Joe DiMaggio

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Joe DiMaggio

Born:	November 25, 1914
Birthplace:	Martinez, California
Height:	6' 2"
Weight:	193 lbs
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Drafted:	1934: Trade by the New York Yankees with a PCL Team
College:	None
High School:	Galileo High School (CA)
Teams:	NY Yankees 1936-1942, 1946-51

1 Overall Career
2 Awards
3 Achievements
4 Trivia
5 Transactions
6 External Links

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Overall Career

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 - March 8, 1999), is remembered as one of the game's most graceful athletes - a "picture player" both at bat and in center field. Many rate his 56-consecutive-game hitting streak in 1941 as the top baseball feat of all time. "The Yankee Clipper" used an unusually wide stance in winning two batting championships and three MVP awards. In 13 seasons he amassed 361 homers, averaged 118 RBI annually and compiled a .325 lifetime batting mark. At baseball's 1969 Centennial Celebration, he was named the game's greatest living player.

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Awards

Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1955 (88.84%)

1939 Major League Player of the Year
13-time American League All-Star (1936-1942, 1946-1951)
3-time American League MVP (1939, 1941 and 1947)

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Achievements

1936 AL Triples Leader (1936)
1937 AL Runs Scored Leader
2-time AL Batting Average Leader (1939 & 1940)
2-time AL Slugging Percentage Leader (1937 & 1950)
3-time AL Total Bases Leader (1937, 1941 & 1948)
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)

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Trivia

He hated you because he is better than you. Even dead.
In 1933, eight years before his famed 56-game hitting streak, Joe DiMaggio fashioned a 61-game hitting streak with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League.
Brother of Vince DiMaggio and Dom DiMaggio.
Member of the World Series Champion New York Yankees in 1936-1939, 1941, 1947 and 1949-1951
Born as Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio
Nickname(s): Joltin' Joe, The Yankee Clipper

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Transactions

November 21, 1934: Traded by the San Francisco Seals (PCL) to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Doc Farrell (December 19, 1934), Floyd Newkirk (December 19, 1934), Jim Densmore (December 19, 1934), and Ted Norbert (December 19, 1934) to the San Francisco Seals (PCL) to complete the trade.

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