Graded 1993 Score Derek Jeter #489 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint

⚾ Graded 1993 Score Derek Jeter #489 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint – The PSA 9 Mint Copy of Jeter's 1993 Score Rookie Card, Issued While He Was Still in the Yankees' Minor League System the Year After Being Selected 6th Overall in the 1992 MLB Draft, Graded at the Second-Highest Standard in PSA's Scale

⚾ Derek Jeter was the 6th pick in the 1992 MLB Draft when the New York Yankees selected the 18-year-old shortstop out of Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan. He was already being projected as a future franchise cornerstone – a player whose defensive tools at short and offensive approach made scouts comfortable projecting a major-league starter – but in 1993, he was still working through the system, advancing toward a Yankee Stadium debut that would arrive in 1995 and a starting role that would begin in earnest in 1996. The 1993 Score set captured him during that development period, and card #489 is one of the foundational rookie documents of the career that followed: five World Series championships, 14 All-Star selections, 3,465 career hits placing him among the six most prolific hitters in MLB history, and a plaque in Cooperstown bearing the inscription for the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020. This example carries a PSA 9 Mint grade, confirming the second-highest standard in PSA's grading scale. Condition: NOS.

⚾ The 1993 Score baseball set was among the primary products of that era's production landscape – a widely distributed set that documented the full MLB roster alongside prospect and draft pick cards, capturing players at various stages of their professional development. For a player of Jeter's eventual significance, the early Score RC represents the beginning of his collecting documentation during the minor league phase, before the 1996 Rookie of the Year season, before the World Series rings started accumulating, and before “The Captain” designation made him the only Yankees captain since Thurman Munson. PSA 9 Mint on a 1993-era card means four corners that are sharp with only minimal wear, centering within the tolerances for the Mint grade, and a surface that reads clean under examination – a high standard for a 30-plus-year-old card. Condition: NOS.

⭐ 1993 Score. Derek Jeter. #489. Rookie RC. PSA 9 Mint. New York Yankees. Baseball Hall of Fame 2020. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.

⚾ Derek Jeter. 1993 Score Rookie RC. #489. PSA 9 Mint. Yankees Captain. 5x World Series. Hall of Fame Sports. Collectible Trading Cards. Condition: NOS.