Joe DiMaggio

Joe Dimaggio or Willie Mays which would you want on your team?

Joe Dimaggio a champion(9 time world champion) Willie Mays amazing talent in their prime.

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1. Willie Mays. I'm pretty sure that Joe Dimaggio is dead.
2. In their prime? I'd like to have both the grat Yankee and the great Giant.
3. Prolly mays; their was nothing he couldn't do. But you really can't go wrong with either of them
4. In this little fantasy, give me Joltin' Joe, although Mays was better by the numbers. Mays was great, but DiMaggio was a winner in every sense of the word.
5. Tough question. I will have to take Joe DiMaggio because of his ability to lead his team and he was also a great otufielder as well. He would have won his share of gold gloves had the award been around. Joe retire in 1951. MLB didn't start giving out gold gloves until1957. Joe was as solid and as clutch as they come.
6. willie mays was perhaps the greatest ballplayer of all-time, so i would take him yo
7. I'd have to go with Mays because he could run the bases better. Mays had 338 stolen bases in his career versus DiMaggio's 30. Of course DiMaggio lost 3 years of his career because of WWII, and he was just as good when he came back as when he left, but I think Mays' numbers are more impressive (longer career, more homeruns, stolen bases, Gold Gloves, MVP awards). But DiMaggio was pretty dang good, too!
8. You said "in their prime" Mays had a much longer career and put up better Hit and HR totals. Until the war came along DiMaggio was a remarkable talent, he was not the same player after missing 3 years to the war. I would take DiMaggio "in his prime" Joe DiMaggio - 1937 BA-346 OB%-410 SLG-673 HR-46 R-151 RBI-167 Joe DiMaggio - 1941 BA-381 OB%-443 SLG-671 Joe DiMaggio - Career BA-325 OB%-398 SLG-579 Joe DiMaggio - 1936-42 BA-339 OB%-399 SLG-607 Joe DiMaggio - 1946-51 BA-304 OB%-387 SLG-540 Willie Mays - 1954 BA-345 OB%-415 SLG-667 HR-41 R-119 RBI-110 Willie Mays - Career BA-302 OB%-386 SLG-557 "DiMaggio had a far greater supporting cast than Mays ever had" >I bet to differ, the NY then San Francisco Giants from the early 50's until the middle 60's were some of the best teams of all time. Specifically the 1954 NY Giants and the 1962 SF Giants are two of the greatest ever. Alvin Dark, Don Mueller, Johnny Antonelli, Sal Maglie, Hoyt Wilhelm, Orlando Cepeda, Felipe & Matty Alou, Willie McCovey, Jack Sanford & Juan Marichal were just some of the great players on those teams with Mays.
9. I'd never want to take anything away from DiMaggio, but he had a far greater supporting cast than Mays ever had. The stronger a line-up is around you, the better pitches you'll see to hit. Willie Mays never had that kind of protection and was still able to have a stellar career at the plate and also included a phenomenal glove in the field and a rocket arm. It's really a toss-up. They're two of the greatest players ever, but given the choice I'd go with Willie Mays.
10. mays - more speed and power
11. Being a big Giants fan, I would pick Mays! Both were great players, flip a cion!!!!
12. Joe DiMaggio 100% GO YANKEES!! = )