Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of former Red Sox centre-fielder Dom DiMaggio out of St. Paul Catholic Church in Wellesley, Mass. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press)Boston Red Sox fans, family and friends paid their final respects to former team great Dom DiMaggio in Wellesley, Mass., on Monday.
Teammate Johnny Pesky and former Red Sox chief executive officer John Harrington were among those attending a funeral mass at St. Paul Church for the younger brother of Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio.
Harrington said former team owners Tom and Jean Yawkey dearly loved DiMaggio.
DiMaggio's family said he died Friday at his Massachusetts home with the Red Sox game playing in the background. He was 92.
DiMaggio had been battling pneumonia, the Red Sox said in a statement.
He hit in 34 consecutive games in 1949, a streak broken when his brother caught a sinking liner in the eighth inning of a 6-3 Boston win.
Dom DiMaggio spent his entire major-league career with the Red Sox, from 1940 to 1953, with a three-year interruption between 1943-45 to serve for the U.S. Navy in the Second World War.
He played in the same outfield as Ted Williams, yet he had an outstanding 10-year career of his own.
He was known as the "Little Professor" because of his glasses, slight frame and intelligence. He was a lifetime .298 hitter and a seven-time all-star.
DiMaggio was the youngest of three brothers who played centre field in the major leagues. The oldest, Vince, died in October 1986, and Joe died in March 1999.
