Dimaggio By The Numbers

1,736
Major league games played, in which he batted .325 with 2,214 hits, 389 doubles, 131 triples, 361 homers, 1,390 runs scored and 1,537 runs batted in.

.381
Batting average in 1939, which led the major leagues. The following season his .352 average led the American League.

61
Consecutive games in which the 18-year-old hit safely for the Pacific Coast League's San Francisco Seals in 1933, a PCL record.

56
Consecutive games in which the 26-year-old hit safely for the New York Yankees in 1941, a major league record.

46
Home runs in 1937, the only season in which he led the major leagues. (He led the American League in 1948 with 39.)

22
All-Star Games for the DiMaggio brothers combined, a record. Joe was an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. Younger brother Dom, an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1940 to '53, was a seven-time All-Star. Older brother Vince—an outfielder for the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants from 1937 to '46—made the midsummer classic twice. (The Alomars, Roberto and Sandy Jr., are second with 14.)

10
Offensive categories (hits, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, total bases, RBIs, extra-base hits, batting average and slugging percentage) in which DiMaggio remains in the top five on the Yankees' alltime list.

10
American League pennants won by the Yankees in his 13-year career.

9
World championships won by the Yankees in his 13-year career.

3
American League MVP awards (1939, '41 and '47).