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(More customer reviews)In 1936 Joe DiMaggio was a rookie outfielder for the New York Yankees and by the middle of July he was on the cover of "Time" magazine. That first year in the majors DiMaggio hit .323, scored 132 runs, and drove in 125. He had 206 hits broken down into 44 doubles, 15 triples and 29 home runs, while only striking out 39 times. Of course the rookie had the benefit of batting in front of Lou Gehrig, who batted .354, hit 49 homers, drove in 130 runs and scored 167 that same season.
DiMaggio started in the All-Star game, but playing right field (Earl Averill started in center) but went hitless in five at bats. Still the hot rookie was the talk of the league and he ended up on the July 13, 1936 cover of "Time." Four years away from his celebrated 56-game hitting streak, the Yankee Clipper had already achieved some notoriety for having a 61-game hitting streak with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1933 (keep in mind that the only major league teams west of the Mississippi back then were sitting right on its banks in St. Louis, which means the PCL of that period was probably the best "minor league" of all time).
The only complaint with this 8 x 10 art print of this particular "Time" cover is that it is a rather awkward of DiMaggio at the end of his swing. But the uniqueness and nostalgia value of this item is pretty good. Twelve years later DiMaggio would grace the October 4, 1948 "Time" cover, by which time he had established himself as a true five tool player who would be able to retire and insist on being introduced at Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium as baseball's greatest living player. The title was official bestowed during baseball's 1969 Centennial Celebration.
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