As the world was winding down the final months of World War II, Vince DiMaggio was spending the summer setting that Phillies record. Older brother of legendary New York Yankee and Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio, Vince was in the first of parts of two seasons with the Phils, and in the next-to-last year of a 10-year big league career.
Never teammates with his far more famous brother, Vince played his entire career in the National League. He began with the Boston Braves in 1937 where he started in center field for two years, then moved on to the Cincinnati Reds, who dealt him to the Pittsburgh Pirates early in the 1940 season.