Joseph Paul Dimaggio
"The Yankee Clipper"
1914 - 1999
Recognized as baseball's "greatest living player"
Lifetime batting average .325
Won MVP award 1939, 1941
Selected to All-Star Game 13 times
American League batting title 1939, 1940
Elected to Hall of Fame 1955
Set one of baseball's most enduring records, 56 game
hitting streak May 15 to July 16 1941
Led the Yankees to an incredible nine world
championships in his 13 year career
A baseball legend and an American icon
"He has passed, but he will never leave us"
Dedicated by the New York Yankess
April 25, 1999
Marker is at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue on 161st Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
