Derek Jeter officially took his place among Yankees immortals on Sunday, with a plaque in Monument Park and his famous No. 2 taking its place among 21 other retired numbers on the wall above the left-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium.
In a 40-minute, on-field ceremony attended by 20 of his former teammates, managers, coaches and other associates from a 20-year major league career in which he accumulated 3,465 hits — more than all but five players in baseball history — Jeter, 42, was commemorated as a winner and was presented with mementos of his days as a Yankee.