DEREK JETER'S BASEBALL CAREER IN REVIEW...
DEREK'S 1997 SEASON...
Hit .291 with 10HR and 70RBI
Led the league with 748 plate appearances and T1st
with 142 singles
Ranked 3rd in AB (654), hits (190) and leadoff OBP
(.394)
Tied for 4th in the A.L. with 159 games played, was
4th with 116 runs, T5th with 7 triples, T9th with 23
stolen bases and was 10th with 125 strikeouts.
Hit .296 with 6HR and 33RBI after the All-Star break
Hit .285 with 4HR and 37RBI before the All-Star break
Had 57 multi-hit games (T3rd in A.L.), including two
4-hit, fifteen 3-hit and forty 2-hit games
Played in 159 games.
Made 159 starts (all at SS)
Scored 100+ runs in his 1st 2 seasonsonly 1 other
Yankee (Joe DiMaggio 1936-37) and 2 other players
since 1961 (Tony Oliva, 1964-65 and Juan Samuel,
1984-85) have done so.
Only 4 other Yankees have played 140+ games in their
rookie and sophomore seasons (Earle Combs, Tony
Lazzeri, Tom Tresh and Alvaro Espinoza)
In 102G in leadoff spot, hit .321 (137-for-427, 6HR,
45RBI)
In 23G in 2nd spot, hit .206 (20-for-97, 2HR, 13RBI); in
33G in 7th spot, hit .254 (32-for-126, 2HR, 12RBI); in
1G in 8th spot was 1-for-4
In 77 straight starts in the leadoff spot from 6/10-9/4,
was 98-for-313 (.313)
Went 129-for-422 (.306) since BA bottomed out at .261
after 0-for-6 on 6/1 at Boston
4H on 4/5 at Oakland tied career high
Had season-high 11-game hitting streak from 5/4-15
Scored career-high 4 runs on 6/10 vs. Chicago
Did not start for the 1st time this season 6/25 at Detroit
(had started 77 straight games at SS since 9/26/96 at
Boston)
Hit 2nd career leadoff HR 5/6 vs. Minnesota
Had HR in consecutive AB, 5/5 in last AB (3-run, 9th
inning) and leadoff HR 5/6 (both vs. Min)
Snapped career-high 75 game drought with leadoff
HR on 8/7 at Texas (previous streak was 41G,
4/3-5/23/96)
Had career-high 2 HR and 4RBI in G2 of 8/20
doubleheader at Anaheim (including 4th career leadoff
HR, his 3rd of the season)
4K on 9/1 at Philadelphia tied his career high set on
4/19 at Minnesota
Drove in ONeill for game-winning run with 9th-inning
single on 9/15 vs. Boston
drew bases-loaded walk in the 11th to end the game
on 9/20 vs. Toronto
Started all 5 games of the Division Series vs.
Cleveland at SS, hitting .333 (7-for-21) with 2 solo HR
and 6 runs scored
Hit the 2nd of 3 consecutuive HR in the 6th inning of
Game 1 (Raines hit 1st, O'Neill hit 3rd)
Was the 1st time 3 consecutive HR have ever been hit
in post season play.
Was the recipient of the Joan Payson Award for
community service presented annually by the New
York chapter of the BBWAA.
His Turn 2 Foundation, established in 1996, was
formed to support and create activities and programs
designed to prevent and treat teenage substance abuse.
This page hosted by 
Get your own Free Home Page
This page hosted by
Get your own Free Home Page