Joe Dimmagio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, b. Martinez, Calif., Nov. 25, 1914, was professional baseball's premier center fielder during the late 1930s and 1940s. Playing his entire career (1936-42, 1946-51) for the New York Yankees, DiMaggio was a dangerous batter and one of the most graceful and fleet outfielders ever to play the game--hence his nicknames, Joltin' Joe and the Yankee Clipper.
DiMaggio was the eighth of nine children of a San Francisco fisherman. In 1936 the Yankees purchased him from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast league, where at age 18 he had compiled a 61-game hitting streak. The center fielder's rookie season in New York was sensational, and DiMaggio would go on to lead the American League twice in home runs (1937, 1948, batting average (1939-40), slugging average (1937, 1950), and runs batted in (1941, 1948). He was three times voted the league's Most Valuable Player (1939, 1941, 1947), and in his 13 seasons he led the Yankees to 10 pennants and 9 World......
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