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Damn Yankees
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DiMaggio played in 10 World Series, winning 9. His only loss was in the 1942 World Series. He batted .271; 54-199, with 27 runs scored, 8 home runs, and 30 RBI in 51 post season games.
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe," "The Yankee Clipper," and "Joe D.", was born to Italian immigrants in California, and is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, is best known for setting the record for the longest hitting streak in baseball; 56 games from May 15 – July 16, 1941, which still stands today.
DiMaggio was a three-time American League Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings are second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won ten.
At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season, he ranked sixth in career slugging percentage - .579. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during baseball's centennial year of 1969. His brothers Vince and Dom, a lifetime .298 hitter, also were major league center fielders.