Which Major League Baseball (MLB) player was known as 'The Little Professor'?

Dominic Paul DiMaggio (February 12, 1917 – May 8, 2009), was an American Major League Baseball centerfielder. He was the youngest of three brothers, each becoming major league centerfielders. Joe was a star with the rival New York Yankees and Vince played for five National League teams. Dom's short stature (5'9") and being one of the few players in his era to wear eyeglasses earned him the nickname 'The Little Professor'.

Playing his entire baseball career for the American League (AL) Boston Red Sox (1940–1942, 1946–1953), Dom DiMaggio was an effective leadoff hitter with a .298 lifetime batting average and his 34 consecutive game hitting record is still a Boston club record. Dom set the mark in 1949, eight seasons after his brother Joe set the consecutive game standard by hitting in 56 straight for the New York Yankees. Joe ended Dom's streak when he caught a line drive off his brother's last at-bat on August 9, 1949.

Dom DiMaggio was one of the few players to average 100 runs a season for his career. In the 10 seasons he played, he had more hits than anyone else with 1,679.

One of the best centerfielders to play the game, Dom DiMaggio set an AL record for centerfielders in 1948 with 503 putouts. The mark stood until 1977 when it was broken by Chet Lemon who notched 512 putouts.

Despite all of that, seven-time All-Star Dom DiMaggio was never elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. The late broadcaster Curt Gowdy called him baseball's 'most underrated great player'.