Dom DiMaggio played his entire 11-year baseball career for the Boston Red Sox.
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16 Facts About Dom DiMaggio
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In 1959, Dom DiMaggio joined forces with nine other New Englanders, led by Billy Sullivan, to found and capitalize a Boston American football team that debuted in 1960 as the AFL's Boston Patriots.
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Dom DiMaggio led AL center fielders in assists three times and in putouts and double plays twice each; he tied a league record by recording 400 putouts four times, and his 1948 totals of 503 putouts and 526 total chances stood as AL records for nearly 30 years.
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Dom DiMaggio's 34-game hitting streak in 1949 remains a record for the major-league Red Sox.
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Dom DiMaggio was the youngest of three brothers who grew up in North Beach, San Francisco and who had each become major league center fielders: Joe was a star with the rival New York Yankees, and Vince played for five National League teams.
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The result was costly, as Harry Walker doubled to center field in the bottom of the inning, with Enos Slaughter scoring from first base in his famed "Mad Dash" to win the game and Series for St Louis; had Dom DiMaggio remained in the game, Walker's hit might have been catchable, or the outfielder's strong arm might have held Slaughter to third base.
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In 1950, Dom DiMaggio led the AL in runs, triples and stolen bases while hitting a career-high.
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Dom DiMaggio's stolen base total of 15 is the lowest stolen base total to lead either of the Major Leagues in a single season.
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Dom DiMaggio again led the league in runs in 1951, when he had a 27-game hitting streak from May 12 to June 7.
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Dom DiMaggio enjoyed a close friendship with teammates Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky, which was chronicled in David Halberstam's book The Teammates.
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Dom DiMaggio was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Dom DiMaggio was awarded an honorary degree by the college in 1981, and his wife Emily received one in 1999.
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Dom DiMaggio deployed to Australia and the Philippines during World War II.
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Dom DiMaggio died on May 8,2009, at his home in Marion, Massachusetts.
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Dom DiMaggio was 92 years old and had been suffering from pneumonia.
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