Joe DiMaggio - wikipedia Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio DiMaggio, c. 1939 Center fielder Born : ( 1914 - 11 - 25 ) November 25, 1914 Martinez, California Died : March 8, 1999 ( 1999 - 03 - 08 ) ( aged 84 ) Hollywood, Florida Batted : Right Threw : Right MLB debut May 3, 1936, for the New York Yankees Last MLB appearance September 30, 1951, for the New York Yankees MLB statistics Batting average. 325 Hits 2,214 Home runs 361 Runs batted in 1,537 Teams New York Yankees ( 1936 -- 1942, 1946 -- 1951 ) Career highlights and awards 13 × All - Star ( 1936 -- 1942, 1946 -- 1951 ) 9 × World Series champion ( 1936 -- 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949 -- 1951 ) 3 × AL MVP ( 1939, 1941, 1947 ) 2 × AL batting champion ( 1939, 1940 ) 2 × AL home run leader ( 1937, 1948 ) 2 × AL RBI leader ( 1941, 1948 ) MLB record 56 - game hitting streak New York Yankees No. 5 retired Major League Baseball All - Century Team Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted 1955 Vote 88.84 % ( third ballot ) Joseph Paul DiMaggio ( November 25, 1914 -- March 8, 1999 ), nicknamed `` Joltin ' Joe '' and `` The Yankee Clipper '', was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13 - year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56 - game hitting streak ( May 15 -- July 16, 1941 ), a record that still stands. DiMaggio was a three - time MVP 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. At the time of his retirement, he ranked fifth in career home runs ( 361 ) and sixth in career slugging percentage (. 579 ). 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 the baseball centennial year of 1969. His brothers Vince ( 1912 -- 1986 ) and Dom ( 1917 -- 2009 ) also were major league center fielders. DiMaggio is also widely known for his marriage and lifelong devotion to Marilyn Monroe. Contents 1 Early life 2 Major league career 2.1 Hitting streak 3 Wartime 3.1 Parents as `` enemy aliens '' 4 Married life 4.1 Dorothy Arnold 4.2 Marilyn Monroe 5 Advertising 6 Death 7 Legacy 8 In popular culture 8.1 Art 8.2 Comics / graphic novels 8.3 Literature 8.4 Music 8.5 Movies 8.6 TV movies 8.7 Theater 8.8 Television 8.9 Video games 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links Early life DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California, the eighth of nine children born to Italian immigrants Giuseppe ( 1872 -- 1949 ) and Rosalia ( Mercurio ) ( 1878 -- 1951 ) DiMaggio, from Sicily. He was named Paolo after his father Giuseppe 's favorite saint, Saint Paul. The family moved to nearby San Francisco when Joe was a year old. Giuseppe was a fisherman, as were generations of DiMaggios before him. According to statements from Joe 's brother Tom to biographer Maury Allen, Rosalia 's father wrote to her with the advice that Giuseppe could earn a better living in California than in their native Isola delle Femmine, a northwestern Sicilian village in the province of Palermo. After being processed on Ellis Island, Giuseppe worked his way across America, eventually settling near Rosalia 's father in Pittsburg, California, on the east side of the San Francisco Bay Area. After four years, he earned enough money to send to Italy for Rosalia and their daughter, who was born after he had left for the United States. Giuseppe hoped that his five sons would become fishermen. DiMaggio recalled that he would do anything to get out of cleaning his father 's boat, as the smell of dead fish nauseated him. Giuseppe called him `` lazy '' and `` good - for - nothing. '' DiMaggio did not finish his education at Galileo High School and instead worked odd jobs including hawking newspapers, stacking boxes at a warehouse and working at an orange juice plant. DiMaggio was playing semi-pro ball when older brother Vince DiMaggio, playing for the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ( PCL ), talked his manager into letting DiMaggio fill in at shortstop. Joe DiMaggio made his professional debut on October 1, 1932. From May 27 to July 25, 1933, he hit safely in 61 consecutive games, a PCL - record, and second - longest in all of Minor League Baseball history. `` Baseball did n't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak, '' he said. `` Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping. '' In 1934, DiMaggio suffered a career - threatening knee injury when he tore ligaments while stepping out of a jitney. Scout Bill Essick of the New York Yankees, convinced that the injury would heal, pestered his club to give him another look. After DiMaggio passed a physical examination in November, the Yankees purchased his contract for $50,000 and five players. He remained with the Seals for the 1935 season and batted. 398 with 154 runs batted in ( RBIs ) and 34 home runs. His team won the 1935 PCL title, and DiMaggio was named the league 's Most Valuable Player. Major League career Seven of the American League 's 1937 All - Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. All seven were eventually elected to the Hall of Fame. DiMaggio made his major league debut on May 3, 1936, batting ahead of Lou Gehrig. