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Joseph Paul DiMaggio (/ d ə ˈ m ɑː dʒ i oʊ /; born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈpaːolo diˈmaddʒo]; November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.
In 1940, however, the Yankees failed to top the American League (AL) for the first time in DiMaggio's career, despite his league-leading .352 batting average, [4] and a 23-game hitting streak that was the longest in MLB that season. [5] The Yankees got off to a mediocre start in 1941, and were mired in fourth place in the middle of May.
There have been 129 single-season streaks of 25 games or more. The lowest batting average ever recorded during a hitting streak of 25 games or more was .304 by Bruce Campbell in 1938. The highest was .486 during Chuck Klein's streak in 1930. Joe DiMaggio hit .408 during his record-holding 56-game streak. [8]
Here's 27 that definitely will stand the test of time. Joe DiMaggio reminds us that baseball is full of feats that are unlikely to be broken. ... Rogers Hornsby posted a .424 batting average in ...
Set by Joe DiMaggio, 1941. [2] Highlights of his hitting streak include a .408 batting average and 91 hits. [89] The next closest player is Willie Keeler, with 45 over two seasons in 1896–97. [90] There have been only six 40-game hitting streaks, and only Pete Rose's 44 in 1978 since DiMaggio's.
Gibson never recorded a batting average of under .316 in any qualifying season. Ty Cobb is second all-time with a career batting average of .366. He won a record 11 batting titles in the American League from 1907–1909, 1911–1915 and 1917–1919. Oscar Charleston is third with a career batting average of
In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats. Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits with doubles, triples, and home runs, relative to singles.
56 – Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees – May 15 through July 16, 1941; Consecutive games with a home run. 8 (3 tied) Dale Long, Pittsburgh Pirates – May 19 through May 28, 1956; Don Mattingly, New York Yankees – July 8 through July 18, 1987; Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle Mariners – July 20 through July 28, 1993; Consecutive games reaching base