DEREK JETER'S BASEBALL CAREER IN REVIEW...

Named American League Rookie of the Year, 1996.

Named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America, The Sporting News,

USA Today Baseball Weekly, Topps/NAPBL 1994.

Florida State League Most Valuable Player, 1994.

Florida State League Player of the Month, June, 1994.

Topps Eastern League Player of the Month, July, 1994.

Florida State League Player of the Week, May 16-22, 1994.

Florida State League All-Star Game Selection, 1994.

Topps Class A All-Star Team, 1994.

South Atlantic League All-Star Team, 1993.

Voted Most Outstanding Major League Prospect by SAL managers, 1993.

DEREK'S 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, T9th with 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 seasons‹only 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 OčNeill 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.

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