Major League Baseball proclaims Joe DiMaggio as its greatest living player

On July 29, 1969 — Major League Baseball proclaims Joe DiMaggio as its greatest living player, a title the Yankee Clipper will proudly embrace until his death in 1999. The determination was made by sportswriters in a poll conducted to coincide with the centennial of professional baseball.

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