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932, but they won the next four Fall Classics. Over the course of his 13 - year Major League career, DiMaggio led the Yankees to 9 World Series championships. DiMaggio set a franchise record in 1936 by hitting 29 home runs in his rookie season. DiMaggio accomplished the feat in 138 games. His record stood for over 80 years until it was broken by Aaron Judge, who hit the 30th home run in his rookie season in his 84th game in 2017. In 1939, DiMaggio was nicknamed the `` Yankee Clipper '' by Yankee 's stadium announcer Arch McDonald, when he likened DiMaggio 's speed and range in the outfield to the then - new Pan American airliner. DiMaggio was pictured with his son on the cover of the inaugural issue of SPORT magazine in September 1946. In 1947, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade DiMaggio for Ted Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra. In the September 1949 issue of SPORT, Hank Greenberg said that DiMaggio covered so much ground in center field that the only way to get a hit against the Yankees was `` to hit ' em where Joe was n't. '' DiMaggio also stole home five times in his career. On February 7, 1949, DiMaggio signed a contract worth $100,000 ( $1,007,000 in current dollar terms ) ( $70,000 plus bonuses ), and became the first baseball player to break $100,000 in earnings. By 1950, he was ranked the second - best center fielder by the Sporting News, after Larry Doby. After a poor 1951 season, a scouting report by the Brooklyn Dodgers that was turned over to the New York Giants and leaked to the press, and various injuries, DiMaggio announced his retirement at age 37 on December 11, 1951. When remarking on his retirement to the Sporting News on December 19, 1951, he said : I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit. 350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches and pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it 's no longer a game, and so, I 've played my last game. Joe DiMaggio 's number 5 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1952. Through May 2009, DiMaggio was tied with Mark McGwire for third place all - time in home runs over the first two calendar years in the major leagues ( 77 ), behind Phillies Hall of Famer Chuck Klein ( 83 ), and Milwaukee Brewers ' Ryan Braun ( 79 ). Through 2011, he was one of seven major leaguers to have had at least four 30 - homer, 100 - RBI seasons in their first five years, along with Chuck Klein, Ted Williams, Ralph Kiner, Mark Teixeira, Albert Pujols, and Ryan Braun. DiMaggio holds the record for most seasons with more home runs than strikeouts ( minimum 20 home runs ), a feat he accomplished seven times, and five times consecutively from 1937 to 1941. DiMaggio would likely have exceeded 500 home runs and 2,000 RBIs had he not served in the military. DiMaggio might have had better power - hitting statistics had his home park not been Yankee Stadium. As `` The House That Ruth Built '', its nearby right field favored the Babe 's left - handed power. For right - handed hitters, its deep left and center fields made home runs almost impossible. Mickey Mantle recalled that he and Whitey Ford witnessed many DiMaggio blasts that would have been home runs anywhere other than Yankee Stadium ( Ruth himself fell victim to that problem, as he also hit many long flyouts to center ). Bill James calculated that DiMaggio lost more home runs due to his home park than any other player in history. Left - center field went as far back as 457 ft ( 139 m ), where left - center rarely reaches 380 ft ( 116 m ) in today 's ballparks. Al Gionfriddo 's famous catch in the 1947 World Series, which was close to the 415 - foot mark ( 126 m ) in left - center, would have been a home run in the Yankees ' current ballpark. DiMaggio hit 148 home runs in 3,360 at - bats at home versus 213 home runs in 3,461 at - bats on the road. His slugging percentage at home was. 546, and on the road, it was. 610. Expert statistician Bill Jenkinson made a statement on these statistics : DiMaggio in 1951, his last year in baseball For example, Joe DiMaggio was acutely handicapped by playing at Yankee Stadium. Every time he batted in his home field during his entire career, he did so knowing that it was physically impossible for him to hit a home run to the half of the field directly in front of him. If you look at a baseball field from foul line to foul line, it has a 90 - degree radius. From the power alley in left center field ( 430 in Joe 's time ) to the fence in deep right center field ( 407 ft ), it is 45 - degrees. And Joe DiMaggio never hit a single home run over the fences at Yankee Stadium in that 45 - degree graveyard. It was just too far. Joe was plenty strong ; he routinely hit balls in the 425 - foot range. But that just was n't good enough in cavernous Yankee Stadium. Like Ruth, he benefited from a few easy homers each season due to the short foul line distances. But he lost many more than he gained by constantly hitting long fly outs toward center field. Whereas most sluggers perform better on their home fields, DiMaggio hit only 41 percent of his career home runs in the Bronx. He hit 148 homers at Yankee Stadium. If he had hit the same exact pattern of batted balls with a typical modern stadium as his home, he would have belted about 225 homers during his home field career. Joe became eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 but he was not elected until 1955. The Hall of Fame rules on the post-retirement induction waiting period had been revised in the interim, extending the waiting period from one to five years, but DiMaggio and Ted Lyons were exempted from the rule. DiMaggio told Baseball Digest in 1963 that the Brooklyn Dodgers had offered him their managerial job in 1953, but he turned it down. After being out of baseball since his retirement as a player, Joe became the first hitting instructor of the newly relocated Oakland Athletics from 1968 to 1970. Hitting streak DiMaggio kisses his bat in 1941, the year he hit safely in 56 consecutive games DiMaggio 's most famous achievement is his MLB record - breaking 56 - game hitting streak in 1941. The streak began on May 15, 1941, a couple of weeks before the death of Lou Gehrig, when DiMaggio went one - for - four against Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith. Major newspapers began to write about DiMaggio 's streak early on, but as he approached George Sisler 's modern era record of 41 games, it became a national phenomenon. Initially, DiMaggio showed little interest in breaking Sisler 's record, saying `` I 'm not thinking a whole lot about it... I 'll either break it or I wo n't. '' As he approached Sisler 's record, DiMaggio showed more interest, saying, `` At the start I did n't