Derek Sanderson jeter By: juan rubio

Early life Born June 26, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey His mother(Dorothy Jeter)and father(Sanderson Jeter) were both baseball fanatics and had played baseball in their past Jeter lived in New Jersey until the age of 4 when he moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan Jeter’s parents was raised in a habit to become a very respectable and smart young man due to the way his parents raised him with many ways of discipline He grew up in Kalamazoo and attended Kalamazoo high school where the beginning of his legacy was barely being found in himself

High school recognition Jeter attended Kalamazoo Central High School Jeter ran track in the fall, played basketball in the winter and played baseball in the spring He broke many batting records and other records all by his Junior year By his senior year Jeter was ranked as the top player in Michigan, Gatorade’s player of the year, USA Today’s player of the year and many more awards He also had plenty of offers from colleges including U of M Jeter was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1992 MLB Draft

Professional transition Jeter played 4 seasons in the Minor Leagues where he struggled He was having trouble at his at bats, batting almost below .200 He slowly made his way up to the AAA rank Jeter made his Major league debut in 1995 after the Yankees called him up due to 2 infielders being injured His first 5 at bats he was not successful until he played his second game Jeter was called back down to AAA until he was called back up the next season to start at shortstop

Pro legacy Jeter started his first opening day game for the Yankees where he hit his first home run and the same season when he was named Rookie of the Year He also helped his team win the World Series during his rookie year Jeter was selected for his first All-star game in 1998 5 X World Series Campion, 14 X All-Star, 5 X Golden Glove, 2 X Hank Aaron Award Jeter was the first player to win the All-star game MVP and World Series MVP in the same year He was the Yankees captain and shortstop for 20 years He has recently retired in 2016 Had his number, 2, retired in 2017

Personal life Jeter is currently 43 and lives in Tampa Bay, Florida He got engaged to his wife in 2015 He has recently had his first child named Bella Raine Jeter, born August 27, 2017 Chief executive officer(CEO) of the Miami Marlins He also his charity foundation called Turn 2 foundation

Reflection Derek Jeter grew up with many struggles and wasn’t always the best He was not always successful the first time He had many struggles even when he was pro Derek Jeter shows us that no matter what obstacles you face, you can always get through them Thats why he is one of the greatest to play the game of baseball

Sources https://www.biography.com/people/derek-jeter-189311 http://mlb.mlb.com/players/jeter_derek/about/bio.jsp https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/derek-sanderson-jeter-1220.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jeter