derek’s first year in the majors, he listened to Mariah Carey CDs as part of his pre-game routine. During his second year, he was dating Mariah. Derek has also been linked to Scareltt Johansson, former Miss Universe Lara Dutta, Jordana Brewster, Vanessa Minnillo, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel and Minka Kelly.
Derek was inducted into the Kalamazoo Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.

Dave Winfield, 1987 Super Star

Lou Gehrig, 1937 PIC magazine

Thurman Munson,
1973 Daily News