Joe DiMaggio Stats

Joe DiMaggio was born on Wednesday, November 25, 1914, in Martinez, California. DiMaggio was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 3, 1936, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joe DiMaggio baseball stats page.

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"(Lou) Gehrig is great, of course. But somehow you don't get the same feeling when he's at the plate as when (Joe) DiMaggio comes up." - Hubbell, Carl. New York Post:1938 All-Star Game. 7 July 1938. Page 13. [Joe DiMaggio Quotes]

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Joe "The Yankee Clipper" DiMaggio Autograph on a 2004 Upper Deck SP Baseball Card (#101)

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Birth Name:   Joseph Paul DiMaggio, Jr.
Nickname:   Joltin' Joe or The Yankee Clipper
Born On:   11-25-1914  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Martinez, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-08-1999 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Hollywood, Florida
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Galileo High School (San Francisco, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   193
First Game:   05-03-1936 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-30-1951
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Joe DiMaggio Pitching Stats

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Joe DiMaggio Hitting Stats

1936 22 Yankees 138 637 132 206 44 15 29 0 125 24 0 39 3 0 4 8 .323 .352 .576
1937 23 Yankees 151 621 151 215 35 15 46 3 167 64 3 37 2 0 5 14 .346 .412 .673
1938 24 Yankees 145 599 129 194 32 13 32 0 140 59 11 21 0 0 2 5 .324 .386 .581
1939 25 Yankees 120 462 108 176 32 6 30 1 126 52 9 20 6 0 4 11 .381 .448 .671
1940 26 Yankees 132 508 93 179 28 9 31 2 133 61 2 30 0 0 3 16 .352 .425 .626
1941 27 Yankees 139 541 122 193 43 11 30 1 125 76 21 13 0 1 4 6 .357 .439 .643
1942 28 Yankees 154 610 123 186 29 13 21 0 114 68 9 36 0 0 2 9 .305 .376 .498
1946 32 Yankees 132 503 81 146 20 8 25 1 95 59 1 24 3 0 2 13 .290 .367 .511
1947 33 Yankees 141 534 97 168 31 10 20 1 97 64 14 32 0 0 3 14 .315 .391 .522
1948 34 Yankees 153 594 110 190 26 11 39 2 155 67 6 30 0 0 8 20 .320 .396 .598
1949 35 Yankees 76 272 58 94 14 6 14 1 67 55 7 18 0 0 2 11 .346 .459 .596
1950 36 Yankees 139 525 114 158 33 10 32 1 122 80 5 33 0 0 1 14 .301 .394 .585
1951 37 Yankees 116 415 72 109 22 4 12 0 71 61 3 36 0 0 6 16 .263 .365 .422
13 Years 1,736 6,821 1,390 2,214 389 131 361 13 1,537 790 91 369 14 1 46 157 .325 .398 .579

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Joe DiMaggio Fielding Stats

1936 Yankees CF 55 54 1,479 1,143 20.8 1,140 1,134 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .997 20.81
1936 Yankees LF 64 64 1,737 1,164 18.2 1,162 1,151 11 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .998 18.06
1936 Yankees RF 20 20 507 62 3.1 59 54 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 3.14
1937 Yankees CF 150 150 3,999 451 3.0 434 413 21 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.93
1938 Yankees CF 145 145 36 401 2.8 386 366 20 15 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 289.50
1939 Yankees CF 117 117 3,000 346 3.0 341 328 13 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .986 3.07
1940 Yankees CF 130 129 3,357 372 2.9 364 359 5 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.93
1941 Yankees CF 139 139 3,705 410 2.9 401 385 16 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.92
1942 Yankees CF 154 154 462 427 2.8 419 409 10 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .981 24.49
1946 Yankees CF 128 127 3,285 328 2.6 322 307 15 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.65
1946 Yankees LF 3 3 75 6 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16
1947 Yankees CF 139 139 3,552 319 2.3 318 316 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.42
1948 Yankees CF 152 151 3,936 462 3.0 449 441 8 13 1 n/a n/a n/a .972 3.08
1949 Yankees CF 76 76 1,947 199 2.6 196 195 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.72
1950 Yankees 1B 1 1 24 13 13.0 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 14.63
1950 Yankees CF 137 136 3,558 381 2.8 372 363 9 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.82
1951 Yankees CF 113 113 2,916 302 2.7 299 288 11 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.77
CF Totals 1,635 1,630 35,232 5,541 3.4 5,441 5,304 137 100 29 n/a n/a n/a .982 4.17
LF Totals 67 67 1,812 1,170 17.5 1,168 1,157 11 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .998 17.40
RF Totals 20 20 507 62 3.1 59 54 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 3.14
1B Totals 1 1 24 13 13.0 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 14.63
13 Years 1,723 1,718 37,575 6,786 3.9 6,681 6,528 153 105 30 n/a n/a n/a .985 4.80

