1937YANKEES
OUTFIELD
JOE DIMAGGIO1937
Joe DiMaggiooutfield · 1937 yankees
Ht 6'2"Wt 173Bats RThrows RBorn 1914 · Martinez, CA
The year the Clipper found his full gale. 1937, and Joe DiMaggio hit 46 homers, drove in 167, and scored 151 times in 151 games. A .346 average with 215 hits; the power was a new kind of weather, the long ball a daily forecast. He was not yet the streak legend, just the centerpiece of a machine that steamrolled the league. The bat was quick, the swing was pure, and every pitch looked like a mistake. The season was a statement. Then, a guy starts to wonder: what comes next?
46 HOMERS
Forty-six balls left the yard — power weather before the streak became the headline.
167 RBI
One hundred sixty-seven driven in — the machine ran through him every night.
CLIPPER GALE
Two hundred fifteen hits in a hundred fifty-one games — the swing already looked effortless.
Major League Batting — Year vs Life
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 151 | 621 | 151 | 215 | 35 | 15 | 46 | 167 | .346 | .412 | .673 |
| Life | 1,736 | 6,821 | 1,390 | 2,214 | 389 | 131 | 361 | 1,537 | .325 | .398 | .579 |
SkillScore
168.251937 · NYA
ComponentsAVG .346OBP .412SLG .673
Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, 1937. Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).