Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio and young boy bronze sculpture by artist Zenos Frudakis. Joe DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 - March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 12-year career for the New York Yankees. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time and set the record for the longest hitting streak (56 games from May 15 – July 16, 1941).
DiMaggio was a three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings are second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won 10.
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955, DiMaggio was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during baseball's centennial year of 1969 and is best known for his 56-game hitting streak.
Center Fielder
Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955
Size: Over-life size
Media: Bronze
Unveiled: October 10 , 2002
Location: DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Florida
Inscription on Plaque: We never stand so tall as when we stoop to help a child. Dedicated by Pediatric Associates. In loving memory of Dr. Scott Bruno. October 10 2002.