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Joe DiMaggio Miscellaneous Stats

1936 Yankees 4 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 22.0 16.3 5.1 - - -
1937 Yankees 3 0 1.000 1 0 n/a 13.5 16.8 3.7 - - -
1938 Yankees 6 1 .857 0 0 n/a 18.7 28.5 4.3 - - -
1939 Yankees 3 0 1.000 3 0 n/a 15.4 23.1 3.7 - - -
1940 Yankees 1 2 .333 2 0 n/a 16.4 16.9 3.8 - - -
1941 Yankees 4 2 .667 0 0 n/a 18.0 41.6 4.3 - - -
1942 Yankees 4 2 .667 0 0 n/a 29.0 16.9 5.4 - - -
1946 Yankees 1 0 1.000 1 0 n/a 20.1 21.0 5.3 - - -
1947 Yankees 3 0 1.000 2 0 n/a 26.7 16.7 5.5 - - -
1948 Yankees 1 1 .500 1 0 n/a 15.2 19.8 3.8 - - -
1949 Yankees 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 19.4 15.1 4.1 - - -
1950 Yankees 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 16.4 15.9 4.3 - - -
1951 Yankees 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 34.6 11.5 5.8 - - -
13 Years 30 9 .769 14 0 n/a 18.9 18.5 4.4 - - -

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Joe DiMaggio Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1936 New York Yankees 9 $8,500.00 Stats Stats
1937 New York Yankees 5 $15,000.00 Stats Stats
1938 New York Yankees 5 $25,000.00 Stats Stats
1939 New York Yankees 5 $27,500.00 Stats Stats
1940 New York Yankees 5 $32,500.00 Stats -
1941 New York Yankees 5 $37,500.00 Stats Stats
1942 New York Yankees 5 $43,750.00 Stats Stats
1946 New York Yankees 5 $43,750.00 Stats -
1947 New York Yankees 5 $43,750.00 Stats Stats
1948 New York Yankees 5 $65,000.00 Stats -
1949 New York Yankees 5 $100,000.00 Stats Stats
1950 New York Yankees 5 $100,000.00 Stats Stats
1951 New York Yankees 5 $90,000.00 Stats Stats

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Joseph Paul DiMaggio was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire thirteen-year career with the New York Yankees (1936-1942, 1946-1951). The Yankee Clipper, his nickname, missed three prime years of playing time, 1943 through 1945, because he enlisted in the United States Army on February 17, 1943, to serve his country during World War II. Here are a few additional numbers of interest as they relate to Joltin' Joe, a ballplayer that Ted Williams described as, "the greatest all-around player I ever saw":

JOE DIMAGGIO ROOKIE CARD

Joe DiMaggio Rookie Card | 1936 Goudey Baseball Card (#NNO | Checklist)
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2 - Joe DiMaggio won two batting championships, hitting .381 in 1939 (Top 25) and .352 in 1940 (Top 25). Joe was the third New York Yankees player to win a batting title, behind Babe Ruth (.378 in 1924) and Lou Gehrig (.363 in 1934), and the first two win it more than once.

3 - Joe DiMaggio won three Most Valuable Player Awards. He was the first New York Yankees player to win it more than once after he captured his second MVP in 1941, and when he won again in 1947, he was the first Yankee to win it three times.

