The DiMaggio brothers, Dom, Joe, and Vince, left to right, wear the old colors of the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League to play the outfield as San Francisco heroes of yesteryear ...

Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, born on Nov. 25, 1914, in Martinez, Calif., was purchased from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League on Nov. 21, 1934, by the New York Yankees for ...

All during the spring of 1951, DiMaggio dropped hints that his upcoming season would be his last. If you counted his years in the army and his three years with the Seals, he would have been ...

Joe DiMaggio in action in 1941, the year of his 56-game hitting streak. ... He had been a star with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, and once had a 61-game hitting streak.

After Joe’s three seasons with the Seals — his stay included a 61-game hitting streak — he was sold to the Yankees. Joe had the most All-Star caps, but Vince had the biggest performance.

Then the announcer called out his name—“Joe DiMaggio!”—and suddenly there was a blast of cheering that grew louder and louder, echoing and reechoing within the big steel canyon, and ...

Joe DiMaggio was more than the most complete all-around player of his generation. He was more than the player who set one of the game's most cherished records, hitting safely in 56 consecutive games.

DiMaggio once hit in 61 consecutive games for the Seals. Size: The single-level grandstand was expanded to seat 22,900 spectators when the Giants arrived. First major-league game: The Giants ...

Joe DiMaggio signs a contract with the New York Yankees making him the first $100,000-a-year baseball player. That was a lot of money in those days, but even inflation wouldn’t bring it remotely ...

JOE DIMAGGIO: The Hero’s Life By Richard Ben Cramer Simon and Schuster, 546 pages, $28 Just beneath the thin veneer of glamor and romance that encrusts modern popular culture is a world of sl… ...

All during the spring of 1951, DiMaggio dropped hints that his upcoming season would be his last. If you counted his years in the army and his three years with the Seals, he would have been ...