Joseph Paul DiMaggio was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. He was a three-time Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings is second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won ten. He is widely known for his marriage and lifelong devotion to Marilyn Monroe.
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Joseph Paul DiMaggio was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Born to Italian immigrants in California, he is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was a three-time Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings is second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won ten. At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season, he ranked fifth in career home runs and sixth in career slugging percentage. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport’s greatest living player in a poll taken during baseball’s centennial year of 1969. He is widely known for his marriage and lifelong devotion to Marilyn Monroe. In 1939 he was nicknamed the \”Yankee Clipper\” by Yankee announcer Arch McDonald, when he likened his speed and range to the outfielders in the outfield. His record stood for over 80 years until it was shattered by Aaron Judge, who tallied 52 homers in 2017. He died of a heart attack in 2006, at the age of 80. He had a son, Joe Jr., and a daughter, Rosalia, who were both born in the U.S. and lived in California.
He also had two sons, Vince and Dom, who also were major league center fielders. His brothers Vince and Dom also were Major League center fielder. He played semi-pro ball for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. He hit safely in 61 consecutive games, a PCL-record, and second-longest in all of Minor League Baseball history. He suffered a career-threatening knee injury when he tore ligaments while stepping out of a jitney in 1934. He made his major league debut on May 3, 1936, batting ahead of Lou Gehrig in the lineup. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932, but they won the next four Fall Classics. In the course of his Major League career, DiMagio led the Yankees to nine World series championships, where he trails only YogiBerra in that category. He won the MVP award three times and was named the league’s MVP in 1936, 1937, and 1938. He retired after the 1950 season. He went on to win the MVP Award in 1950 and 1951. His wife, Marilyn Monroe, was his best friend and the love of his life until her death in 1996. He has three children, Joe, Dom and Joe Jr. The couple had a daughter together, Maria, and a son named Paolo, who was born in 1998. He and Marilyn Monroe were married in 2002. He later had a second son, Joseph Jr., who was also a center fielder for the Oakland A’s.
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