Dom dimaggio biography
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Dom DiMaggio
Who hits the ball and makes it go?
Dominic DiMaggio.
Who runs the bases fast, not slow?
Dominic DiMaggio.
Who’s better than his brother Joe?
Dominic DiMaggio.
But when it comes to gettin’ dough,
They give it all to brother Joe.
— Parody of Les Brown song, Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio
It is easy to overlook the remarkable career of Dominic DiMaggio. After all, he lived in the shadow of two famous ballplayers: his brother Joe, arguably the greatest all-around ballplayer of his era, and good friend and teammate Ted Williams, a Red Sox legend. Yet Dom was as solid a major-leaguer as there was in any era, and he was beloved by Red Sox fans. He was a career hitter who played in seven All-Star games. He had a game hitting streak in , still a Red Sox record, and is one of only three players to average more than runs per season throughout his career. For the years he played, he led the major leagues in hits, was second in runs and third in doubles. On the Red So
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DOM DIMAGGIO BIOGRAPHY
When reflecting on baseball's three DiMaggio brothers, Joe, Vince, and Dominic, most fans would consider Joe DiMaggio to be the game's greatest center fielder—or at least the greatest of his era. But Dom DiMaggio was likely the equal, if not the superior, of Joe as an outfielder.
While Dom (Ted Williams called him "Dommy") lacked the power that Joe displayed, as the Yankees' DiMaggio connected for career home runs. But the younger DiMaggio proved to be an excellent hitter. Compared to other center fielders during his ten full seasons with the Red Sox from through (minus the wartime years of , , and which he spent in the Navy), none of the others had more hits (1,) than Dom produced. Usually a leadoff hitter, he fryst vatten one of three players to average more than one hundred runs scored per årstid during his career. That figure does not count , when he only went to the tallrik three times before retiring from the game.
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Dom DiMaggio: “The Little Professor”
Dom DiMaggio was arguably the greatest center fielder in the history of the Boston Red Sox. During his ten full seasons with the Red Sox, Dom’s hits, runs scored and doubles compared favorably with the results of Ted Williams, Stan Musial and his brother Joe during the same period. And while Dom was an excellent hitter, he was an even better fielder: he was arguably the finest fielding center fielder of his generation.
In modern times, Fred Lynn was voted the starting center fielder on the All-Fenway team and Dom DiMaggio was relegated to “first reserve.” Fred Lynn had six outstanding years with the Red Sox, but Dom’s ten full years bracketed three years of service to his country (), and those three years came when Dom was 26 to 28 years-old, the peak of his baseball skill level. With all due respect to Fred Lynn and the All-Fenway voters, Dom DiMaggio was clearly the greatest center fielder in the history of the Boston Red Sox.
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