Derek Jeter The Greatest Baseball Player - 2080 Words

The Captain Derek Jeter is one of the greatest baseball players I have ever seen his clutch hitting and his almost perfect fielding and his respect he had for the game is what made me and many others fall in love with him. Derek Jeter should be a first ballot Hall of Famer because of his stats his world series wins and his public image. If he does not get into the hall of fame his first year of eligibility it will be a shame. The only people who don t like Derek Jeter are Boston Red Sox fans and that s because the Red Sox are the Yankees rivals it is the best rivalry in baseball. Not only do The Red Sox hate Derek Jeter he also is hated by the opposing pitchers he was hit by one hundred seventy pitches most by any Yankee ever (Rosenberg†¦show more content†¦I could just imagine how many lives he has impacted the sport of baseball. Derek Jeter s Stats may not be the best in home runs or RBIs, but he has a lot more than just that he has 3000 hits. He ranks sixth all time in ca reer hits with Pete rose being first(Twenty,VERDUCCI 7). He also ranks fourth all time on most wins in a career only three players in the past 100 years played in more wins than Jeter with Pete rose being first again Jeter won a total of one thousand seven hundred and twenty two games(Twenty,VERDUCCI 5). Derek Jeter also isn t afraid of the spotlight his playoff stats are insane and can be argued one of the best all time  ¨Napoleon once said that the genius in leadership is the man who can do the average thing when everybody else is going crazy ¨. That s Jeter in the postseason. His genius is that, when the pressure is greatest, he doesn t elevate his game; he is able to play the same game. He is a .310 career hitter who hit .308 in the postseason.Jeter played one hundred fifty eight career postseason games, the equivalent of one full season. 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