A New York Times article, written in September of 1949, reported that Joe had a mild form of pneumonia and would miss the World Series against the Red Sox.  October 1st was also designated as DiMaggio Day in his honor.  The article also reports that this illness is the second time this year that the $90,000 salaried player has been out of the lineup.  He had missed the first 65 games of the season due to a heel operation, performed the previous winter, that was not healing as
expected.

The Yankees competed in the All-Star games every season from 1946 to 1951 and competed in the World Series for the 1947, 1949, 1950, and 1951 seasons as well.  In 1948, Joe took first place in the American League for his number of home runs and runs batted in; 39 and 155 respectively.  In 1950, he was number one with his slugging percentage at .585. 

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