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Home 342,000 Swings Later, Derek Jeter Calls It a Career The Times, with an assist from Jeter, has attempted to calculate the number of times he has swung a bat in his professional career — in practice and in games.

To see every swing, you would need to watch this motion nonstop for more than . Better make some coffee.

At-Bats Jeter averages about 2 swings every time he comes to bat.

Pregame He takes 60 swings before every game (30 in the indoor batting cage and 30 on the field in batting practice).

Regular Season Jeter has swung the bat about times for every one of his hits (practice swings included).

Home Runs Jeter does not have a power stroke. It has taken about 1,300 swings for each of his home runs.

Total Hits If you add his postseason and All-Star Game hits, Jeter’s total jumps to .

Pause Need a rest from all these swings? So did Jeter. He took Novembers and Decembers off, and he never practiced at home. “You would have a hard time finding a baseball at my house besides one that’s got writing on it,” he said.

Postseason Jeter is the career playoff leader in postseason hits, games played, singles and doubles, and he is tied for first in triples. So he is probably the leader in October swings, with 10,800 in practice and in games.

Regular Season Jeter has faced more than 46,000 regular-season pitches and has swung at nearly half of them.

Spring Training In 22 spring camps, Jeter has added about 61,500 swings to his career total.

His Career His total, including about 31,000 swings from his minor league years, is about .



“If you had told me it was a million, I wouldn’t have been surprised,” said Jeter’s teammate Mark Teixeira.