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Dom DiMaggio dies at 92
Center fielder, youngest of brother trio, starred for Red Sox
05/08/09 6:38 AM ET
Dom DiMaggio, a seven-time All-Star for the Red Sox and the youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers who played in the Major Leagues, died Friday at age 92 at his home in Marion, Mass., The Associated Press reported.
DiMaggio's 34-game hitting streak in 1949 remains a Boston club record.
DiMaggio died at about 1 a.m. ET, according to his wife, Emily.
Known as the "Little Professor" because of his eyeglasses and his 5-foot-9, 168-pound frame, DiMaggio played for the Red Sox for 11 seasons from 1940-53, missing three seasons while serving in the Coast Guard in World War II.
Dom was a center fielder, as were his brothers Joe, a Hall of Famer for the Yankees from 1936-51, and Vince, who played for five National League teams from 1937-46. And like his brother Joe, who hit in a Major League-record 56 games in 1941 -- a record that still stands -- Dom had an impressive hitting streak of his own.
That streak, though, was broken on Aug. 9, 1949, when Joe DiMaggio caught a sinking liner in the eighth inning of a 6-3 Red Sox win over the Yankees. In addition to his wife, the San Francisco native is survived by three children and six grandchildren.
Dom DiMaggio dies at 92
Center fielder, youngest of brother trio, starred for Red Sox
05/08/09 6:38 AM ET
Dom DiMaggio, a seven-time All-Star for the Red Sox and the youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers who played in the Major Leagues, died Friday at age 92 at his home in Marion, Mass., The Associated Press reported.
DiMaggio's 34-game hitting streak in 1949 remains a Boston club record.
DiMaggio died at about 1 a.m. ET, according to his wife, Emily.
Known as the "Little Professor" because of his eyeglasses and his 5-foot-9, 168-pound frame, DiMaggio played for the Red Sox for 11 seasons from 1940-53, missing three seasons while serving in the Coast Guard in World War II.
Dom was a center fielder, as were his brothers Joe, a Hall of Famer for the Yankees from 1936-51, and Vince, who played for five National League teams from 1937-46. And like his brother Joe, who hit in a Major League-record 56 games in 1941 -- a record that still stands -- Dom had an impressive hitting streak of his own.
That streak, though, was broken on Aug. 9, 1949, when Joe DiMaggio caught a sinking liner in the eighth inning of a 6-3 Red Sox win over the Yankees. In addition to his wife, the San Francisco native is survived by three children and six grandchildren.