teammate Johnny Pesky. He again led the league in runs (113) in , when he had a 27-game hitting streak from May 12 to June 7. He retired in May , after appearing in only three games that year as a pinch hitter, with a .298 batting average, 1680 hits, 308 doubles, 57 triples, 87 home runs, 1046 runs and 618 RBI in 1399 games. He was selected an All-Star seven times (1941–42, 1946, 1949–52). His career average of 2.98 chances per game remains the record for AL outfielders. DiMaggio enjoyed a close friendship with teammates Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky, which was chronicled in David Halberstam's book The Teammates. After retiring, he became a plastics manufacturer in New England. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in . He and his wife Emily, whom he married in 1948, had two sons (Paul and Peter), a daughter (Emily), and several grandchildren (Alex, Andrew, Charlotte, Margel, Peter, and Anna). In a 1976 Esquire magazine article, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Dom DiMaggio was the left fielder on Stein's Italian team. In 1979, he was named a member of the Board of Trustees at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. He served under college president Fr. Jonathan DeFelice and helped lead Saint Anselm College through four decades of expansion. He was awarded an honorary degree by the college in 1981, and his wife Emily received one in 1999. Writer David Halberstam described Dom as "probably the most underrated player of his day." Military service After the 1942 season, DiMaggio enlisted in the United States Navy with initial service at Naval Station Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. He deployed to Australia and the Philippines during World War II. While stationed in Australia, he and Phil Rizzuto flew to Honolulu to play in the 1944 Army–Navy World Series. He also played for the Norfolk Naval Training Station team. He was discharged in 1945 as a chief petty officer. Death DiMaggio died on May 8, 2009, at his home in Marion, Massachusetts. He was 92 years old and had been suffering from pneumonia. His requiem mass was celebrated by his friend Fr. Jonathan DeFelice at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Wellesley, Massachusetts. See also Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame List of Boston Red Sox team