Joe DiMaggio (b. 1914 - d. 1999) played in the majors from 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1951 for the New York Yankees. He had 2,214 hits, 361 home runs and a career batting average of .325. He was a 13-time All Star (every season he played), two-time batting champ (.381 in 1939 and .352 in 1940) and was a three-time AL MVP (1939, 1941 and 1947).
Dimaggio won the World Series nine out of the ten times he played for the title. He won in 1936 through 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950 and 1951. Only Yogi Berra has more rings than DiMaggio did.
DiMaggio is the owner of one of the records that baseball may never see broken, a 56-game hitting streak. DiMaggio accomplished the feat in 1941. That is one of those records that you will likely never see broken, much like Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak, or Cy Young's wins record. DiMaggio was an excellent hitter who could have achieved muchmore, had his career not been interrupted in its prime due to World War II.
DiMaggio was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955 when he was named to 88.8% of the ballot. He had appeared on the ballot in 1953 and 1954, but wasn't elected (he also appeared on the ballot as a player in 1945). His inclusion on the '53 and '54 ballots were largely due to the fact that it was always hinted that he night come out of retirement. He is the reason for the 5-year waiting period on the current Hall of Fame ballot.
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