Baseball’s Hall of Fame just added one of the all-around greatest: Yankee legend Derek Jeter.

After garnering 396 of a possible 397 votes for induction (99.75 percent) — the most of any player in Major League Baseball history, after fellow Yank Mariano Rivera — Jeter had to wait over a year for the induction, thanks to COVID.

Yet his superstardom was obvious decades ago: From the moment Jeter joined the Bombers in 1995, he and the Core Four (him, Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte) ensured the team’s long triumphant run, with five World Series championships and 17 playoff appearances.

He also rewrote the Yankees’ record books, as the club’s all-time career leader in hits (3,465), games played (2,747), stolen bases (358), times on base (4,716) and plate appearances (12,602), along with 14 All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards and a Roberto Clemente Award. Jeter wound up sixth in MLB history in hits and first among shortstops.

The Captain was also renowned for his professionalism, consistency and leadership — the very definition of the word “class,” on and off the field. For New Yorkers, Jeter wasn’t just a baseball phenom but a reason to take pride in their city. With his name now fixed in baseball’s pantheon, Gotham can forever claim yet another bragging right.