The Captain. Mr. November. Number 2. Derek Jeter is one of the best Yankees in the history of the franchise, so it’s important we remember him on the day he was drafted.
On June 1, 1992, in the midst of an unforeseen playoff drought and yet another losing season, the Yankees selected Derek Sanderson Jeter with the sixth overall pick out of Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The move would completely turn the franchise around.
Once Jeter arrived on the scene as a full-timer in 1996, the Yankees regained their stranglehold over Major League Baseball and formed one of the greatest dynasties in the history of sports.