Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees hit his 3,000 ball on July 9, 2011. He is the 28th player in the history of Baseball to accomplish the feat. He is also the only Yankee to have accomplished it, and the second player ever to do it with a home run.
Christian Lopez, a 23-year-old man, caught the home run ball and received signed memorabilia and Yankee season tickets for returning it to Jeter. He said he thought it was the right thing to do.
In 2002, Derek Jeter had 191 hits.
In 2009, Derek Jeter had one triple.
In 2009, Derek Jeter had 67 runs batted in.
As of June 10, 2011, Derek Jeter had 2,991 hits.
In 2012, Derek Jeter had 216 hits. He was the Major League leader in hits for the season.
Derek Jeter ended the 2010 season with 2,926 career hits.
As of the end of the 2011 season, Derek Jeter had 3,088hits.
In 2012, Derek Jeter had 216 hits in 129 games.
On September 11, 2009, Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig for the Yankees all-time hit record with number 2,722.
Derek Jeter needs 696 more hits to reach 4,000. As of the end of the 2012 season, he has 3,304 career hits.
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Nobody knows. We'll just have to wait until Derek Jeter retires.