think much about it... but naturally I 'd like to get the record since I am this close. '' On June 29, 1941, DiMaggio doubled in the first game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium to tie Sisler 's record and then singled in the nightcap to extend his streak to 42. A Yankee Stadium crowd of 52,832 fans watched DiMaggio tie the all - time hitting streak record ( 44 games, Wee Willie Keeler in 1897 ) on July 1. The next day against the Boston Red Sox, he homered into Yankee Stadium 's left field stands to extend his streak to 45, setting a new record. DiMaggio recorded 67 hits in 179 at - bats during the first 45 games of his streak, while Keeler recorded 88 hits in 201 at - bats. DiMaggio continued hitting after breaking Keeler 's record, reaching 50 straight games on July 11 against the St. Louis Browns. On July 17 at Cleveland Stadium, DiMaggio 's streak was finally snapped at 56 games, thanks in part to two backhand stops by Indians third baseman Ken Keltner. DiMaggio batted. 408 during the streak with 15 home runs and 55 RBI. The day after the streak ended, DiMaggio started another streak that lasted 16 games. The distinction of hitting safely in 72 of 73 games is also a record. The closest anyone has come to equaling DiMaggio since 1941 is Pete Rose, who hit safely in 44 straight games in 1978. During the streak, DiMaggio played in seven doubleheaders. The Yankees ' record during the streak was 41 -- 13 -- 2. `` DiMaggio 's streak is the most extraordinary thing that ever happened in American sports. '' -- Stephen Jay Gould Some consider DiMaggio 's streak a uniquely outstanding and unbreakable record and a statistical near - impossibility. Nobel Prize - winning physicist and sabermetrician Edward Mills Purcell calculated that, to have the likelihood of a hitting streak of 50 games occurring in the history of baseball up to the late 1980s be greater than 50 %, fifty - two. 350 lifetime hitters would have to have existed instead of the actual three ( Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and Shoeless Joe Jackson ). His Harvard colleague Stephen Jay Gould, citing Purcell 's work, called DiMaggio 's 56 - game achievement `` the most extraordinary thing that ever happened in American sports ''. Samuel Arbesman and Steven Strogatz of Cornell University disagree ; they conducted 10,000 computer simulations of Major League Baseball from 1871 to 2005, 42 % of which produced streaks as long or longer, with record streaks ranging from 39 to 109 games and typical record streaks between 50 and 64 games. Wartime DiMaggio enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces on February 17, 1943, rising to the rank of sergeant. He was stationed at Santa Ana, California, Hawaii, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a physical education instructor. He was released on medical discharge in September 1945, due to chronic stomach ulcers. Other than now being paid $21 a month, DiMaggio 's service was as comfortable as a soldier 's life could be. He spent most of his career playing for baseball teams and in exhibition games against fellow Major Leaguers and minor league players, and superiors gave him special privileges due to his prewar fame. DiMaggio ate so well from an athlete - only diet that he gained 10 pounds, and while in Hawaii he and other players mostly tanned on the beach and drank. Embarrassed by his lifestyle, DiMaggio requested that he be given a combat assignment but was turned down. Parents as `` enemy aliens '' Giuseppe and Rosalia DiMaggio, both from Isola delle Femmine, were among the thousands of German, Japanese, and Italian immigrants classified as `` enemy aliens '' by the government after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Each was required to carry photo ID booklets at all times and were not allowed to travel outside a five - mile radius from their home without a permit. Giuseppe was barred from the San Francisco Bay, where he had fished for decades, and his boat was seized. Rosalia became an American citizen in 1944, followed by Giuseppe in 1945. Married life Dorothy Arnold In January 1937, DiMaggio met actress Dorothy Arnold on the set of Manhattan Merry - Go - Round, in which he had a minor role, and she was an extra. They married at San Francisco 's St. Peter and Paul Church on November 19, 1939, as 20,000 well - wishers jammed the streets. Their son, Joseph Paul DiMaggio III, was born at Doctors Hospital on October 23, 1941. The couple divorced in 1944. Marilyn Monroe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe staying at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on their honeymoon Monroe and DiMaggio when they were married in January 1954 According to her autobiography My Story, ghostwritten by Ben Hecht, Marilyn Monroe did not want to meet DiMaggio, fearing that he was a stereotypical arrogant athlete. They eloped at San Francisco City Hall on January 14, 1954. The marriage ran into trouble within a few weeks as DiMaggio, the product of a strict Roman Catholic upbringing, became upset by Monroe 's personal habits, including her disdain for bathing and her tendency to relax around the house nude. Although she suffered from endometriosis, Monroe and DiMaggio each expressed to reporters their desire to start a family. An incident between the couple is supposed to have occurred immediately after the skirt - blowing scene in The Seven Year Itch that was filmed on September 14, 1954, in front of Manhattan 's Trans - Lux 52nd Street Theater. Then 20th Century Fox 's East Coast correspondent Bill Kobrin told the Palm Springs Desert Sun that it was director Billy Wilder 's idea to turn the shoot into a media circus. The couple then had a `` yelling battle '' in the theater lobby. A month later, she contracted the services of celebrity attorney Jerry Giesler and filed for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty nine months after the wedding. After the failure of their