... June 26th, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey. By the time he was four years old, his family moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Derek's father would take him to see Detroit Tigers games all the time but that never changed his love for the New York Yankees. Derek and his sister Sharlee spent their summers in New Jersey with their grandparents. Since the ... Famer for sure. Leadership on the Field Derek is looked at as the leader on the field for multiple reasons. His consistency is second to none. Derek has averaged 152 games a season for his first fifteen seasons with the Yankees. He sets a grea...

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