Joe dimaggio last words
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Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio was a cultural icon.
He married Hollywood starlets Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Arnold and he was immortalized in Paul Simon’s hit song Mrs. Robinson; to a generation he was the face of Mister Coffee, and he was regarded as one of the greatest players who ever played the game.
He was an American hero.
Hall of Fame teammate Phil Rizzuto recalled: "There was an aura about him. He walked like no one else walked. He did things so easily. He was immaculate in everything he did. Kings of State wanted to meet him and be with him. He carried himself so well. He could fit in any place in the world.”
On the ball field Joe DiMaggio could do it all. He could hit for average and power and patrolled center field in Yankee Stadium so gracefully that he earned the nickname “The Yankee Clipper”, a reference to the great sailing ship.
Hall of Famer owner and manager Connie Mack called him “the best player that ever lived”, and longtime teammate Yogi Berra said: “I wish everybody had the drive he had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him di
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Joe DiMaggio
American baseball player (1914–1999)
Not to be confused with Joe Maggio.
Baseball player
| Joe DiMaggio | |
|---|---|
DiMaggio with the New York Yankees in 1939 | |
| Center fielder | |
| Born:(1914-11-25)November 25, 1914 Martinez, California, U.S. | |
| Died: March 8, 1999(1999-03-08) (aged 84) Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| May 3, 1936, for the New York Yankees | |
| September 30, 1951, for the New York Yankees | |
| Batting average | .325 |
| Hits | 2,214 |
| Home runs | 361 |
| Runs batted in | 1,537 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| As player As coach | |
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| Induction | 1955 |
| Vote | 88.8% (fourth ballot) |
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Joe DiMaggio
“Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.”
— attributed to Jimmy Breslin by Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle, June 3, 1975.
Joe DiMaggio was one of the most recognizable and popular men in mid-twentieth century America. He was celebrated in song and literature as an iconic hero, and he was married, briefly, to the nation’s number one glamour girl. On March 16, 1999, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring him “for his storied baseball career; for his many contributions to the nation throughout his lifetime; and for transcending baseball and becoming a symbol for the ages of talent, commitment and achievement.”1
But first and foremost Joe DiMaggio was a ballplayer. Known as the Yankee Clipper, he was the undisputed leader of New York Yankees teams that won nine World Series titles in his 13-year career that ran from 1936 to 1951, with three years lost to duty in World War II. He was three times the American League’s Most Valuable Player and he holds what many consider to be the most remarkable baseball record of
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