marriage, DiMaggio underwent therapy, stopped drinking alcohol, and expanded his interests beyond baseball ; he and Monroe read poetry together in their later years. On August 1, 1956, an International News wire photo of DiMaggio with Lee Meriwether gave rise to speculation that the couple was engaged, but Cramer wrote that it was a rumor started by Walter Winchell. Monroe biographer Donald Spoto claimed that DiMaggio was `` very close to marrying '' 1957 Miss America Marian McKnight, who won the crown with a Marilyn Monroe act, but McKnight denied it. He was also linked to Liz Renay, Cleo Moore, Rita Gam, Marlene Dietrich, and Gloria DeHaven during this period and to Elizabeth Ray and Morgan Fairchild years later, but he never publicly confirmed any involvement with any woman. DiMaggio reentered Monroe 's life as her marriage to Arthur Miller was ending. On February 10, 1961, he secured her release from Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic. She joined him in Florida where he was a batting coach for the Yankees. Their `` just friends '' claim did not stop remarriage rumors from flying. Reporters staked out her Manhattan apartment building. Bob Hope `` dedicated '' Best Song nominee `` The Second Time Around '' to them at the 33rd Academy Awards. According to Maury Allen 's biography, DiMaggio was alarmed at how Monroe had fallen in with people he felt were detrimental to her well - being. Val Monette, owner of a military post-exchange supply company, told Allen that DiMaggio left his employ on August 1, 1962, because he had decided to ask Monroe to remarry him. She was found dead in her Brentwood, Los Angeles, home on August 5 after housekeeper Eunice Murray telephoned Monroe 's psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson. DiMaggio 's son had spoken to Monroe on the phone the night of her death and claimed that she seemed fine. Her death was deemed a probable suicide by `` Coroner to the Stars '' Thomas Noguchi. It has also been the subject of conspiracy theories. Devastated, DiMaggio claimed her body and arranged for her funeral at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, barring Hollywood 's elite as well as members of the Kennedy family from attending. He had a half - dozen red roses delivered three times a week to her crypt for 20 years. He refused to talk about her publicly or otherwise exploit their relationship. He never married again. According to DiMaggio 's attorney Morris Engleberg, DiMaggio 's last words were : `` I 'll finally get to see Marilyn. '' However, Joe 's brother Dominic challenged both Engelberg 's version of Joe 's final moments as well as his motives. Advertising In the 1970s, DiMaggio became a spokesman for Mr. Coffee and would be the face of the electric drip coffee makers for over 20 years. Vincent Marotta, the CEO of North American Systems, which manufactured Mr. Coffee at the time, recruited DiMaggio for the advertising campaign. DiMaggio 's spots proved successful with consumers. In a 2007 interview with the Columbus Dispatch ``, Marotta joked that `` millions of kids grew up thinking Joe DiMaggio was a famous appliance salesman. '' Despite his commercials for Mr. Coffee, Joe DiMaggio rarely drank coffee due to ulcers. However, when he did drink coffee, DiMaggio preferred Sanka instant coffee rather than the coffee brewed by Mr. Coffee machines. In 1972, DiMaggio became a spokesman for The Bowery Savings Bank. With the exception of a five - year hiatus in the 1980s, DiMaggio regularly made commercials for the financial institution until 1992. Death DiMaggio 's grave at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California DiMaggio 's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame DiMaggio, a heavy smoker for much of his adult life, was admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, on October 12, 1998, for lung cancer surgery and remained there for 99 days. He returned to his Hollywood, Florida, home on January 19, 1999, where he died on March 8. DiMaggio 's funeral was held on March 11, 1999, at Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco ; he was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California. DiMaggio 's son died the following August at age 57. A highway running alongside the Hudson River in Manhattan, New York, from the end of Lower Manhattan is named the Joe DiMaggio Highway. It runs for the entire way. Legacy At his death, The New York Times called DiMaggio 's 1941 56 - game hitting streak `` perhaps the most enduring record in sports ''. In an article in 1976 in Esquire magazine, sportswriter Harry Stein published an `` All Time All - Star Argument Starter, '' consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Joe DiMaggio was the center fielder on Stein 's Italian team. On September 17, 1992, the doors were opened at Joe DiMaggio Children 's Hospital at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, for which he raised over $4,000,000. On April 13, 1998, DiMaggio was given the Sports Legend Award at the 13th annual American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame Awards Dinner in New York City. Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and a longtime fan of DiMaggio 's, made the presentation to the Yankee great. The event was one of DiMaggio 's last public appearances before taking ill. Yankee Stadium 's fifth monument was dedicated to DiMaggio on April 25, 1999, and the West Side Highway was officially renamed in his honor. The Yankees wore DiMaggio 's number 5 on the left sleeves of their uniforms for the 1999 season. He is ranked No. 11 on The Sporting News ' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and he was elected by fans to the Major League Baseball All - Century Team. In addition to his number 5 being retired by the New York Yankees, DiMaggio 's number was also retired by the Florida Marlins, who retired it in honor of their first team president, Carl Barger, who died five months before the team took the field for the first time in 1993. DiMaggio had been his favorite player. An auction of DiMaggio 's personal items was held by the adopted daughters of DiMaggio 's son in May 2006. Highlights included the ball hit to break Wee Willie Keeler 's hitting - streak record ( $63,250 ) ; his 2,000 th career hit ball ( $29,900 ) ; his 1947 Most Valuable Player Award ( $281,750 ) ; the uniform worn in the 1951 World Series ( $195,500 ) ; his Hall of Fame ring ( $69,000 ) ; a photograph Marilyn autographed `` I love you Joe '' ( $80,500 ) ; her passport ( $115,000 ) ; and their marriage certificate ( $23,000 ). Lot 758, DiMaggio 's white 1991 Mercedes 420 SEL sedan, which was a gift from the New York Yankees commemorating the 50th anniversary of DiMaggio 's 1941 season, sold for $18,000. The event netted a total of $4.1 million. On August 8, 2011, the United States Postal Service announced that DiMaggio would appear on a stamp for the first time. It was issued as part of the `` Major League Baseball All - Star Stamp Series, '' which came out in July 2012. According to American geneticist Mary - Claire King in the spring of 1981, DiMaggio babysat her daughter at the San Francisco airport so Dr. King could drop her mother off to her flight to Chicago. According to Dr. King, if it were not for DiMaggio 's kindness, she would have almost certainly missed her own flight that was taking her and her daughter to Washington, D.C., a trip that eventually resulted in Dr. King 's getting her first major grant from the National Institutes of Health and the discovery of the breast and ovarian cancer - causing gene, BRCA1. DiMaggio insisted on being introduced as the `` Greatest Living Ballplayer '' at events, including Yankee Old - Timers Day. Billy Crystal was once punched in the stomach for not introducing him as such. In popular culture President Ronald Reagan and DiMaggio at the White House, March 27, 1981, three days before Reagan 's attempted assassination DiMaggio 's popularity during his career was such that he was referenced in film, television, literature, art, and music both during his career and decades after he retired. Art Pierre Bellocq : `` Canvas of Stars '' mural for Gallagher 's Steak House ( 2006 ) Robert Casilla : `` The Continuity of Greatness '' Devon Dikeou : `` Marilyn Monroe Wanted to be Buried in Pucci '' installation ( 2008 ) Harvey Dinnerstein : `` The Wide Swing '' ( 1979 ) sold at auction for $95,000 Curt Flood : painting of DiMaggio sold at auction for $9,500 Bart Forbes : illustration of DiMaggio for the July 1999 Boy 's Life Zenos Frudakis : bronze sculpture of DiMaggio for the Joe DiMaggio Children 's Hospital Bill Gallo : caricature of DiMaggio and Ted Williams sold at auction for $750 Red Grooms : `` Joltin ' Joe Takes a Swing '' installation ( 1985 -- 1988 ) Stephen Holland : `` Joe DiMaggio '' ( 2005 ) Armand LaMontagne : 1991 giclee of DiMaggio sold at auction for $325 Tommy McDonald : paintings of DiMaggio sold at auction for $4,000, and $2,300 Willard Mullin : 1936 drawing of DiMaggio sold at auction for $2,600 LeRoy Neiman : `` Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees '' ( 1969 ), `` Joe DiMaggio, San Francisco Seals '' ( 1989 ), and `` The DiMaggio Cut '' ( 1998 ) Bruce Stark : caricature of DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle sold at auction for $700 Mark Ulriksen : illustration of DiMaggio for the cover of the April 12, 1999 The New Yorker Susan Dorothea White : `` The Crowning with Sexism '' ( 1994 ), DiMaggio appears behind Marilyn Monroe Comics / graphic novels DiMaggio in 1950 DC Comics ' 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso : `` The Counterfifth Detective '', DiMaggio is recruited by Graves for the Minutemen `` Idol Chatter '', the former baseball player befriended by Graves is based on DiMaggio DC Comics ' `` Sandman Mystery Theater '' Issue # 1 ( also collected in Sandman Mystery Theatre Book 1 : The Tarantula, which contains issues 1 - 4 ). Harvey Comics ' Babe Ruth Sports Comics ( August 1949 ) Parents ' Magazine 's True Comics # 71 ( May 1948 ) Revolutionary Comics ' `` Baseball Legends : Joe DiMaggio '' ( July 1992 ) Literature `` Buck Wischnewski '' is based on him in Alvah Bessie 's novel The Symbol `` The Athlete '' is based on him in Joyce Carol Oates 's novel Blonde The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway makes repeated references to `` the great DiMaggio '' `` The Silent Season of a Hero '' by Gay Talese, is a celebrated 1966 piece for Esquire magazine Music Tori Amos : `` Father Lucifer '' references DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe Asia : `` Joe DiMaggio 's Glove '' Dan Bern : `` Wasteland '' references DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe Billy Bragg and Woody Guthrie : `` DiMaggio Done It Again '' Les Brown & His Band of Renown 's `` Joltin ' Joe DiMaggio '' Tim Curry : `` I Do the Rock '' references DiMaggio John Fogerty : `` Centerfield '' Billy Joel : `` We Did n't Start The Fire '' Bon Jovi : `` Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars '' references DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe Jennifer Lopez, featuring Nas : `` I 'm Gonna Be Alright '' references DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe Kinky Friedman : `` Marilyn and Joe '' Demi Lovato : `` Without the Love '' references DiMaggio Madonna : `` Vogue '' references DiMaggio Man From Delmonte : `` Beautiful People '' references DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe Mike Plume : `` DiMaggio '' Rodgers and Hammerstein : `` Bloody Mary '' from South Pacific references DiMaggio Abie Rotenberg : `` The Great Joe DiMaggio 's Card '' Carla Bley & Paul Haines : The final lyric of `` Smalltown Agonist '' from Escalator over the Hill is `` Selling nude photographs of Joe DiMaggio '' Simon & Garfunkel : `` Mrs. Robinson '' Sleeper : `` Romeo Me '' references DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe