Sicilian immigrants Guiseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio welcomed their son, Giuseppe Paolo, on November 25, 1914. His family lived in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, where they worked as fisherman. When Joe was a boy, he and his brothers would play baseball at various sandlots and playgrounds around Fisherman's Warf. In 1932, his older brother Vince joined the San Francisco Seals – a minor league team – and convinced the team to sign Joe as a shortstop.

On May 3, 1936, Joe made his debut with the New York Yankees and famously remarked, "I would like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee." During his 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), Joe won a number of awards, set records and received much recognition for his talent. Joe set a record by having a 56 game hitting streak in 1941 and he won nine World Series Championships. He was drafted to 13 MLB All-Star games and awarded American League MVP three times. 

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