Joltin' Joe Dimaggio : The Yankee Clipper
Joe DiMaggio was one of the best baseball players of all time by any metric. He played his entire career for the Yankees, married Marilyn Monroe, and left his name scattered across record books far and wide. Here is a little tribute to the good ole Yankee Clipper...
Joe Dimaggio at a Glance
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr. (November 25, 1914 - March 8, 1999), nicknamed 'Joltin Joe and The Yankee Clipper', was a baseball player who played his entire Major League career (1936-1951) for the New York Yankees. He was the brother of Vince DiMaggio and Dom DiMaggio. He was born in Martinez, California, and moved to San Francisco at one year old. The family name was often spoken in the media as "di-MAH-gee-oh" (short A as in apple, IPA d?mæd?i.o?) but was more properly pronounced "di-MA-zhee-oh" (IPA [di'm??i.o?]).
DiMaggio was a 3-time MVP winner and 13-time...
Joe Dimaggio's Record Statistics
Baseball Records held by Joe DiMaggio
- 56 consecutive games with a hit - 1941
- 15 Home Runs in the Month of July - 1937
- 9 World Championship Rings
- 3 time MVP winner -1939, '41 , '47
- .325 Career batting average
- only 369 strikeout in his whole career
Joe Dimaggio Tribute Video
a Tribute to the Yankee Clipper
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Joltin' Joe goes on the web
- The Official Site of Joe Dimaggio
- The Authorized and Official Website of Joe DiMaggio. Biography, photographs, licensing and merchandise of Joltin Joe DiMaggio. Includes statistics, pictures, life story, Marilyn Monroe and marketing
- Joe DiMaggio Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- A Complete Stats Breakdown for Joe Dimaggio
- Remembering Jolting Joe
- A moving eulogy for Jolting Joe written in 1999.
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Joltin' Joe...Mr. Coffee to me growing up, and if he hadn't been stopped at 56 by Ken Keltner's fielding, how many more games would he have gone? Into the 70s or 80s?
Posted June 07, 2008