Vulfpeck : `` 1 for 1, Dimaggio '' Movies Diminished Capacity : a vendor at a baseball card show tries to sell cleat laces he claims were used by DiMaggio Farewell, My Lovely : Marlowe follows DiMaggio 's hitting streak The Goddess : `` Dutch Seymour '' is based on DiMaggio Insignificance : `` The Ballplayer '' is based on DiMaggio Murder in the First : Young follows DiMaggio 's hitting streak Wonder Boys : James steals the jacket Marilyn Monroe wore the day she married DiMaggio from Gaskell, who is obsessed with the DiMaggio - Monroe marriage TV movies 61 *, played by Michael Nouri Marilyn & Me, portrayed by Sal Landi Marilyn : The Untold Story, portrayed by Frank Converse Norma Jean & Marilyn, portrayed by Peter Dobson The Rat Pack, portrayed by John Diehl The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan Theater Insignificance ( 1982 ) by Terry Johnson : The Ballplayer is based on DiMaggio Marilyn : An American Fable ( 1983 ) : DiMaggio is a character Arthur and Joe ( 2012 ) by Allan Havis : DiMaggio is a character Bronx Bombers ( 2013 ) by Eric Simonson : DiMaggio is a character Television The Bronx Is Burning, played by Christopher McDonald Blonde, `` The Baseball Player '' is based on DiMaggio The Carol Burnett Show : ( Season 8, Episode 23 ), Harvey Korman plays DiMaggio in a mock Mr. Coffee commercial The Flintstones : `` Kleptomaniac Pebbles '', Fred tells Wilma that Bamm - Bamm `` could be another Joe DiRockio '' Frasier : `` Room Full of Heroes '', Martin dresses as DiMaggio, his boyhood hero I Love Lucy : `` Lucy is Enceinte '', Fred gives Lucy a baseball signed by DiMaggio Mad Men : `` Six Month Leave '', Hollis tells Peggy and Don that he is thinking of DiMaggio in the wake of Monroe 's death M * A * S * H : `` Pressure Points '', Potter references DiMaggio while talking to Freedman `` Bombshells '', in an attempt to reach Marilyn Monroe, Hawkeye claims to a 20th Century - Fox switchboard operator that he is a friend of DiMaggio 's ; when she asks his name, he replies `` Ted Williams '' McMillan : `` Philip 's Game '', Sgt. DiMaggio must tell the people he and McMillan meet that he is not related to DiMaggio The Name 's the Same : `` January 12, 1954 '', two contestants ' actual names are Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Saturday Night Live : ( Season 26, Episode 4 ), Jimmy Fallon as DiMaggio and Charlize Theron as Monroe Second City Television : ( Series 4, Cycle 3 -- 9 ), Bill Murray plays DiMaggio in faux commercial `` DiMaggio 's on the Wharf '' with Eugene Levy as Dom DiMaggio, and Martin Short as Vince DiMaggio Seinfeld : `` The Note '', Kramer insists to Jerry, George, and Elaine that DiMaggio patronizes Dinky Donuts and dunks them in his coffee. Jerry does n't believe Kramer until the end when they all see DiMaggio do so. The Simpsons : `` ' Tis the Fifteenth Season '', Mr. Burns gives Homer a DiMaggio rookie card Smash : DiMaggio is a character in a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe Star Trek : Deep Space Nine : `` If Wishes Were Horses '', Sisko 's favorite player breaks DiMaggio 's hitting streak record Video games Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, mentioned among the bulletin board notes. Neko Atsume, one of the rare cats is named `` Joe DiMeowgio. '' See also List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise Baseball portal Biography portal Film portal Marketing portal New York City portal Television portal References Jump up ^ Original Italian : Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jump up ^ Arbesman, Samuel ; Strogatz, Steven ( March 30, 2008 ). `` A Journey to Baseball 's Alternate Universe ''. 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Jump up ^ Talbot, Gayle ( June 30, 1941 ). `` Yankees Keep Pace with Joe in Homer Derby ''. The Miami News. Retrieved August 14, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Retrosheet Boxscore : New York Yankees 9, Washington Senators 4 ( 1 ) ''. retrosheet.org. Retrieved August 14, 2011. Jump up ^ Daley, Arthur ( July 2, 1941 ). `` Yankee Star Hits 44th Game in Row ''. New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2011. Jump up ^ Bailey, Judson ( July 3, 1941 ). `` DiMaggio 's Home Run Tops Keeler 's Record ''. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved August 14, 2011. Jump up ^ Boni, Bill ( July 12, 1941 ). `` DiMaggio Runs Hitting Streak to 50 Straight ''. Times Daily. Retrieved August 14, 2011. Jump up ^ Hauck, Larry ( July 18, 1941 ). `` Two Ordinary Hurlers End DiMaggio 's Streak ''. The Calgary Herald. Retrieved August 14, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Joe DiMaggio Hitting Streak by Baseball Almanac ''. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 7, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Does Ted Williams Own A More Impressive Streak Than Joe DiMaggio ? 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This picture appeared in the All - Star Game Issue of the Sporting News in July 11, 1956 and Joe DiMaggio often said that it was his favorite photo Links to related articles World series championships New York Yankees 1936 World Series champions 1 Roy Johnson 2 Red Rolfe 3 George Selkirk 4 Lou Gehrig ( AL MVP ) 5 Frankie Crosetti 6 Tony Lazzeri 7 Jake Powell 8 Bill Dickey 9 Joe DiMaggio 10 Don Heffner 11 Lefty Gomez 12 Jack Saltzgaver 14 Bump Hadley 15 Red Ruffing 16 Monte Pearson 17 Jumbo Brown 18 Art Jorgens 19 Johnny Murphy 20 Johnny Broaca 21 Pat Malone 22 Bob Seeds 25 Kemp Wicker 26 Joe Glenn Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 29 Art Fletcher 30 Earle Combs 31 Johnny Schulte Regular season Giants -- Yankees rivalry Subway Series New York Yankees 1937 World Series champions 1 Frankie Crosetti 2 Red Rolfe 3 George Selkirk 4 Lou Gehrig 5 Joe DiMaggio 6 Tony Lazzeri 7 Jake Powell 8 Bill Dickey 9 Myril Hoag 11 Lefty Gomez 14 Bump Hadley 15 Red Ruffing 16 Monte Pearson 19 Johnny Murphy 24 Ivy Andrews 