Derek Sanderson Jeter is an American former professional baseball shortstop, businessman, and baseball executive. As a player, Jeter spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees.
Derek Jeter: Ethnicity| Championships| Gift Basket
Ethnicity:
Jeter shared some of his own experiences growing up as a biracial child, his father black and mother white.
Miami Marlins CEO and part owner Derek Jeter addressed racial inequality and injustice in both society and baseball in an interview with MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds that aired on Friday evening.
Jeter, who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame for his 20-year playing career with the New York Yankees in which he won five World Series, is optimistic race relations in America will improve off widespread protests and movements following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Championships:
five World Series rings
Jeter won five World Series rings. He smacked 3,465 career hits. His No. 2 was retired by the New York Yankees.
A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as one of the primary contributors to the Yankees’ success of the late 1990s and early 2000s for his hitting, base-running, fielding, and leadership.
| Characteristic | Number of World Series won |
|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 27 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 11 |
| Boston Red Sox | 9 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 |
Gift Basket:
It is urban legend in New York that Derek Jeter provided one-night-stands with gift baskets.
The rumor spread in 2011 when the New York Post was tipped of Jeter’s antics by the “friend” of a woman who received the parting gift twice.
“Derek has girls stay with him at his apartment in New York, and then he gets them a car to take them home the next day,” the friend said. “Waiting in his car is a gift basket containing signed Jeter memorabilia, usually a for signed baseball.”
