Photo: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
DiMaggio is my favorite argument that style is a statistic. The 56-game hitting streak and three MVP awards are untouchable numbers, but what I keep returning to is how contemporaries describe him: a center fielder who never seemed to hurry because he was always already there. He played thirteen seasons, all for the Yankees, and managed to turn restraint into charisma — rare in any era, almost extinct now. That Simon and Garfunkel could ask where he had gone and a whole nation felt the ache tells you he was less a ballplayer than a standard. Grace, it turns out, compiles.
Overview
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (; 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 professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joe DiMaggio
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョー・ディマジオ
- Reading
- じょー・でぃまじお
- Born
- November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Martinez, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 1941 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 1947 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 1941 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 1939 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.