Vince DiMaggio: Almost a Yankee.

The youngest three of the five DiMaggio brothers played MLB: Vince (9/9/1912), Joe (11/25/1914), Dom (2/12/1917).   Two of the three MLB DiMaggio brothers almost played together on the New York Yankees.

Vince DiMaggio, two years older than his brother Joe, was acquired by the Yankees in a trade; Vince was 26 years old.

Vince working at the California Ship Building Corporation
during World War II, February 1943 by Ann Rosener, working for the United States Office of War Information.[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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1. Why did the Yankees acquire Vince DiMaggio?
2. Why did the Yankees not play Vince DiMaggio?
3. Why did the Yankees trade Vince DiMaggio?

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