Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yankees sun kai ga 1996 postseason, kuma Torre ya doke Jeter a cikin leadoff spot bisa ga kyakkyawan aikinsa na shekara-shekara. A lokacin wasan 1 na 1996 American League Championship Series (ALCS)
, Yankees sun bi Baltimore Orioles 4 zuwa 3 a cikin zagaye na takwas lokacin da Jeter ya buga ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa zuwa filin dama wanda alƙalai suka yanke hukunci a gida bayan mai shekaru 12 mai suna Jeffrey Maier ya kai kan bango don kama kwallon. Kodayake ƙwallon zai kasance a cikin wasa idan ba don Maier ba, kuma Tony Tarasco zai iya kama shi, gidan gida ya tsaya kamar yadda aka kira, yana daidaita wasan. Ya nuna wasan farko na Jeter na wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo. Yankees sun lashe wasan kuma sun ci Orioles a wasanni biyar. Gabaɗaya, Jeter ya buga.361 a cikin 1996 postseason, yana taimakawa wajen jagorantar Yankees da Bernie Williams, yayin da Wade Boggs, Paul O'Neill, da Tino Martinez suka yi gwagwarmaya. Yankees sun doke Atlanta Braves a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1996 don lashe gasar zakarun Turai ta farko tun daga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1978.