Red Sox Great Dom Dimaggio Dies

Dom DiMaggio was the youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers who all played in major league baseball.

Besides his brother Joe DiMaggio, a Hall of Famer who played for the New York Yankees from 1936 - 1951, and who holds the major-league record for hitting in consecutive games (56 in 1941), Dom had another brother Vince, who played for five National League teams from 1937-46. All three played CF.

Dom holds a consectuive game hitting record of his own: 34 games for the Red Sox in 1949, a record that still stands, and one that was ironically halted by Joe when DiMaggio caught Dom's sinking liner in the eighth inning of a 6-3 Red Sox win over the Yankees.

While Joe was known as the "Yankee Clipper," Dom DiMaggio was called the "Little Professor" because of his eyeglasses and his 5-foot-9, 168-pound body. DiMaggio played for the Red Sox for 11 seasons from 1940-53, but missed three seasons while serving in the Navy in World War II.

Joe DiMaggio died in March 1999; Vince died in October 1986. Dom DiMaggio is survived by his wife Emily, three children (Dominic Paul, Peter and Emily) and six grandchildren. No cause was given for his death, but his wife indicated he had been ill of late.