Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
	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
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)
Allegiance
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; [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 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.

[Arbesman-Strogatz_2008-1] 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.

[greatest-2] 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.

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