Walker, Dixie, 188
Wallgren, Charley, 41
Walsh, Christy, 110, 450
Waner, Paul, 49
Warneke, Lon, 90–91
Washington, Dinah, 475
Webb, Del, 218, 236, 258, 281, 296, 313
Weiss, George:
detectives hired by, 229, 231
and Joe DiMaggio Day, 271
and Joe’s contracts, 279, 295, 296, 298–99, 312
journalists and, 262, 263, 295, 298–99, 303
as manager, 228–29, 242, 253, 257, 262, 263, 303
Werber, Billy, 138
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, 415, 417–18
Whaley, Bill, 213
Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? (Allen), 94–95, 108, 122–23, 168, 186, 201, 249, 374–75
Whitney, Jock, 154
Whitten, Gladys, 367–68
Wilder, Billy, 335, 361, 367, 368
Williams, Edward Bennett, 374–75
Williams, Joe, 248
Williams, Ted, 43, 228, 449–50
batting averages of, 138, 164, 185, 187–88, 222, 248, 265, 429
in Red Sox games, 164, 180, 182, 231, 256, 267, 274
salary of, 227, 247
Wilson, Earl, 280, 403
Winchell, Walter, 128, 131, 194, 196, 240, 241, 329, 367, 377–78, 471
Woodling, Gene, 268, 282, 286, 309, 310, 311, 315
Woods, Walter, 118
Woodward, Stanley, 248–49
Workman, Hank, 282, 291
World Series:
(1923), 258
(1936), 95–97, 102, 114
(1938), 127
(1939), 138–39
(1941), 188–89
(1942), 205
(1947), 234–36, 247, 252
(1949), 274
(1950), 293–94
(1951), 276, 310–12
(1952), 334
(1989), earthquake and, 424, 425–28
Black Sox scandal, 459
tickets, 426, 427, 428
World Series rings:
1936 (rookie year), viii, ix, 142, 498, 508–9, 511
(1947), 247
(1951), 447
replica, xi, xi, 488, 494, 498
stolen, xi, x, 506
World War II, 160, 161–62, 163, 175, 198–203, 205–9, 218
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 356
Wright, Loyd, Jr., 339, 345, 346, 349, 350
Wuerth, Bob, 438
Wyatt, Whit, 172
Yankee Clipper, see DiMaggio, Joseph Paul
Yankee Clipper Center, 450, 458
Yankee Clipper Enterprises (YCE), x, 488–95, 512
“Yankee Legends,” Atlantic City, 469–70
Yankees, see New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium, 239
broadcast booth, 315, 324, 326, 327–29, 330
Gehrig Appreciation Day, 109–10, 111
“I Am an American Day,” 162
Joe DiMaggio Day, ix–xi, 271, 484, 487, 488–89, 496, 497–98
monuments in, x, 300, 489, 513
Old-Timers’ Day, 376, 447, 478, 510
resin model of, 454
Yawkey, Tom, 220, 228
York, Rudy, 252
Yvars, Sal, 312
Zale, Tony, 240
Zaner-Bloser Co., 7
Zanuck, Darryl F., 323, 346–50, 361
Zarilla, Al, 265, 273, 274
Zernial, Gus, 320–21
Zinn, Jimmy, 45, 46, 47
Zwillman, Abner “Longy,” 141–42, 143–44, 377, 383–84, 385
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