Former Red Sox great Dom DiMaggio dies

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BOSTON (AP) -- Dom DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder whose career was overshadowed by his older brother Joe's Hall of Fame career with the New York Yankees, has died at his Massachusetts home. He was 92.

DiMaggio died early Friday morning surrounded by his family, according to his wife, Emily. She did not give a cause of death but said that DiMaggio had been ill lately.

"He was the most wonderful, warm, loving man," his wife of 61 years said. "He adored his children, and we all adored him."

DiMaggio was a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in Boston Red Sox history.

Known as the "Little Professor" because of his eyeglasses and 5-foot-9, 168-pound frame, DiMaggio hit safely in 34 consecutive games in 1949. The streak was broken on Aug. 9 when his big brother caught a sinking liner in the eighth inning of a 6-3 Red Sox win over the Yankees.

The younger DiMaggio also had a 27-game hitting streak in 1951, which still ranks as the fifth longest in Red Sox history. Joe set the major league record with a 56-game hitting streak with the Yankees in 1941.

The oldest of the three center-field-playing DiMaggio brothers was Vince, who had a 10-year major league career with five National League teams. Joe died in March 1999, while Vince died in October 1986.

Dom DiMaggio spent his entire career with the Red Sox, 10 full seasons plus three games in 1953, and was teammates and close friends with Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky.

Former Red Sox great Dom DiMaggio dies - MLB - SI.com
 
Wow I didn't even know he was still alive.

R.I.P.
 
Wow I didn't even know he was still alive.

R.I.P.

Which goes to show just how overshadowed this guy was by his brother. Joe Dimaggio died years ago and most people knew this....and Dom dies and most didn't even know he was alive....like you and me...:(:eek:
 
Which goes to show just how overshadowed this guy was by his brother. Joe Dimaggio died years ago and most people knew this....and Dom dies and most didn't even know he was alive....like you and me...:(:eek:

Other than stuff I saw later in life, when I was a kid if you asked me who Joe Dimaggio was I would have said Mr. Coffee. :D
 
R.I.P Dom.

Now only Johnny Pesky remains from the "Three Amigos" : Ted Williams, Dom and Pesky
 

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