Few people can be called undisputed legends of the New York Yankees. There's Baby Ruth, above all, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, and, of course, number five, Joe DiMaggio. Although Joe DiMaggio's ...

My number was up." In Game 6 of the 1947 World Series, with the Yankee trailing 8-5 in the sixth inning, ... Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base." ...

Game 30: June 17, 1941 ABC News was still talking about it seven decades later. Sporting News columnists from time to time write about that “single” on June 17, 1941, at Yankee Stadium ...

Joe DiMaggio’s salary of $100 thousand in 1949-1950 would be worth about $1.23 million in 2023 after adjusting for inflation. ... When divided by the total number of minutes a year, ...

Joe DiMaggio was in the midst of a nasty little slump when he took the field on May 15, 1941. ... and DiMaggio reached that number that ties so closely to his name: No. 56.

DiMaggio leaned over me and said, 'Don't move. They're bringing a stretcher.' I guess that was about as close as Joe and I had come to a conversation.

DiMaggio singled, Charlie Keller doubled, Bill Dickey drew a walk, and Joe Gordon hit his own double. The Yankees won the game 7-4 and then closed out the series the next day with a Game 5 win.

Marilyn Monroe married retired Yankees baseball player Joe DiMaggio in 1954. The marriage lasted for nine months. The Hollywood actress and sex symbol died in 1962 at age 36.