5 - Joe DiMaggio wore #5 for the Bronx Bombers during twelve of his thirteen seasons, a number the Yanks retired in 1952. Why didn't he wear #5 in 1936? Because Frankie Crosetti was wearing it, had used it regularly since 1932, and DiMaggio had to use #9 his rookie season instead.

11 - Joe DiMaggio was ranked eleventh by The Sporting News when they released their list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players in the history of baseball.

13 - Joe DiMaggio was sent to thirteen All-Star Games (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 & 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951), one for every single season he appeared in the major leagues!

44.3 - Joe DiMaggio was on the Hall of Fame ballot in 1953, received 44.3% of the votes, and finished eighth overall in his first year of eligibility after retiring. Two players were elected that year, Dizzy Dean (79.2%) and Al Simmons (75.4%). Those ahead of DiMaggio who weren't elected that season were Bill Terry (72.3%), Bill Dickey (67.8%), Rabbit Maranville (62.1%), Dazzy Vance (56.8%) and Ted Lyons (52.7%).

48 - Joe DiMaggio made his debut on May 3, 1936, and went three-for-six at the plate. By the end of the month (Game by Game Batting Logs), Joe had 48 hits (the most by a rookie during their first month), was batting .381, and only went hitless in two games.

56 - Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 consecutive games (The Streak). Commissioner Ford Frick (in 1973) called it one of the Marks That Will Never Be Broken, ranking it eighth overall.

69.4 - Joe DiMaggio was on the Hall of Fame ballot in 1954, received 69.4% of the votes, and finished fourth in his second year of eligibility after retiring. Three players were elected that year, Rabbit Maranville (82.9%), Bill Dickey (80.2%) and Bill Terry (77.4%).

88.8 - Joe DiMaggio was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955, received 88.8% of the votes, finishing first on the ballot in his third year of eligibility after retiring. He was inducted that year alongside Ted Lyons (86.5%), Dazzy Vance (81.7%) and Gabby Hartnett (77.7%).

274 - Joe DiMaggio was married to Marilyn Monroe on January 14, 1954, and 274 days after they eloped, Monroe filed for a divorce. Fast forward forty-five years, and according to ABC News report (Link), when Joltin' Joe passed away his final words were, "I'll finally get to see Marilyn."

361 - Joe DiMaggio finished his career with 361 home runs, which at the time, ranked him fifth overall on the Top 1,000 list in Major League history. The sluggers who were ahead of him were 1. Babe Ruth (714), 2. Jimmie Foxx (534), 3. Mel Ott (511) and 4. Lou Gehrig (493).

369 - Joe DiMaggio struck out only 369 times across his entire career, which included 6,821 times at bat. Only 5.4% of his at-bats resulted in a strikeout (Top 1,000), one strikeout every 18.5 times at bat.

100,000 - Joe DiMaggio signed a landmark contract on February 7, 1949, a $100,000 deal to play baseball - the first baseball player in history to reach the plateau.

JOE DIMAGGIO HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

Joe DiMaggio | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1955 (HOF)

There have been over 350 sets of brothers who have played Major League Baseball, but only six tandems in baseball history exist where each individual brother hit at least 100 home runs:

Dom DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Vince DiMaggio

The DiMaggio Brothers on a 1980 New England Sports Collectors Baseball Card (#4)
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Brothers With 100+ Career Home Runs Each

     
Rank Quantity Brother Duo
#1 486 Joe DiMaggio (361 HRs) & Vince DiMaggio (125 HRs)
#2 462 Justin Upton (298 HRs) & B.J. Upton (164 HRs)
#3 444 Ken Boyer (282 HRs) & Clete Boyer (162 HRs)
#4 378 Bret Boone (252 HRs) & Aaron Boone (126 HRs)
#5 322 Roberto Alomar (210 HRs) & Sandy Alomar, Jr. (112 HRs)
#6 262 Bob Meusel (156 HRs) & Irish Meusel (106 HRs)

Joe DiMaggio, The Streak

Joe DiMaggio, The Streak | 1991 Score Baseball Card (#4)
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Baseball Almanac began preserving baseball history online in 1999. That year, we created three pages in our Baseball Feats section, 70 Single Season Home Runs by Mark McGwire, Consecutive Games Played : The Top 15, and The Joe DiMaggio Hitting Streak.