| − | Surprisingly, and perhaps due to having a relatively short career, DiMaggio was not elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility, but was in his second eligible year.<ref>https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014151.html</ref> His career was a relatively short 13 years, which kept him from becoming a leader in most career statistics. He missed the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons by serving honorably in [[World War II]], and was disadvantaged as a right-handed hitter in a ballpark built with a short right-field fence for the left-handed [[Babe Ruth]]. | + | Surprisingly, and perhaps due to having a relatively short career, DiMaggio was not elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility, but was in his second eligible year.<ref>https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014151.html</ref> His career was a relatively short 13 years, which kept him from becoming a leader in most career statistics. He missed the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons by serving honorably in [[World War II]], and was disadvantaged as a right-handed hitter in a ballpark built with a short right-field fence for the left-handed [[Babe Ruth]]. DiMaggio was one of the very best right-handed hitters of all-time. |
| | Married and divorced from [[Marilyn Monroe]], and reconciled with and perhaps planning to remarry her when she tragically died in August 1962,<ref>https://www.joedimaggio.com/the-man/marriages/</ref> reportedly DiMaggio's final words before dying in 1999 were: "I'll finally get to see Marilyn."<ref>https://www.eonline.com/news/1328480/the-truth-about-marilyn-monroes-final-hours-and-more-devastating-details-in-the-unheard-tapes/</ref> | | Married and divorced from [[Marilyn Monroe]], and reconciled with and perhaps planning to remarry her when she tragically died in August 1962,<ref>https://www.joedimaggio.com/the-man/marriages/</ref> reportedly DiMaggio's final words before dying in 1999 were: "I'll finally get to see Marilyn."<ref>https://www.eonline.com/news/1328480/the-truth-about-marilyn-monroes-final-hours-and-more-devastating-details-in-the-unheard-tapes/</ref> |