Religion: Catholic 
Name: Joey DiRaggio
Other Names: Joe Diraggio
Classification:
supporting character
based on a real person
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941): "Death Loads the Bases"
Creators: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: The Black Toad
Defended or Helped by: Captain America, Bucky
Occupation: athlete
Worked for: The Brooklyn Badgers
Gender: male
Note: WWII-era pro-baseball player
Joey DiRaggio was killed by the villainous "Black Toad" (his team's former manager in disguise).
The Brooklyn Badgers are Marvel analogs of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Diraggio was presumably based on real-life baseball legend Joe DiMaggio (a Catholic).
Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941): "Death Loads the Bases"Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (June 2009): "Death Loads the Bases"
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/blacktoadcac7.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/dindn.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/broabros.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/black0nv.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/1708/
- http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=21706
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_America_Comics_Vol_1_7