On Tuesday afternoon, Former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter received a call from Jack O'Connell of the Baseball Writers' Association of America to inform him that he was elected to the 2020 Hall of Fame Class.
Jeter was joined by his wife, Hannah, his daughters and parents when the call came in.
Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick and appeared on 396 of 397 ballots.
In his 20-year career with the Yankees, Jeter won five World Series titles, five Gold Glove Awards and made 14 All-Star Games. He ended his career with 3,465 hits, 260 homers, 358 stolen bases and 1,311 RBIs.