Joe
Dimaggio
 
Nickname: Joltin' Joe
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 203
 
Born: November 25, 1914 in Usa, CA, MARTINEZ
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1944   
Gold Glove 1940    1941    1942    1947    1950   
All-Star Selections 1938    1941    1942    1943    1944    1945    1946    1947    1949    1950    1951    1952   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 2 2 2 10 10 10
1937 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1938 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1939 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1940 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1941 26 MIN AL $ 4,414,286   8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1942 27 MIN AL $ 5,292,857   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1943 28 MIN AL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1944 29 NYG NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
1945 30 NYG NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
1946 31 NYG NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10
1947 32 NYG NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1948 33 NYG NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1949 34 NYG NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1950 35 NYG NL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1951 36 MIN AL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1952 37 MIN AL $ 9,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1953 38 MIN AL $ 9,000,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1954 39 MON NL $ 3,700,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 21 MIN AL 25 105 17 36 8 1 3 19 0 0 4 5 .343 .369 .524 .893 16.5 2.3
    AAA   135 576 104 197 51 7 43 123 4 7 25 24 .342 .369 .679 1.048 124.5  
1937 22 MIN AL 160 599 79 175 31 8 18 92 0 0 29 23 .292 .323 .461 .784 80.2 12.0
1938 23 MIN AL 146 564 104 168 35 6 25 97 0 0 43 24 .298 .348 .514 .862 90.1 16.7
1939 24 MIN AL 57 222 34 62 15 4 5 31 0 0 19 11 .279 .336 .450 .787 30.6 5.5
1940 25 MIN AL 157 582 92 173 37 6 22 89 1 0 53 16 .297 .356 .495 .851 90.8 20.4
1941 26 MIN AL 156 611 100 196 44 2 21 93 1 0 55 16 .321 .375 .502 .877 100.8 19.3
1942 27 MIN AL 158 591 111 189 43 3 36 111 1 0 59 8 .320 .378 .585 .964 115.0 20.6
1943 28 MIN AL 158 593 106 183 35 9 23 95 0 1 62 16 .309 .369 .514 .883 105.4 17.4
1944 29 MIN AL 26 102 13 30 6 1 4 15 0 0 8 4 .294 .342 .490 .833 15.9 2.6
  NYG NL 129 509 99 166 44 5 21 95 0 0 59 9 .326 .395 .556 .951 99.0 20.1
  TOT   155 611 112 196 50 6 25 110 0 0 67 13 .321 .387 .545 .932 114.9 22.6
1945 30 NYG NL 157 599 106 173 40 3 30 111 1 0 87 17 .289 .377 .516 .892 106.5 17.9
1946 31 NYG NL 156 597 114 185 44 3 41 136 1 0 77 14 .310 .387 .600 .986 127.2 29.2
1947 32 NYG NL 156 591 127 179 40 4 32 125 0 0 78 18 .303 .386 .547 .932 108.3 22.4
1948 33 NYG NL 156 601 110 172 43 4 31 113 2 0 59 19 .286 .350 .526 .876 99.3 20.5
1949 34 NYG NL 156 590 102 161 28 8 27 112 0 0 81 22 .273 .356 .485 .841 98.6 16.5
1950 35 NYG NL 157 606 121 185 43 6 31 110 0 0 70 21 .305 .377 .550 .926 115.2 20.5
1951 36 MIN AL 156 586 98 173 40 5 25 112 0 0 70 24 .295 .371 .509 .879 97.4 15.4
1952 37 MIN AL 154 567 84 190 37 1 30 96 0 1 59 32 .335 .396 .563 .958 111.2 19.6
1953 38 MIN AL 111 418 48 110 23 3 9 61 0 0 27 38 .263 .308 .397 .705 49.3 6.6
1954 39 MON NL 22 19 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .158 .158 .263 .421 0.6 0.0
    AAA   67 153 17 39 6 1 2 18 0 0 14 25 .255 .317 .346 .664 17.1  
19 Years Sim 2553 9652 1665 2909 636 83 434 1713 7 2 999 341 .301 .366 .519 .885 1657.7 305.4
2 Years AAA 202 729 121 236 57 8 45 141 4 7 39 49 .324 .357 .609 .966 141.6  
162 Game Average 612 105 184 40 5 27 108 0 0 63 21 .301 .366 .519 .885 105.2  
Career Highs 160 611 127 196 50 9 41 136 2 1 87 38 .343 .396 .600 .986 127.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6305 1099 1907 417 47 270 1092 6 1 629 209 .302 .364 .512 .876 1116.8
vs LH   3347 566 1002 219 36 164 621 1 1 370 132 .299 .369 .533 .902 623.3
Home 1257 4638 788 1389 326 37 215 860 5 0 486 185 .299 .364 .525 .889 842.5
Away 1296 5014 877 1520 310 46 219 853 2 2 513 156 .303 .367 .514 .881 897.6
