Internet: Summary December 11, 2017
Joe DiMaggio https://www.biography.com/people/joe-dimaggio
General information
-Started and ended his Major League career with the New York Yankees
-1936 and 1951: Helped the Yankees to nine World Series titles
-Record in 1941: 56-games hitting streak
-1951: Retirement
-Briefly married to Marilyn Monroe
Internet: Summary December 11, 2017
Joe DiMaggio https://www.biography.com/people/joe-dimaggio
Early Life
-Born: November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California
-Name: Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio
-8th child (total of 9 children) of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio who were Italian immigrants who moved from Sicily to
California in 1898
-At one year old: Moved to North Beach, predominantly Italian neighborhood in San Francisco
-His father, like generations before him, was a fisherman (wanted his son to join him)
-Has two brothers Vince (1912-1986) and Dom (1917-2009) who were also major league center fielders
-No interest in fishing (smell of dead fish nauseated him)
-As a poor immigrant fisherman, he was the popular image of the personification of the American Dream
Internet: Summary + Quote December 11, 2017
Joe DiMaggio https://www.biography.com/people/joe-dimaggio
Early Career
-Instead of following his father onto his fishing boat, Joe followed his older brother Vince onto San Francisco’s sandlot baseball
fields
-At the age of 16 (1930): Dropped out of Galileo High School to dedicate his life to baseball
-Daily played at the dairy-wagon parking lot that is a vast and empty space where milk drivers marked their horses and wagons
-Worked odd jobs: Hawking newspapers, stacking boxes at a warehouse and working at an orange juice plant
-Played in a local league for a team sponsored by an olive oil distributor (Rossi) with two baseballs and 16$ worth of
merchandise, he managed to lead his team to a league champion
-1932: Older brother, Vince, was signed to the San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League team), but the club’s shortstop was
inured near the end of the season, Vince suggested his younger brother as a replacement
-1933: After playing the last few games, Joe won a full place on the Seals’ roster
"Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping."
Joe DiMaggio https://www.biography.com/people/joe-dimaggio
General information
-Started and ended his Major League career with the New York Yankees
-1936 and 1951: Helped the Yankees to nine World Series titles
-Record in 1941: 56-games hitting streak
-1951: Retirement
-Briefly married to Marilyn Monroe
Internet: Summary December 11, 2017
Joe DiMaggio https://www.biography.com/people/joe-dimaggio
Early Life
-Born: November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California
-Name: Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio
-8th child (total of 9 children) of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio who were Italian immigrants who moved from Sicily to
California in 1898
-At one year old: Moved to North Beach, predominantly Italian neighborhood in San Francisco
-His father, like generations before him, was a fisherman (wanted his son to join him)
-Has two brothers Vince (1912-1986) and Dom (1917-2009) who were also major league center fielders
-No interest in fishing (smell of dead fish nauseated him)
-As a poor immigrant fisherman, he was the popular image of the personification of the American Dream
Internet: Summary + Quote December 11, 2017
Joe DiMaggio https://www.biography.com/people/joe-dimaggio
Early Career
-Instead of following his father onto his fishing boat, Joe followed his older brother Vince onto San Francisco’s sandlot baseball
fields
-At the age of 16 (1930): Dropped out of Galileo High School to dedicate his life to baseball
-Daily played at the dairy-wagon parking lot that is a vast and empty space where milk drivers marked their horses and wagons
-Worked odd jobs: Hawking newspapers, stacking boxes at a warehouse and working at an orange juice plant
-Played in a local league for a team sponsored by an olive oil distributor (Rossi) with two baseballs and 16$ worth of
merchandise, he managed to lead his team to a league champion
-1932: Older brother, Vince, was signed to the San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League team), but the club’s shortstop was
inured near the end of the season, Vince suggested his younger brother as a replacement
-1933: After playing the last few games, Joe won a full place on the Seals’ roster
"Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping."
