Derek Jeter Net Worth and Biography

Derek Jeter is an American businessman and former baseball player and executive, with an estimated net worth of $200 Million. He spent his entire 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) and part owner of the league’s Miami Marlins from September 2017 to February 2022.

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Biography

Derek Jeter was born on June 26, 1974, in  New Jersey to Dorothy Connors and  Sanderson Charles Jeter. His father was a substance abuse counselor who played baseball at Fisk University in Tennessee as a shortstop. He attended Kalamazoo Central High School, where he played baseball in the spring and posted high batting averages for the school’s baseball team.

Jeter began playing little league baseball at the age of five and was inspired by Dave Winfield to pursue a career in baseball. He received several honors after his senior season, including the Kalamazoo Area B’nai B’rith Award for Scholar Athlete, the 1992 High School Player of the Year Award from the American Baseball Coaches Association, the 1992 Gatorade High School Player of the year award, and USA Today’s High School Player of the Year.

He also received an All-State honorable mention in basketball.  Jeter earned a baseball scholarship to attend the University of Michigan and play college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines.

Career

The Yankees drafted Jeter out of high school in 1992, he played four seasons in Minor League Baseball and debuted in the major leagues at age 20 in 1995. The following year, he became the Yankees’ starting shortstop, won the Rookie of the Year Award, and helped the team win the 1996 World Series over the Atlanta Braves.

Jeter continued to excel during the team’s championship seasons of 1998–2000; he finished third in voting for the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1998, recorded multiple career-high numbers in 1999, and won both the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP Awards in 2000.

He consistently placed among the AL leaders in hits and runs scored for most of his career and served as the Yankees’ team captain from 2003 until his retirement in 2014. Throughout his career, Jeter contributed reliably to the Yankees’ franchise successes.

Jeter is considered to be one of the most consistent baseball players of all time. He played fewer than 145 games a season only three times in his career. For his career, he averaged 204 hits, 113 runs scored, and 21 stolen bases per 162 games. He is currently sixth on the all-time hits list in MLB history.

He holds many postseason records and has a .321 batting average in the World Series. Jeter has earned the nicknames “Captain Clutch” and “Mr. November” due to his outstanding play in the postseason.

Honors and Accolades

Derek Jeter is a five-time World Series champion and is regarded as one of the primary contributors to the Yankees’ success in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

He is the Yankees’ all-time career leader in hits (3,465), doubles (544), games played (2,747), stolen bases (358), times on base (4,716), plate appearances (12,602), and at-bats (11,195).

His accolades include 14 All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards, and a Roberto Clemente Award.

Jeter was the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits and finished his career ranked sixth in MLB history in career hits and first among shortstops. In 2017, the Yankees retired his uniform number 2.

Derek Jeter’s Net Worth

Derek Jeter is one of the richest baseball players in the world, with an estimated net worth of $200 Million. He is also one of the highest-paid players in the history of the sport.  The Yankees drafted him out of high school in a deal worth  $800,000 in 1992.

Before the 1997 season, Jeter and the Yankees agreed on a $540,000 contract with performance bonuses. He earned $750,000 for the 1998 season and was awarded a $5 million salary for the 1999 season. During the 1999–2000 offseason, the Yankees negotiated with Jeter, tentatively agreeing to a seven-year, $118.5 million contract but the agreement fell through. They however agreed to a one-year deal worth $10 million.

Before the 2001 season, Jeter signed a ten-year contract worth $189 million to remain with the Yankees. This contact made  Jeter the second-highest-paid athlete across all team sports and auto racing, only behind Alex Rodriguez.

After the 2010 season, Jeter became a free agent for the first time in his career. He however reached an agreement with the Yankees on a three-year contract for $51 million with an option for a fourth year.  Jeter re-signed with the Yankees on a one-year, $12 million contract, before retiring in 2014.

Jeter was also one of the most heavily marketed athletes of his generation and is involved in numerous product endorsements. He was the second-highest paid endorser in baseball, behind Ichiro Suzuki.  He has appeared in national ad campaigns for Nike, Gatorade, Fleet Bank, Subway, Ford, VISA, Discover Card, Florsheim, Gillette, Skippy, and XM Satellite Radio.