Not to be confused with John DiMaggio or Joe Maggio.
Baseball player
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio with the New York Yankees in 1939
Center fielder
Born:(1914-11-25)November 25, 1914 Martinez, California, U.S.
Died: March 8, 1999(1999-03-08) (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
Teams
As player
New York Yankees (1936–1942, 1946–1951)
As coach
Oakland Athletics (1968–1969)
Career highlights and awards
13× All-Star (1936–1942, 1946–1951)
9× World Series champion (1936–1939, 1941, 1947, 1949–1951)
3× AL MVP (1939, 1941, 1947)
2× AL batting champion (1939, 1940)
2× AL home run leader (1937, 1948)
2× AL RBI leader (1941, 1948)
MLB record 56-game hitting streak
New York Yankees No. 5 retired
Monument Park honoree
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1955
Vote
88.8% (fourth ballot)
Military career
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army Air Forces
Years of service
1943–1945
Rank
Sergeant
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio; [dʒuˈzɛppeˈpaːolodiˈmaddʒo]; 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 is best known for setting the record for the longest hitting streak in baseball (56 games from May 15 – July 16, 1941), which still stands today.[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 ten.
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.
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio; [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈpaːolo diˈmaddʒo]; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee...
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Phillies (1945–1946), and New York Giants (1946). DiMaggio was the older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio. DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California, and grew...
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iconic figures in the sport's history, such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, JoeDiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson, and Goose Gossage;...
Major League Baseball as center fielders: Dom DiMaggio (1917–2009), Boston Red Sox (1940 to 1953) JoeDiMaggio (1914–1999), New York Yankees (1936 to 1951)...
Red Sox (1940–1953). DiMaggio was the youngest of three brothers who each became major league center fielders, the others being Joe and Vince. An effective...
(1997), sportscaster Mel Allen in the HBO film 61* (2001), Yankee legend JoeDiMaggio in ESPN's The Bronx Is Burning (2007), U.S. Attorney General Harry M...
Berra come with DiMaggio. In May, Williams was hitting .337. Williams won the Triple Crown in 1947, but lost the MVP award to JoeDiMaggio, 202 points to...
the season finale of Shameless. In November 2014, Morgan was cast as JoeDiMaggio opposite Kelli Garner as Marilyn Monroe in The Secret Life of Marilyn...
received a call from JoeDiMaggio Jr., with whom she had stayed close since her divorce from his father, the elder JoeDiMaggio. DiMaggio told Monroe that...
JoeDiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit...
by JoeDiMaggio. Mantle gave a similar plaque to DiMaggio, telling the crowd: "JoeDiMaggio's deserves to be higher." As per Mantle's request, DiMaggio's...
since McGwire (1987). He joined Babe Ruth (1920), Lou Gehrig (1927), JoeDiMaggio (1937) and Mickey Mantle (1956) as the only Yankees to hit 40 home runs...
straight title and 14th overall. This would be the last World Series for JoeDiMaggio, who retired afterward, and the first for rookies Willie Mays and Mickey...
song called Joltin' JoeDiMaggio was recorded by the Les Brown orchestra and became a hit the following year. Additionally, DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich and...
pioneers of New Journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about JoeDiMaggio and Frank Sinatra. Born in Ocean City, New Jersey, the son of Italian...
was considered very high. A number of top stars of the era, including JoeDiMaggio and Ted Williams, were products of the league. In 1958, with the arrival...
The Marlins retired the number 5 in honor of Barger's favorite player, JoeDiMaggio, but the team would issue the number into circulation for the first time...
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