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Derek Jeter: Why the NY Yankees Captain Will Break Pete Rose’s Hits Record

Jeter currently has 3,163 hits. He will turn 38 years old on June 26. Pete Rose is baseball's all-time hits leader with 4,256. Barring a career-ending injury, the NY Yankees captain will surpass Rose's record.

Jeter is the perfect candidate to become baseball's all-time hits king. He has the slight physical frame to continue playing into his 40s without breaking down, he has the burning desire to compete and, as a bachelor, he doesn't have a wife or children to draw him into retirement.

Pete Rose retired at the age of 45, averaging only 104 games played over his last three seasons (121, 119 and 72). Despite retiring with a .303 career batting average, his average suffered in his final five seasons (.271, .245, .286, .264, .219).


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