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Derek Jeter 1500 Hits Milestones |
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Aug 2008 Nearly five years ago to the day, Derek Jeter recorded his 1,500th hit against the Orioles at Camden Yards. Friday night, Jeter reached another milestone, picking up his 2,500th hit in the very same ballpark with a first-inning single.
 "I guess if you play long enough, you're bound to get some milestones," Jeter said. "More importantly we won. We needed this game."
Jeter is the 88th player in history to reach the mark, joining Ken Griffey Jr., Omar Vizquel, Gary Sheffield, Ivan Rodriguez and Luis Gonzalez as the only active players on the list. None of the others is younger than 36 - Jeter is 34.
"How old are the other guys?" Jeter asked with a smile. "So I'm still young."
No Yankee has ever reached the 3,000-hit mark, as Lou Gehrig's 2,721 stand as the club record. Babe Ruth is second with 2,518 (Ruth had 355 hits with the Red Sox and Braves), followed by Jeter, who also needs 17 hits in the final 16 home games to tie Gehrig for the most hits in Yankee Stadium history.
Asked if reaching this mark makes him think about the next milestone, Jeter answered quickly.
"Yeah, 2,501," he said. "That's what I'll be thinking about tomorrow."
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