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My Take
Jeter is my template for what a franchise player should be. Twenty years with a single club, the Yankees, in an era when loyalty became rare, and a trophy cabinet that honors his character as much as his bat: the Roberto Clemente Award sits beside the Gold Glove for a reason. What impresses me most is that the Captain was never the flashiest statistical force of his generation, yet he owned the biggest moments. His post-playing life as an executive, entrepreneur, and author shows the same discipline. Some athletes accumulate numbers; Jeter accumulated trust, which I consider the rarer achievement.
Overview
Derek Sanderson Jeter ( JEE-tər; born June 26, 1974), nicknamed "the Captain", is an American former professional baseball player, businessman, and baseball executive. A shortstop, Jeter spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Derek Jeter
- Name (Japanese)
- デレク・ジーター
- Reading
- でれく・じーたー
- Born
- June 26, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- Pequannock, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional baseball player / entrepreneur / chief executive officer / author / baseball commentator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Kalamazoo Central High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Roberto Clemente Award
- 2004 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
- 2000 Babe Ruth Award
- 2006 Silver Slugger Award
- 2006 Hank Aaron Award
- 2010 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
- 2009 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year
- 2007 Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.