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Joseph Paul DiMaggio (/ d ə ˈ m ɑː dʒ i oʊ /; born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Italian: [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 (MLB) for the New York Yankees.
DiMaggio in 1939. During the 1941 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, New York Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio recorded at least one hit in 56 consecutive games, breaking the MLB record for the longest hitting streak. His run lasted from May 15 to July 16, during which he had a .408 batting average.
Mantle gave a similar plaque to DiMaggio, telling the crowd: "Joe DiMaggio's deserves to be higher." [ 126 ] As per Mantle's request, DiMaggio's plaque was hung one inch higher than Mantle's. When Yankee Stadium was renovated and reopened in 1976, the plaques and monuments were moved to a newly created Monument Park behind the left-center field ...
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In February, he said the DiMaggio shirt was “given to me by his doctor after he died.” He added, “And it’s signed by him. And it’s an actual home jersey of the Yankees but 1951.”
Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Brian Matusz dies at 37. ... He said his signed Joe DiMaggio jersey was in a Long Island storage facility he had no access to. ... "His 54-year-old automobile is ...
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He played his final season for the Boston Red Sox. [1] Keltner was notable for being one of the best fielding third basemen in the 1940s and for helping to end Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak on July 17, 1941. [2] He was inducted into the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame in 1951. [3]