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New York Yankees: Can Robinson Cano Follow in Derek Jeter’s Footsteps to 3,000?

that Derek Jeter has reached the 3,000 hit mark, I think it’s time to see how Robinson Cano's young career stacks up to Jeter’s early years.

Derek Jeter is halfway through his 17th season (16th full season), whereas Robinson Cano is halfway into just his seventh season in the bigs.

Through his first six full seasons, Derek Jeter had accrued 1,187 hits, just 112 more hits than Robinson Cano’s 1075 hits through his first six seasons. (Each became full-time starters at the age of 22).

Jeter got those 1,187 hits on 4200 plate appearances. Robinson Cano’s 1,075 hits came on 3,732 plate appearances, 468 less PAs than Jeter.

If Cano had been up to the plate those 468 extra times to match Jeter's number ...

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