(Born 1974, shortstop) Became the starting shortstop for the Yankees in 1996, winning the Rookie of the Year Award and helping New York capture its first championship since 1978. More postseason highlights followed, including three more titles (1998, 1999, 2000), the 2000 World Series MVP award, and a controversial homer against the Baltimore Orioles in Game One of the 1996 ALCS when a twelve-year-old fan turned his fly ball into a home run by reaching over the right-field wall to catch it. Jeter's junior-high yearbook dubbed him 'most likely to play shortstop for the New York Yankees.'

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1. (Born 1974, shortstop) Became the starting shortstop for the Yankees in 1996, winning the Rookie of the Year Award and helping New York capture its first championship since 1978. More postseason highlights followed, including three more titles (1998, 1999, 2000), the 2000 World Series MVP award, and a controversial homer against the Baltimore Orioles in Game One of the 1996 ALCS when a twelve-year-old fan turned his fly ball into a home run by reaching over the right-field wall to catch it. Jeter's junior-high yearbook dubbed him 'most likely to play shortstop for the New York Yankees.'