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Other than being paid $21 a month, DiMaggio's service was as comfortable as a soldier's life could be.
The monthly pay figure is wrong. Credible biographies of DiMaggio’s wartime service say he traded his Yankees salary for about $50 per month in the Army, not $21.
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Multiple biographical sources on DiMaggio’s wartime service contradict the article’s "$21 a month" figure.
- The official Joe DiMaggio website says: "Joe DiMaggio traded a $43,750 Yankees salary for a payment of $50 each month when he chose to enlist in the army on February 17th, 1943."
- PBS's American Experience page for Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life likewise describes him becoming a "$50-dollar-a-month guy named Joe" after entering military service.
Those sources agree on the basic pay figure and directly contradict the article’s statement that he was paid $21 a month. The claim should therefore be corrected to reflect that DiMaggio’s military pay was about $50 per month, not $21.
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- Armed Forces - The Official Site of Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio traded a $43,750 Yankees salary for a payment of $50 each month when he chose to enlist in the army on February 17th, 1943.
- Watch Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life | American Experience | PBS
The slugging outfielder of the New York Yankees is pronounced in perfect condition, so the 50-thousand-dollar-a-year Joe DiMaggio becomes a 50-dollar-a-month guy named Joe.
leading the majors with 46 home runs, 151 runs scored, 167 runs batted in and 418 total bases
DiMaggio did not lead the majors in RBIs in 1937. Hank Greenberg finished ahead of him with 183–184 RBIs, while DiMaggio had 167.
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This sentence overstates DiMaggio's 1937 RBI standing.
Authoritative statistical sources agree that Joe DiMaggio had 167 RBIs in 1937, but they do not list him as the major-league RBI leader that year:
- Baseball-Reference's 1937 Major League Batting Leaders page lists Hank Greenberg first in RBIs with 184, and Joe DiMaggio second with 167.
- MLB's official stats page for 1937 RBI leaders likewise ranks Hank Greenberg first with 183 and Joe DiMaggio second with 167.
So while DiMaggio did lead the majors in home runs, runs scored, and total bases, the article is incorrect to say he led the majors in runs batted in.
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- 1937 Major League Baseball Batting Leaders | Baseball-Reference.com
Runs Batted In ... 1. Greenberg • DET 184 2. DiMaggio • NYY 167
- 1937 MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders | MLB.com
1 Hank H Greenberg ... RBI 183 ... 2 Joe J DiMaggio ... RBI 167