RISP   2493 0 744 163 18 122 1171 0 0 414 95 .298 .389 .525 .914 505.1
Pinch Hitting   144 19 43 12 2 4 29 1 0 11 8 .299 .348 .493 .841 23.2
Close/Late   1030 162 352 73 9 46 171 0 0 178 42 .342 .437 .564 1.001 235.6
Mar/Apr 442 1681 265 474 88 14 67 273 0 0 177 60 .282 .348 .471 .819 271.2
May 468 1768 316 585 133 22 93 351 1 2 168 65 .331 .386 .589 .975 364.2
June 416 1608 278 462 116 13 67 272 2 0 175 57 .287 .357 .501 .858 276.4
July 405 1539 267 453 95 9 73 269 0 0 165 55 .294 .362 .510 .872 272.7
August 403 1499 248 469 108 10 63 257 3 0 163 48 .313 .381 .524 .905 280.0
Sep/Oct 419 1557 291 466 96 15 71 291 1 0 151 56 .299 .358 .517 .875 275.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1936 21 MIN AL CF 25 25 220.3 66 1 0 0 1.000 2.74   0.7
1937 22 MIN AL CF 153 146 1280.3 427 4 15 2 .966 3.03   4.7
1938 23 MIN AL CF 140 137 1204.7 325 4 7 2 .979 2.46   4.2
1939 24 MIN AL CF 56 55 477.0 166 0 5 0 .971 3.13   2.0
1940 25 MIN AL CF 155 146 1277.3 398 2 4 1 .990 2.82   5.1
1941 26 MIN AL CF 155 149 1328.3 403 4 5 2 .988 2.76   6.2
1942 27 MIN AL CF 151 144 1279.7 404 9 6 3 .986 2.90   5.0
1943 28 MIN AL CF 157 145 1297.0 387 3 7 2 .982 2.71   3.4
1944 29 MIN AL CF 26 25 214.1 57 1 1 0 .983 2.44   0.6
  NYG NL CF 128 123 1103.5 294 7 6 1 .980 2.45   3.2
  TOT   CF 154 148 1317.6 351 8 7 1 .981 2.45   3.8
1945 30 NYG NL CF 156 147 1321.7 342 6 9 1 .975 2.37   3.7
1946 31 NYG NL CF 155 148 1331.7 357 5 7 2 .981 2.45   4.3
1947 32 NYG NL CF 152 145 1293.7 350 7 10 5 .973 2.48   5.5
1948 33 NYG NL CF 155 145 1316.3 386 3 8 2 .980 2.66   6.7
1949 34 NYG NL CF 153 148 1342.0 355 3 11 2 .970 2.40   5.5
1950 35 NYG NL CF 156 149 1337.7 360 4 9 1 .976 2.45   5.0
1951 36 MIN AL CF 154 150 1326.3 328 5 8 1 .977 2.26   4.7
1952 37 MIN AL CF 151 146 1282.7 359 6 6 2 .984 2.56   4.2
1953 38 MIN AL CF 109 106 933.3 241 6 7 3 .972 2.38   3.6
    1B 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1954 39 MON NL CF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 2489 2379 21170.2 6005 80 131 32 .979 2.59   78.2
  1B 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2491 2379 21176.9 6008 82 131 32 .979 2.59   78.2
Career Highs   157 150 1342.0 427 9 15 5 1.000 3.13    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 32 NYG NL 5 20 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .150 .190 .200 .390
1948 33 NYG NL 12 52 7 19 3 1 2 11 0 0 4 0 .365 .411 .577 .988
1949 34 NYG NL 5 20 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .150 .190 .350 .540
Career Post-Season Batting 22 92 11 25 5 1 3 14 0 0 6 0 .272 .316 .446 .762
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1942-7-.320
1944-4-.326
1946-7-.310
1950-9-.305
1952-5-.335
On-Base Pct
1944-9-.395
1946-8-.387
1952-10-.396
Slugging Pct
1938-6-.514
1940-10-.495
1941-10-.502
1942-4-.585
1943-5-.514
1944-1-.556
1945-4-.516
1946-1-.600
1947-2-.547
1948-8-.526
1949-10-.485
1950-3-.550
1952-8-.563
CAR-26-.519
OPS
1942-5-.964
1943-5-.883
1944-1-.951
1945-3-.892
1946-1-.986
1947-3-.932
1950-6-.926
1952-7-.958
CAR-33-.885
XR
1941-10-100.8
1942-4-115.0
1943-5-105.4
1944-4-99.0
1945-1-106.5
1946-1-127.2
1947-4-108.3
1950-4-115.2
1952-9-111.2
CAR-14-1657.7
Games
1937-1-160
1940-2-157
1941-2-156
1942-2-158
1943-2-158
1945-1-157
1946-3-156
1947-4-156
1948-4-156
1949-5-156
1950-1-157
1951-2-156
CAR-19-2553
At-Bats
1940-10-582
1941-2-611
1942-8-591
1943-10-593
1945-4-599
1946-3-597
1947-3-591
1948-6-601
1949-4-590
1950-3-606
CAR-14-9652
Runs
1938-9-104
1941-10-100
1942-6-111
1943-7-106
1944-9-99
1945-3-106
1946-1-114
1947-1-127
1948-4-110
1949-7-102
1950-2-121
CAR-13-1665
Hits
1940-10-173
1941-2-196
1942-6-189
1943-6-183
1944-7-166
1945-6-173
1946-4-185
1947-6-179
1948-10-172
1949-10-161
1950-3-185
1952-4-190
CAR-8-2909
Total Bases
1938-8-290
1940-8-288
1941-5-307
1942-3-346
1943-3-305
1944-4-283
1945-3-309
1946-1-358
1947-2-323
1948-3-316
1949-6-286
1950-1-333
1951-9-298
1952-7-319
CAR-7-5013
Singles
1941-4-129
1952-8-122
CAR-25-1756
Doubles
1941-6-44
1942-8-43
1944-1-44
1945-2-40
1946-1-44
1947-1-40
1948-1-43
1950-1-43
1951-8-40
1952-6-37
CAR-8-636
Triples
1937-7-8
1943-4-9
1949-2-8
1950-5-6
CAR-31-83
Homeruns
1938-4-25
1940-9-22
1941-10-21
1942-2-36
1943-7-23
