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Originally Posted by Habsfan18
I noticed Joe DiMaggio was "purchased" by the Phillies organization back in 1931 as a 16 year old and played in the MLB at 17. Shouldn't he have gone into the amateur draft the same as everyone else? Looks like he was never drafted.
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He was probably purchased by the Phillies from the San Francisco Seals, his original historic team. They were an independent unaffiliated team and got to do anything they wanted to back in the day.
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