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Lou Gehrig
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Birthdate: 6/19/1903
Died: 6/2/1941
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 200 lbs.
Place of Birth: New York, NY, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

The Iron Horse, famous for his record of 2,130 consecutive games, spent much of his career in Babe Ruth's shadow. Baseball Player Henry Louis Gehrig, a New York Yankee throughout his 16-year span, won the Most Valuable Player award in 1927, but everybody remembers that year for the Babe's 60 homers. How many are aware that Lou Gehrig hit two homers in the same World Series game in which Ruth called his shot. Overshadowed or not, Larrupin' Lou was a mighty hitter. He led the league in homers three times, hit 49 in 1934 and again in 1936, and drove in 150 or more runs seven times in his peak years with The Yankees. He hit four home runs in three consecutive World Series games against the ST. Louis Browns in 1928 and set a major league record that stands for the most home runs with the bases full: 23. And he would up in the Hall of Fame. 'The Home Run Book' by Topps Card Company - 1981 Issue

New York Yankees Baseball History 'I love the game of baseball and hope to be in there batting them out for many years to come. Fortune has been kind to me '

His record is as follows: Born in New York City, June 19, 1903. Bat and throw left-handed. Height: 6 feet, 1 inch. Weight: 205 pounds. Last 10 years hitting average .343, while playing in an average of 149 games per year. Led the American League in runs scored in 1933. In 1927 received the vote of the most valuable player in the American League.  Note: In this time frame a player could only win the Most Valuable Player Award once in his lifetime.

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Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1923 NYY (AL) 13 26 6 11 4 1 1 9 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .423 .464 SLG
1924 NYY (AL) 10 12 2 6 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .538 SLG
1925 NYY (AL) 126 437 73 129 23 10 20 68 46 49 6 3 0 2 12 0 .295 .365 SLG
1926 NYY (AL) 155 572 135 179 47 20 16 112 105 73 6 5 0 1 18 0 .313 .420 SLG
1927 NYY (AL) 155 584 149 218 52 18 47 175 109 84 10 8 0 3 21 0 .373 .474 SLG
1928 NYY (AL) 154 562 139 210 47 13 27 142 95 69 4 11 0 4 16 0 .374 .467 SLG
1929 NYY (AL) 154 553 127 166 32 10 35 126 122 68 4 4 0 5 12 0 .300 .431 SLG
1930 NYY (AL) 154 581 143 220 42 17 41 174 101 63 12 14 0 3 18 0 .379 .473 SLG
1931 NYY (AL) 155 619 163 211 31 15 46 184 117 56 17 12 0 0 2 0 .341 .446 SLG
1932 NYY (AL) 156 596 138 208 42 9 34 151 108 38 4 11 0 3 1 0 .349 .451 SLG
1933 NYY (AL) 152 593 138 198 41 12 32 139 92 42 9 13 0 1 1 0 .334 .424 SLG
1934 NYY (AL) 154 579 128 210 40 6 49 165 109 31 9 5 0 2 0 0 .363 .465 SLG
1935 NYY (AL) 149 535 125 176 26 10 30 119 132 38 8 7 0 5 0 0 .329 .466 SLG
1936 NYY (AL) 155 579 167 205 37 7 49 152 130 46 3 4 0 7 3 0 .354 .478 SLG
1937 NYY (AL) 157 569 138 200 37 9 37 159 127 49 4 3 0 4 0 0 .351 .473 SLG
1938 NYY (AL) 157 576 115 170 32 6 29 114 107 75 6 1 0 5 1 0 .295 .410 SLG
1939 NYY (AL) 8 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .273 SLG
17 years   2164 8001 1888 2721 534 163 493 1995 1508 790 102 101 0 45 106 0 .340 .447 .SLG



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