DiMaggio Hits 46 Dingers... For KC!

Vince DiMaggio, Babe Ruth of the 1939 KC Blues

Joe and Dominic would not have played ball if not for Vince.  All three played for the San Francisco Seals.  All three were excellent major league center-fielders.  And Vince did all he could to join his younger brother Guiseppe on the big club.  Forty-six bombs (like Joe in '37), 100-plus ribbies, and led the Blues to the American Association pennant.

Visit I-70 Baseball for the complete story of the eldest DiMaggio baseball-playing brother (Mike and Tom were older, but stuck to fishing, though Mike was reputed to be a powerful hitter).

Of course, you can visit baseball-reference.com for Vince's numbers.  I also heavily recommend Richard Ben Cramer's biography on Joe, which details all of the DiMaggio's experiences, including their metamorphosis from a family fishing industry into a baseball playing, center-fielding-making factory.