Back Lot Number: 725  
     

Lot 725
 
Description: Significant 1939 Joe DiMaggio American League Most Valuable Player award. The 1939 season found Joe DiMaggio in his fourth full year with the New York Yankees. Joe had narrowly missed capturing the 1937 AL MVP honors to Charlie Gehringer by just four votes. DiMaggio would prove ready to claim the title in 1939, posting one of his finest seasons in the Major Leagues. The numbers were once again impressive with a .381 batting average (career high), 176 hits, 32 doubles, 30 home runs, 126 RBIÆs, and a .671 slugging percentage. All of these were in combination with a .978 fielding average. The 1939 season also marked the beginning and end of two periods in Yankee history. Lou Gehrig had removed himself from the lineup due to his tragic illness, and it was the young DiMaggio who stepped in to take his place among the Yankee elite. DiMaggio would take the 1939 Yankees to the World Championship batting .313 during the World Series against the Reds. Joe DiMaggioÆs Longines 18K gold pocketwatch is of the highest quality featuring a finely engraved inscription on the reverse, ôJoseph Paul DiMaggio Most Valuable Player of American League for 1939 Selected by Baseball WriterÆs AssÆn of America Presented by The Sporting News.ö The watch remains in its original Longines case and was presented to DiMaggio during the 1940 season by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio is one of only eight Major League players to have won three or more MVP awards with the offered example being the first of his career. Historic personal player award from the Yankee Clipper remaining in beautiful original condition: NM
Sold For: $80,000.00

 
Estimated Price: ($50,000.00-$75,000.00)  
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