Today in Joe DiMaggio History
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Events in Sport
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1933-07-26 - Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League
1934-11-21 - NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
1936-05-03 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1936-06-24 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
1937-03-26 - Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat
1937-06-13 - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
1937-07-05 - Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer
1939-10-24 - Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up
1941-05-15 - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
1941-07-01 - Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak
1941-07-16 - Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio
1941-07-17 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
1941-08-03 - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base
1941-11-27 - Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP
1943-02-17 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army
1947-10-05 - Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
1947-11-27 - Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1948-05-21 - NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1948-05-23 - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
1949-02-07 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1950-06-20 - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
1950-06-21 - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
1950-07-03 - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
1950-08-11 - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
1950-09-10 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
1951-07-08 - Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud
1951-11-13 - Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan)
1951-12-11 - Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement
1951-12-12 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
1951-12-21 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
1962-05-23 - Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
1967-10-22 - Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley
1970-04-12 - Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
Birthdays in Sport
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1914-11-25 - "Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak), (d. 1999)
Deaths in Sport
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1999-03-08 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1914)
