Joe DiMaggio

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1938 Goudey
1938 Goudey
2001 Topps: Before There Was Topps #BT10 Joe DiMaggio

Joseph Paul DiMaggio Jr. (Joltin' Joe or The Yankee Clipper) born as Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 6' 2", Weight 193 lb.

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1955


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[edit] Biographical Information

"Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw." - Ted Williams

Brother of Dom DiMaggio and Vince DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio was married to actress Marilyn Monroe for a time. He holds the record for most consecutive games played with at least one hit (56, in 1941).

Joe was nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" for his speed on the basepath. In High School, he was part of an efficient double play combination with with future infielder/coach/scout Dario Lodigiani.

He enlisted in the army without even notifying the New York Yankees. He was stationed at Santa Ana airbase in California where he played for the base team and soon ran up a 13-game hitting streak. Assigned to the 7th Army Air Force, DiMaggio arrived in Hawaii June 3, 1944. The day after he arrived he played for the Hickam Bombers and, despite not having played in six weeks, blasted a 435-foot home run out of Honolulu Stadium. Much of his 1944 season, however, was hampered by recurring stomach ulcer problems. In January 1945, DiMaggio was transferred to Atlantic City to recuperate from his ulcer problem.

When he retired, he was fifth on the all-time home run list. He has the best strikeout to home run ratio of any player in history: he hit 361 home runs while striking out only 369 times, for a lifetime 1.02 ratio. When asked why he played so hard he said, "because there might be somebody out there who’s never seen me play before."

Following his playing days, DiMaggio was an Oakland Athletics coach in 1968 and 1969.

DiMaggio has a children's hospital named after him and was well known for his ads for Mr. Coffee. He was further idolized in the Simon and Garfunkel song Mrs.Robinson:

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
 A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
(woo woo woo)
What's that you say, Mrs.Robinson
'Joltin Joe' has left and gone away?

He is also mentioned in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, as Santiago would like "to take the great DiMaggio fishing." He is sure DiMaggio would fish because his father was a fisherman.

[edit] Notable Achievements

  • 1935 MVP Pacific Coast League San Francisco Seals
  • 13-time AL All-Star (1936-1942 & 1946-1951)
  • 3-time AL MVP (1939, 1941 & 1947)
  • 2-time AL Batting Average Leader (1939 & 1940)
  • 2-time AL Slugging Percentage Leader (1937 & 1950)
  • AL Runs Scored Leader (1937)
  • 3-time AL Total Bases Leader (1937, 1941 & 1948)
  • AL Triples Leader (1936)
  • 2-time AL Home Runs Leader (1937 & 1948)
  • 2-time AL RBI Leader (1941 & 1948)
  • 20-Home Run Seasons: 11 (1936-1942, 1946-1948 & 1950)
  • 30-Home Run Seasons: 7 (1937-1941, 1948 & 1950)
  • 40-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1937)
  • 100 RBI Seasons: 9 (1936-1942, 1948 & 1950)
  • 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 8 (1936-1939, 1941, 1942, 1948 & 1950)
  • 200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1936 & 1937)
  • Won nine World Series with the New York Yankees (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950 & 1951)
  • Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 1955

[edit] Stats

Season G AB R H HR RBI BB SO Avg. SLG
1936 138 637 132 206 29 125 24 39 .323 .576
1937 151 621 151 215 46 167 64 37 .346 .673
1938 145 599 129 194 32 140 59 21 .324 .581
1939 120 462 108 176 30 126 52 20 .381 .671
1940 132 508 93 179 31 133 61 30 .352 .626
1941 139 541 122 193 30 125 76 13 .357 .643
1942 154 610 123 186 21 114 68 36 .305 .498
1946 132 503 81 146 25 95 59 24 .290 .511
1947 141 534 97 168 20 97 64 32 .315 .522
1948 153 594 110 190 39 155 67 30 .320 .598
1949 76 272 58 94 14 67 55 18 .346 .596
1950 139 525 114 158 32 122 80 33 .301 .585
1951 116 415 72 109 12 61 61 36 .263 .422
Career Statistics 1736 6821 1390 2214 361 1537 790 369 .325 .579


AL MVP
1938 1939 1940
Jimmie Foxx Joe DiMaggio Hank Greenberg
1940 1941 1942
Hank Greenberg Joe DiMaggio Joe Gordon
1946 1947 1948
Ted Williams Joe DiMaggio Lou Boudreau

[edit] Records Held

  • Consecutive games with a hit, 56, 1941
  • Strikeout to home run ratio, career, 1.02

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