Yankee captain
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.) Jeter became the first official captain of the team since Don Mattingly retired in 1995. He is in the 7th year of a 10-year contract and made $20.6 million for the 2007 season. 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.
More about Derek Jeter (From Wikipedia)
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, read more...
Regular Season
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 read more...
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 read more...
Yankee Captain
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 read more...
Criticisms
Jeter's defense has been the subject of criticism from a number of sabermetricians, including Bill James, Rob Neyer, and the publication, Baseball Prospectus. The book The Fielding read more...
Derek Sanderson Jeter (pronounced /ˈʤitɚ/, born June 26, 1974) is an American Major League Baseball player. Jeter is a nine-time All-Star shortstop, and he is currently read more...
Derek Jeter is from a family of four. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida, but also maintains an apartment in Manhattan's Trump Tower and a mansion in Marlboro, New Jersey. Jeter's read more...