25 Kemp Wicker Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 29 Art Fletcher 30 Earle Combs 31 Johnny Schulte Regular season Giants -- Yankees rivalry Subway Series New York Yankees 1938 World Series champions 1 Frankie Crosetti 2 Red Rolfe 3 George Selkirk 4 Lou Gehrig 5 Joe DiMaggio 6 Joe Gordon 7 Jake Powell 8 Bill Dickey 9 Myril Hoag 11 Lefty Gomez 15 Red Ruffing 16 Monte Pearson 17 Tommy Henrich 19 Johnny Murphy Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 29 Art Fletcher 30 Earle Combs 31 Johnny Schulte Regular season New York Yankees 1939 World Series champions 1 Frankie Crosetti 2 Red Rolfe 3 George Selkirk 5 Joe DiMaggio ( AL MVP ) 6 Joe Gordon 8 Bill Dickey 9 Charlie Keller 11 Lefty Gomez 12 Babe Dahlgren 14 Bump Hadley 15 Red Ruffing 16 Monte Pearson 19 Johnny Murphy 20 Oral Hildebrand 32 Steve Sundra Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 29 Art Fletcher 30 Earle Combs 31 Johnny Schulte Regular season New York Yankees 1941 World Series champions 1 Frankie Crosetti 2 Red Rolfe 3 George Selkirk 5 Joe DiMaggio ( AL MVP ) 6 Joe Gordon 7 Tommy Henrich 8 Bill Dickey 9 Charlie Keller 10 Phil Rizzuto 12 Buddy Rosar 14 Jerry Priddy 15 Red Ruffing 17 Charley Stanceu 19 Johnny Murphy 20 Tiny Bonham 21 Spud Chandler 22 Marius Russo 24 Marv Breuer 26 Ken Silvestri 27 Frenchy Bordagaray 28 Atley Donald 34 Johnny Sturm Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Art Fletcher 32 Earle Combs 33 Johnny Schulte Regular season Dodgers -- Yankees rivalry Subway Series New York Yankees 1947 World Series champions 1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3 Allie Clark 5 Joe DiMaggio ( AL MVP ) 6 Bobby Brown 8 Aaron Robinson 10 Phil Rizzuto 11 Joe Page 14 Lonny Frey 15 Tommy Henrich 16 Bill Bevens 20 Spec Shea 21 Spud Chandler 22 Allie Reynolds 24 Billy Johnson 27 Johnny Lindell 29 Sherm Lollar 34 Bobo Newsom 35 Yogi Berra 36 Jack Phillips 38 Karl Drews 42 Charley Wensloff 43 Vic Raschi 50 Ralph Houk 51 George McQuinn Manager 37 Bucky Harris Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 7 Chuck Dressen 31 Red Corriden 33 Johnny Schulte Regular season Dodgers -- Yankees rivalry Subway Series New York Yankees 1949 World Series champions 1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 5 Joe DiMaggio 6 Bobby Brown 7 Cliff Mapes 8 Yogi Berra 10 Phil Rizzuto 11 Joe Page 14 Gene Woodling 15 Tommy Henrich 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 24 Billy Johnson 25 Hank Bauer 27 Johnny Lindell 28 Tommy Byrne 29 Charlie Silvera 30 Ed Lopat 36 Johnny Mize 38 Gus Niarhos 42 Jerry Coleman Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 31 Jim Turner 33 Bill Dickey Regular season Dodgers -- Yankees rivalry Subway Series New York Yankees 1950 World Series champions 5 Joe DiMaggio 6 Bobby Brown 7 Cliff Mapes 8 Yogi Berra 10 Phil Rizzuto ( AL MVP ) 14 Gene Woodling 17 Vic Raschi 19 Whitey Ford 22 Allie Reynolds 24 Billy Johnson 25 Hank Bauer 26 Tom Ferrick 29 Charlie Silvera 30 Ed Lopat 36 Johnny Mize 38 Johnny Hopp 40 Jackie Jensen 41 Joe Collins 42 Jerry Coleman 52 Tom Morgan Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 31 Jim Turner 33 Bill Dickey Regular season New York Yankees 1951 World Series champions 1 Billy Martin 5 Joe DiMaggio 7 Mickey Mantle 8 Yogi Berra ( AL MVP ) 9 Bobby Brown 10 Phil Rizzuto 11 Johnny Sain 12 Gil McDougald ( AL ROY ) 14 Gene Woodling 17 Vic Raschi 21 Bob Kuzava 22 Allie Reynolds 25 Hank Bauer 29 Charlie Silvera 30 Ed Lopat 35 Joe Ostrowski 36 Johnny Mize 38 Johnny Hopp 40 Bobby Hogue 41 Joe Collins 42 Jerry Coleman 52 Tom Morgan Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 15 Tommy Henrich 31 Jim Turner 33 Bill Dickey Regular season Giants -- Yankees rivalry Subway Series New York Yankees Formerly the New York Highlanders -- Based in The Bronx, New York Franchise History Seasons Records No - 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Phillips 1962 : Gonder 1963 : Cowan 1964 : Pérez 1965 : Roberts 1966 : Josephson 1967 : Joseph 1968 : Hicks 1969 : Doyle 1970 : Valentine 1971 : Hutton 1972 : Paciorek 1973 : none 1974 : Robson 1975 : none 1976 : none 1977 : none 1978 : none 1979 : none 1980 : Lewallyn 1981 : Marshall 1982 : Kittle 1983 : McReynolds 1984 : Sánchez 1985 : Tartabull 1986 : Pyznarski 1987 : Campbell 1988 : Alomar 1989 : Alomar 1990 : Offerman 1991 : Martinez 1992 : Salmon 1993 : Mouton 1994 : Ashley 1995 : Wall 1996 : Mintz 1997 : Konerko 1998 : Hatcher 1999 : Murray 2000 : Ortiz 2001 : Hiatt 2002 : Quinlan 2003 : Koonce 2004 : Johnson 2005 : Green 2006 : McClain 2007 : Soto 2008 : Cruz 2009 : Ruiz 2010 : Arencibia 2011 : LaHair 2012 : Eaton 2013 : Owings 2014 : Pederson 2015 : Duffy 2016 : Renfroe 2017 : Walker Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 1931 : Pepper Martin 1932 : Gene Sarazen 1933 : Carl Hubbell 1934 : Dizzy Dean 1935 : Joe Louis 1936 : Jesse Owens 1937 : Don Budge 1938 : Don Budge 1939 : Nile Kinnick 1940 : Tom Harmon 1941 : Joe DiMaggio 1942 : Frank Sinkwich 1943 : Gunder Hägg 1944 : Byron Nelson 1945 : Byron Nelson 1946 : Glenn Davis 1947 : Johnny Lujack 1948 : Lou Boudreau 1949 : Leon Hart 1950 : Jim Konstanty 1951 : Dick Kazmaier 1952 : Bob Mathias 1953 : Ben Hogan 1954 : Willie Mays 1955 : Howard Cassady 1956 : Mickey Mantle 1957 : Ted Williams 1958 : Herb Elliott 1959 : Ingemar Johansson 1960 : Rafer Johnson 1961 : Roger Maris 1962 : Maury Wills 1963 : Sandy Koufax 1964 : Don Schollander 1965 : Sandy Koufax 1966 : Frank Robinson 1967 : Carl Yastrzemski 1968 : Denny McLain 1969 : Tom Seaver 1970 : George Blanda 1971 : Lee Trevino 1972 : Mark Spitz 1973 : O.J. Simpson 1974 : Muhammad Ali 1975 : Fred Lynn 1976 : Bruce Jenner 1977 : Steve Cauthen 1978 : Ron Guidry 1979 : Willie Stargell 1980 : U.S. Olympic Hockey Team 1981 : John McEnroe 1982 : Wayne Gretzky 1983 : Carl Lewis 1984 : Carl Lewis 1985 : Dwight Gooden 1986 : Larry Bird 1987 : Ben Johnson 1988 : Orel Hershiser 1989 : Joe Montana 1990 : Joe Montana 1991 : Michael