Derek Jeter, the New York Yankees shortstop, has accomplished his 3,000th hit. In New York Yankee history no other player has ever achieved this milestone.
As Reported By ESPN:
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has a new nickname: “Mr. 3,000.”
Jeter on Saturday became the 28th player in major league baseball history — and first Yankee in franchise history — to reach the 3,000-hit plateau when he homered to left against David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays in the third inning.
At 37 years, 13 days old, Jeter is the fourth-youngest player to reach 3,000 hits. Pete Rose had been the fourth-youngest at 37 years, 21 days. Ty Cobb is the youngest (34 years, 244 days), while Hank Aaron (36 years, 101 days) and Robin Yount (36, 359 days) both amassed 3,000 hits before their 37th birthday.
SOURCE: ESPN
