# Dom DiMaggio dead at 92

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 8, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-dimaggio-dead-at-92/495803 "2009-05-08T23:31:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-dimaggio-dead-at-92/495803/1 "2009-05-08T23:31:42Z")

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Great ball player. His fame didn’t quite reach the heights of his brother, but from all I’ve read, he was very well-respected in his time. He was a 7-time All Star and still holds the Red Sox record for hitting streak with an impressive 34 games. (In another in a seemingly unending string of cool baseball oddities, his streak was ended by a catch by… Joe DiMaggio.)

Oh yeah, there’s almost a 100% chance he never did PEDs.

R.I.P.

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**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-dimaggio-dead-at-92/495803/2 "2009-05-09T02:35:20Z")

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A great player. A lot of people consider him a better center fielder than both Joe and Vince. He also led the league in stolen bases, triples, and runs, among others, at least once. He was overshadowed by Joe, but a great player in his own right.