Jordan 1992 : Michael Jordan 1993 : Michael Jordan 1994 : George Foreman 1995 : Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996 : Michael Johnson 1997 : Tiger Woods 1998 : Mark McGwire 1999 : Tiger Woods 2000 : Tiger Woods 2001 : Barry Bonds 2002 : Lance Armstrong 2003 : Lance Armstrong 2004 : Lance Armstrong 2005 : Lance Armstrong 2006 : Tiger Woods 2007 : Tom Brady 2008 : Michael Phelps 2009 : Jimmie Johnson 2010 : Drew Brees 2011 : Aaron Rodgers 2012 : Michael Phelps 2013 : LeBron James 2014 : Madison Bumgarner 2015 : Stephen Curry 2016 : LeBron James Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award 1936 : Hubbell 1937 : Allen 1938 : Vander Meer 1939 : DiMaggio 1940 : Feller 1941 : T. Williams 1942 : T. Williams 1943 : Chandler 1944 : Marion 1945 : Newhouser 1946 : Musial 1947 : T. Williams 1948 : Boudreau 1949 : T. Williams 1950 : Rizzuto 1951 : Musial 1952 : Roberts 1953 : Rosen 1954 : Mays 1955 : Snider 1956 : Mantle 1957 : T. Williams 1958 : Turley 1959 : Wynn 1960 : Mazeroski 1961 : Maris 1962 : Wills & Drysdale 1963 : Koufax 1964 : Boyer 1965 : Koufax 1966 : Robinson 1967 : Yastrzemski 1968 : McLain 1969 : McCovey 1970 : Bench 1971 : Torre 1972 : B. Williams 1973 : Jackson 1974 : Brock 1975 : Morgan 1976 : Morgan 1977 : Carew 1978 : Guidry 1979 : Stargell 1980 : Brett 1981 : Valenzuela 1982 : Yount 1983 : Ripken Jr. 1984 : Sandberg 1985 : Mattingly 1986 : Clemens 1987 : Bell 1988 : Hershiser 1989 : Mitchell 1990 : Bonds 1991 : Ripken Jr. 1992 : Sheffield 1993 : Thomas 1994 : Bagwell 1995 : Belle 1996 : Rodriguez 1997 : Griffey Jr. 1998 : Sosa 1999 : Palmeiro 2000 : Delgado 2001 : Bonds 2002 : Rodriguez 2003 : Pujols 2004 : Bonds 2005 : Jones 2006 : Howard 2007 : Rodriguez 2008 : Pujols 2009 : Pujols 2010 : Hamilton 2011 : Verlander 2012 : Cabrera 2013 : Cabrera 2014 : Kershaw 2015 : Donaldson 2016 : Altuve Major League Baseball All - Century Team Pitchers Nolan Ryan Sandy Koufax Cy Young Roger Clemens Bob Gibson Walter Johnson Warren Spahn Christy Mathewson Lefty Grove Catchers Johnny Bench Yogi Berra Infielders Lou Gehrig Mark McGwire Jackie Robinson Rogers Hornsby Mike Schmidt Brooks Robinson Cal Ripken Jr. Ernie Banks Honus Wagner Outfielders Babe Ruth Hank Aaron Ted Williams Willie Mays Joe DiMaggio Mickey Mantle Ty Cobb Ken Griffey Jr. Pete Rose Stan Musial New York Yankees retired numbers 1 Billy Martin 2 Derek Jeter 3 Babe Ruth 4 Lou Gehrig 5 Joe DiMaggio 6 Joe Torre 7 Mickey Mantle 8 Bill Dickey & Yogi Berra 9 Roger Maris 10 Phil Rizzuto 15 Thurman Munson 16 Whitey Ford 20 Jorge Posada 23 Don Mattingly 32 Elston Howard 37 Casey Stengel 42 Mariano Rivera 44 Reggie Jackson 46 Andy Pettitte 49 Ron Guidry 51 Bernie Williams New York Yankees Hall of Famers Inductees in Yankees cap Yogi Berra Jack Chesbro Earle Combs Joe DiMaggio Bill Dickey Whitey Ford Lou Gehrig Lefty Gomez Joe Gordon Goose Gossage Waite Hoyt Reggie Jackson Tony Lazzeri Mickey Mantle Phil Rizzuto Red Ruffing Babe Ruth Inductees who played for the Yankees Home Run Baker Wade Boggs Roger Bresnahan Frank Chance Stan Coveleski Clark Griffith Burleigh Grimes Bucky Harris Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Randy Johnson Willie Keeler Joe McGinnity John McGraw Johnny Mize Phil Niekro Herb Pennock Gaylord Perry Tim Raines Branch Rickey Wilbert Robinson Joe Sewell Enos Slaughter Dazzy Vance Paul Waner Dave Winfield Yankees ' managers Miller Huggins Bob Lemon Joe McCarthy Casey Stengel Joe Torre Yankees ' executives Ed Barrow Larry MacPhail Lee MacPhail George Weiss Frick Award Mel Allen Red Barber Buck Canel Jerry Coleman Joe Garagiola Curt Gowdy Russ Hodges Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1955 BBWAA Vote Joe DiMaggio ( 88.8 % ) Gabby Hartnett ( 77.7 % ) Ted Lyons ( 86.5 % ) Dazzy Vance ( 81.7 % ) Veterans Committee Frank Baker Ray Schalk Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Pitchers Alexander Bender Blyleven M. Brown R. Brown Bunning Carlton Chesbro Clarkson Cooper Coveleski Cummings Day Dean Dihigo Drysdale Eckersley Faber Feller Fingers Ford B. Foster Galvin B. Gibson Glavine Gomez Gossage Grimes Grove Haines Hoyt Hubbell Hunter Jenkins R. Johnson W. Johnson Joss Keefe Koufax Lemon Lyons Maddux Marichal Marquard Martínez Mathewson McGinnity Méndez Newhouser Nichols Niekro Paige Palmer Pennock Perry Plank Radbourn Rixey Roberts Rogan Ruffing Rusie Ryan Seaver H. Smith Smoltz Spahn Sutter Sutton Vance Waddell Walsh Welch Wilhelm J. Williams Willis Wynn Young Catchers Bench Berra Bresnahan Campanella Carter Cochrane Dickey Ewing Ferrell Fisk J. Gibson Hartnett Lombardi Mackey Piazza Rodríguez Santop Schalk D. White First basemen Anson Bagwell Beckley Bottomley Brouthers Cepeda Chance Connor Foxx Gehrig Greenberg G. Kelly Killebrew Leonard McCovey Mize Murray Pérez Sisler Suttles Taylor Terry Thomas Second basemen Alomar Biggio Carew E. Collins Doerr Evers Fox Frisch Gehringer Gordon Grant Herman Hornsby Lajoie Lazzeri Mazeroski McPhee Morgan J. Robinson Sandberg Schoendienst Third basemen Baker Boggs Brett J. Collins Dandridge J. Johnson Kell Lindstrom Mathews Molitor B. Robinson Santo Schmidt Traynor J. Wilson Shortstops Aparicio Appling Bancroft Banks Boudreau Cronin Davis T. Jackson Jennings Larkin Lloyd Maranville Reese Ripken Jr. Rizzuto Sewell O. Smith Tinker Vaughan Wagner Wallace Ward Wells Yount Outfielders Aaron Ashburn Averill Bell Brock W. Brown Burkett Carey Charleston Clarke Clemente Cobb Combs Crawford Cuyler Dawson Delahanty DiMaggio Doby Duffy Flick Goslin Griffey Jr. Gwynn Hafey Hamilton Heilmann Henderson Hill Hooper Irvin R. Jackson Kaline Keeler Kelley K. Kelly Kiner Klein Mantle Manush Mays T. McCarthy Medwick Musial O'Rourke Ott Puckett Raines J. Rice S. Rice F. Robinson Roush Ruth Simmons Slaughter Snider Speaker Stargell Stearnes Thompson Torriente L. Waner P. Waner Wheat B. Williams T. 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Question: how many home runs did joe dimaggio hit in his rookie season
Answer: 29