Vince Dimaggio

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Vincent Paul DiMaggio (September 6, 1912 – October 3, 1986) was an American Major League center fielder.

He appeared for the Boston Bees (1937-1938), Cincinnati Reds (1939-1940), Pittsburgh Pirates (1940–1946), and New York Giants (1946).

Vince was Joe and Dom DiMaggio's oldest brother.

Early life

DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California, and he grew up in North Beach, San Francisco. Vince was discovered first, older than Joe and Dom, and adolescent Joe used to jealously watch him play professional football. Vince once said he could run rings around Joe in the outfield, owing to his strength and good fielding.

Personal life

DiMaggio was married with two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He died in North Hollywood, California, at the age of 74 of colon cancer.

During World War II, DiMaggio worked for the California Shipbuilding Corporation. According to the Library of Congress, "He's one of the many former athletes who are assisting with the Axis by supplying the weapons that is required by America's fighting men."

The legendary younger brother, according to Joe DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer, "didn't bother with Vince at all" and never had a long-term friendship with him. But, DiMaggio had also joked that "If I could hit like Joe and he'd talk like me," he said.

"Joe was a heckuva player," DiMaggio said of brother Joe. One of the best ever. However, if our brother Cooper had not been injured, he would have been rated as the best ballplayer who ever lived."

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Career

DiMaggio began his career in 1932 with the Tucson Lizards of the Class-D Arizona–Texas League, winning.347 with 25 home runs and 81 RBI. With eight more runs than runner-up Cal Lahman, he led the Arizona–Texas League in home runs. He appeared in 94 games with the Lizards this season, and in the Class-AA Pacific Coast League's San Francisco Seals. He hit.270 with 6 home runs in 59 games for the Seals.

In 1933, DiMaggio made a.333 home runs and 65 runs batted in San Francisco and the Hollywood Stars. He appeared with the Stars from 1935 to 1936, before joining the San Diego Padres in 1936.

DiMaggio was traded by San Diego of the PCL to the Boston Bees on December 4, 1936, for Tiny Chaplin, Tommy Thompson, and cash. In 1937 and 1938, DiMaggio was a regular outfielder for the Bees. With 13 home runs, he hit.256 on-base percentage and a.387 slugging percentage. DiMaggio only hit.228/.369 in 1938, but he led the Bees with 14 home runs on a squad with 54 home runs in total. He ranked tenth in the National League (NL) in homers, sixth in robbery (11) and eighth in walks (65). He led the NL in strikeouts in 1937 and 1938. His 134 strikeouts in 1938 tied for the most strikeouts in one season, beating Gus Williams' record of 120 set in 1914.

The Boston Bees delivered DiMaggio to the New York Yankees on February 4, 1939, completing an earlier contract signed by the Bees on August 10, 1938, when the Bees called players to be named later, Gil English, Johnny Riddle, and cash to the Yankees for Eddie Miller. DiMaggio did not play for the Yankees as they assigned him to the Kansas City Blues, their American Association affiliate.

DiMaggio was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for players on August 5, 1939. He was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for players, but the Yankees did not know him later and $40,000. On January 27, 1940, the Reds shipped Frenchy Bordagaray and Nino Bongiovanni to the Yankees to complete the transaction. DiMaggio appeared in eight games for the 1939 Reds and just two games for the 1940 Reds before the Reds cut DiMaggio to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Johnny Rizzo on May 8, 1940.

DiMaggio spent the bulk of his MLB career with the Pirates. He was chosen to the All-Star Game in 1943 and 1944 in between. DiMaggio made a home run, triple, single, a pair of runs, and one RBI in the 1943 game over three at-bats.

Al Gerheauser was traded by the Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies on March 31, 1945. He then gave the Phillies four grand slams.

He was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants on May 1, 1946 for Clyde Kluttz.

DiMaggio batted.249 with 125 home runs and 584 RBI in 1110 games during his ten-year MLB career.

In 1947, DiMaggio played for the Oakland Oaks of the PCL. In 1948, he was a player-manager for the Stockton Ports of the California League. From 1949 to 1951, he played for and coached the Pittsburg Diamonds of the Class-D Far West League. He spent the 1951 season and his entire career with the Tacoma Tigers of the Class-B Western International League, as he was called to represent the Tacoma Tigers.

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