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TIL Joe DiMaggio only played 13 full seasons but won 9 World Series. He played from 1936-1942, joined the Air Force for WWII, then played again from 1946-1951. The Yankees won the World Series in ‘36-‘39, ‘41, ‘47, ‘49-‘51.

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