Derek Jeter's biography
He is often nicknamed as DJMr. NovemberCaptain Clutch. According to year of birth 1974 he belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 26th of June means he is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.
He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be professional baseball player. You can know him also as baseball player, entrepreneur. He is recently known as chief executive officer.
Derek Jeter's family
Derek Jeter's spouse
She is known as model. His spouse was born on Saturday 5th of May 1990.
Derek Jeter's ex spouse
Derek Jeter's schools
We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Kalamazoo Central High School.
Detailed informations about his schools
- Grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1992.
- Attended the University of Michigan for one semester
- Attended Catholic school until he was in 8th grade.
Derek Jeter's partners
Minka Kelly
Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly have been together since 2009 for 2 years. Minka is known as actor. His partner was born on Tuesday 24th of June 1980 in Los Angeles.
Mariah Carey
Derek Jeter and Mariah Carey have been together since 1997 for a year. She is known as singer-songwriter. His partner was born on Thursday 27th of March 1969 in Huntington.
Awards and competitions
Derek Jeter's Awards
- As of November 2, 2004 Derek has earned his First Gold Glove Award as the Shortstop of the NY Yankees. Jeter is the first Yankees shortstop to win this award.
What Derek Jeter has done for a first time
- On 2 May 1996, on opening day of his rookie season, he hit a home run in his first at-bat in Clevelend, against Indians pitcher Dennis Martinez.
- Made his Major League debut on May 29th, 1995, as Yankees starting shortstop Tony Fernandez was injured. However did not play his first full season in the league until 1996.
- He was the first baseball player ever to be named All-Star MVP and World Series MVP in the same year (2000).
- Some sources claim he is named after former hockey player Derek Sanderson. Others say his middle name is a nod to his maternal grandfather, whose first name is Sanderson.
- Made a face-first collison with the left-field seats catching a fly ball in the 12th inning against Boston. He returned to action the very next game (2004).
- As of November 2, 2004 Derek has earned his First Gold Glove Award as the Shortstop of the NY Yankees. Jeter is the first Yankees shortstop to win this award.
- In game 4 of the 2000 World Series, he hit a home-run off of New York Mets' Bobby Jones' first pitch of the game.
Derek Jeter's quotes
- God, I hope I wear this jersey forever
- If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
- You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It's still a loss. It doesn't matter what the score was if we win tomorrow
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Derek Jeter's body shape
Lets describe how Derek Jeter looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.
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