His name was Giussepe Paolo Dimaggio but he was known as Joseph Paul Dimaggio or simply Joe Dimaggio. On November 25, 1914, he was born in a town called Martinez, 56 kilometers east of San Francisco in California, United States.

When it began in semi-professional baseball some sports journalists described it as the combination between Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson. He debuted in the majors on May 3, 1936, the following year after Babe Ruth's retirement from baseball as a player; and he was in front of Lou Gehrig in the lineup. The New York Yankees had not won a World Series since 1932, but thanks to the talent of the sensational rookie, they managed to win four successive titles, becoming the only professional American athlete to win championships during their first four seasons, taking their team to get nine crowns in 13 years.

On February 7, 1949, the "Yankee Clipper", as he was known, was a milestone in becoming the first professional player to sign a contract for 100,000.00 dollars and (70,000 more bonus).

In his first season he averaged 323 and drove in 125 runs, a year later he hit 346 and towed 167 lines, and even showed himself able to dispatch 46 homers, an extraordinary number for right-handed hitter at Yankee Stadium. His offense continued to improve. In 1939, he led the American League in average with 381 and renewed in 1940 with a mark of 352. In 1941 his average was 357 but he could not against 406 of Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox.

On May 15, 1941, Dimaggio hit a single on four plate appearances against the Chicago White Sox. That hit was the one that started a chain of 56 successive games connecting unstoppable, a record that for many is the most impressive and difficult to overcome.

On June 29 of the same year he was able to hit hits in each of the games of a double undercard against the Washington Senators, breaking the record in the new circuit held by George Sisler (41). A few days later he displaced Wee Willie Keller (44 during the 19th century).

The final came on July 17 against the Cleveland Indians. The ethnic third baseman, Ken Keitner, made two excellent catches in the hot corner to help stop the Californian's torrential hitting. After that July 17, Dimaggio wove another chain, but this time the basting was 17 shocks.

At the end of his days as a bigleaguer he was still considered the best player, but the injuries reached the point where even walking bothered him. He flew the fence 361 times, averaged 118 RBIs annually, had a career average of 325, and only hit 369 times, was champion bat twice and was the Most Valuable Player three times. I would have had better numbers if I had played in another park that was not Yankee Stadium, which benefited left-handed hitters, and was designed for Babe Ruth, therefore, for power righties like Dimaggio it was a nightmare. the left-centerfield was spaced at 457 feet deep.