1945-2-30
1946-1-41
1947-4-32
1948-6-31
1949-5-27
1950-6-31
CAR-21-434
RBIs
1938-10-97
1942-4-111
1945-4-111
1946-1-136
1947-2-125
1948-4-113
1949-4-112
1950-6-110
1951-9-112
CAR-10-1713
Walks
1945-5-87
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 256    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Minnesota in 1936
Injured on 4/23/1936 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 9/1/1936, off Thornton Lee (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/8/1936, off Johnny Allen (PIT)
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Injured on 7/28/1938 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1938, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 6/5/1939 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for full season
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1940
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,414,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1941, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,292,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $11,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1942, hitting .433 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1942
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1943, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/20/1943
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1943, hitting .337 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 5/1/1944 (Going to NYG: CF Joe Dimaggio, P Tom Baker. Going to MIN: SS Creepy Crespi, P Hal Gregg, CF Al Gionfriddo, P Oscar Judd)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1944, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1944, hitting .353 with 6 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1944, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1945, hitting .360 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1945, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 3/5/1946 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1946, hitting .583 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis, driving in 5 runs on 6/11/1946
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1946, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1946, hitting .390 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1946, hitting .310 with 41 HR, 136 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1947, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1947, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1947, hitting .314 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1947
Had 2000th career hit on 7/5/1948, off Bob Gillespie (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1948, hitting .556 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1948, hitting .413 with 9 HR, 32 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1949, hitting .348 with 7 HR, 34 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1949, hitting .308 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
9/22/1949: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1950, hitting .538 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Montreal, driving in 8 runs on 5/20/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1950, hitting .481 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1950, hitting .400 with 12 HR, 34 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1950
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 3/3/1951 (Going to NYG: P Frank Barrett, 1B Jack Bolling. Going to MIN: CF Joe Dimaggio)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1951, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1951, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1952, hitting .369 with 8 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1952, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1952, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1952, hitting .625 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,700,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 8/10/1953 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: CF Joe Dimaggio, SS Lou Klein. Going to MIN: P Earl Johnson, 2B Johnny Logan, 3B Al Rosen)