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| Joe DiMaggio | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) DiMaggio with the New York Yankees in 1939 | |||||||||||||||
| Center fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: November 25, 1914 Martinez, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
| Died: March 8, 1999 (aged 84) Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 3, 1936, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 30, 1951, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .325 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,214 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 361 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,537 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| As player
As coach | |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Member of the National | |||||||||||||||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
| Induction | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Vote | 88.8% (fourth ballot) | ||||||||||||||
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Joseph Paul DiMaggio (/dəˈmɑːdʒioʊ/; born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈpaːolo diˈmaddʒo]; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Born to Italian immigrants in California, he is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time and set the record for the longest hitting streak in major league baseball (56 games from May 15 – July 16, 1941).[1]
DiMaggio was a three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings are second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won 10.
At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season, he ranked fifth in career home runs (361) and sixth in career slugging percentage (.579). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during baseball's centennial year of 1969.[2] His brothers Vince (1912–1986) and Dom (1917–2009) also were major league center fielders. Outside of baseball, DiMaggio is also widely known for his marriage and life-long devotion to Marilyn Monroe.
- ^ Arbesman, Samuel; Strogatz, Steven (March 30, 2008). "A Journey to Baseball's Alternate Universe". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Callahan, Gerry (July 19, 1999). "Hank Or Ted Or Willie Or...:Who's the best living ballplayer now that Joe DiMaggio's gone?". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2009.