Joe Dimaggio

1. Details about his life.

1.1. Born on November 14, 1914, Martinez, CA.

1.2. He grew up in the San Francisco, California area at a seaside property near "North Beach".

1.3. He died from lung cancer march 8 1999, in Hollywood, FL. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA.

1.4. Joe Dimaggio was schooled at Yale University.

2. Joe's face & Citations

3. Career.

3.1. Joe Dimaggio was an American Major League baseball player for the Yankees.

3.2. His career was between 1936 and 1951.

3.3. He was recruited by Yankees, May 3, 1936.

3.4. He was on the team for 13 years, he was on Yankees one of the nine times they made it to world series.

4. Achievements

4.1. 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

4.2. Joe DiMaggio set a franchise record in 1936 by hitting 29 home runs in his rookie season. he accomplished the feat in 138 games.

5. Before Baseball

5.1. Joe DiMaggio was raised in Martinez, California, as the eighth of nine children born to Italian immigrants Giuseppe and Rosalia DiMaggio, from Sicily.

5.2. DiMaggio did not finish his education at Galileo High School

6. Finantially

6.1. 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