Derek Jeter
#2 SS
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185
Born: 6/26/74 in Pequannock, NJ
Resides: Tampa, FL
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Major League Service: 2 years, 43 days
Contract Status: Signed through the 1998 season
Post-Season Stats
PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SH SF HP SLG% OBP%
Jeter .353 4 17 4 6 6 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .450
Regular Season Stats
PLAYER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS SH SF HP SLG%
Jeter .250 11 36 3 9 12 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Additional Information
Career Playing Record
Derek Jeter Photos
1997 Season
Hit .291 with 10HR and 70RBI
Led the league with 748 plate appearances and T1st with 142 singles
Ranked 3rd in AB (654), hits (190) and leadoff OBP (.394)
Tied for 4th in the A.L. with 159 games played, was 4th with 116 runs, T5th with 7 triples, T9thwith 23 stolen bases and was 10th with 125 strikeouts
Hit .296 with 6HR and 33RBI after the All-Star break
Hit .285 with 4HR and 37RBI before the All-Star break
Had 57 multi-hit games (T3rd in A.L.), including two 4-hit, fifteen 3-hit and forty 2-hit games
Played in 159 games
Made 159 starts (all at SS)
Scored 100+ runs in his 1st 2 seasonsonly 1 other Yankee (Joe DiMaggio 1936-37) and 2 other players since 1961 (Tony Oliva, 1964-65 and Juan Samuel, 1984-85) have done so
Only 4 other Yankees have played 140+ games in their rookie and sophomore seasons (Earle Combs, Tony Lazzeri, Tom Tresh and Alvaro Espinoza)
In 102G in leadoff spot, hit .321 (137-for-427, 6HR, 45RBI)
In 23G in 2nd spot, hit .206 (20-for-97, 2HR, 13RBI); in 33G in 7th spot, hit .254 (32-for-126, 2HR, 12RBI); in 1G in 8th spot was 1-for-4
In 77 straight starts in the leadoff spot from 6/10-9/4, was 98-for-313 (.313)
Went 129-for-422 (.306) since BA bottomed out at .261 after 0-for-6 on 6/1 at Boston
4H on 4/5 at Oakland tied career high
Had season-high 11-game hitting streak from 5/4-15
Scored career-high 4 runs on 6/10 vs. Chicago
Did not start for the 1st time this season 6/25 at Detroit (had started 77 straight games at SS since 9/26/96 at Boston)
Hit 2nd career leadoff HR 5/6 vs. Minnesota
Had HR in consecutive AB, 5/5 in last AB (3-run, 9th inning) and leadoff HR 5/6 (both vs. Min)
Snapped career-high 75 game drought with leadoff HR on 8/7 at Texas (previous streak was 41G, 4/3-5/23/96)
Had career-high 2 HR and 4RBI in G2 of 8/20 doubleheader at Anaheim (including 4th career leadoff HR, his 3rd of the season)
4K on 9/1 at Philadelphia tied his career high set on 4/19 at Minnesota
Drove in OšNeill for game-winning run with 9th-inning single on 9/15 vs. Boston
drew bases-loaded walk in the 11th to end the game on 9/20 vs. Toronto
Started all 5 games of the Division Series vs. Cleveland at SS, hitting .333 (7-for-21) with 2 solo HR and 6 runs scored
Hit the 2nd of 3 consecutuive HR in the 6th inning of Game 1 (Raines hit 1st, O'Neill hit 3rd)
Was the 1st time 3 consecutive HR have ever been hit in post season play
Was the recipient of the Joan Payson Award for community service presented annually by the New York chapter of the BBWAA
His Turn 2 Foundation, established in 1996, was formed to support and create activities and programs designed to prevent and treat teenage substance abuse
Previous Seasons
Personal
Graduated in 1992 from Kalamazoo Central High School, where he hit .508 (30-59) with 4 HR, 23 RBI, 1 K and 21 BB in 23 games as a senior
Was 12-12 in stolen base attempts, slugged .831 and had a .637 OBP
Hit .557 with 7 HR as a junior
Named 1992 High School Player of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association
Attended the University of Michigan
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