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Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig
| Full name Henry Louis Gehrig |
| Born June 19, 1903, New York, New York |
| Died June 2, 1941, Riverdale Bronx County, New York |
| Buried at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York (Section 93- Lot 12686- Ashes Located In Facing Of Headstone) |
| First Game: June 15, 1923; Final Game: April 30, 1939 |
| Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 200 |
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| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939 |
| Won League Award as AL Most Valuable Player (1927) |
| Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1936) |
| Named AL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1931, 1934 and 1936) |
| Named first baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1927 to 1928, 1931, 1934 and 1936 to 1937) |
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| Ejections: 1924 (1), 1925 (1), 1926 (1), 1928 (2), 1929 (1), 1933 (2), 1935 (1). Total: 9 |
| SABR Biography |
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1923 NY A Daily Splits 13 26 6 11 4 1 1 8 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .423 .464 .769 0.3 1923 NY A
1924 NY A Daily Splits 10 12 2 6 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .538 .583 0.2 1924 NY A
1925 NY A Daily Splits 126 437 73 129 23 10 20 68 46 3 49 2 12 0 9 9 6 3 .295 .365 .531 -0.1 1925 NY A
1926 NY A Daily Splits 155 572 135 179 47 20 16 109 105 0 73 1 18 0 24 7 6 5 .313 .420 .549 2.7 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 155 584 149 218 52 18 47 173 109 10 84 3 21 0 11 7 10 8 .373 .474 .765 8.4 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 154 562 139 210 47 13 27 147 95 3 69 4 16 0 12 10 4 11 .374 .467 .648 5.9 1928 NY A
1929 NY A Daily Splits 154 553 127 166 32 10 35 125 122 9 68 5 12 0 9 11 4 3 .300 .431 .584 4.5 1929 NY A
1930 NY A Daily Splits 154 581 143 220 42 17 41 173 101 3 63 3 18 0 11 6 12 14 .379 .473 .721 7.7 1930 NY A
1931 NY A Daily Splits 155 619 163 211 31 15 46 185 117 14 56 0 2 0 14 11 17 12 .341 .446 .662 6.0 1931 NY A
1932 NY A Daily Splits 156 596 138 208 42 9 34 151 108 7 38 3 1 0 13 7 4 11 .349 .451 .621 5.1 1932 NY A
1933 NY A Daily Splits 152 593 138 198 41 12 32 140 92 4 42 1 1 0 11 8 9 13 .334 .424 .605 4.7 1933 NY A
1934 NY A Daily Splits 154 579 128 210 40 6 49 166 109 13 31 2 0 0 14 12 9 5 .363 .465 .706 7.9 1934 NY A
1935 NY A Daily Splits 149 535 125 176 26 10 30 120 132 21 38 5 0 0 9 7 8 7 .329 .466 .583 5.3 1935 NY A
1936 NY A Daily Splits 155 579 167 205 37 7 49 152 130 9 46 7 3 0 5 5 3 4 .354 .478 .696 6.6 1936 NY A
1937 NY A Daily Splits 157 569 138 200 37 9 37 158 127 13 49 4 0 0 8 12 4 3 .351 .473 .643 4.9 1937 NY A
1938 NY A Daily Splits 157 576 115 170 32 6 29 114 107 6 75 5 1 0 12 7 6 1 .295 .410 .523 1.5 1938 NY A
1939 NY A Daily Splits 8 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .273 .143 -0.5 1939 NY A
Total (17 Years) Splits 2164 8001 1888 2721 534 163 493 1995 1508 115 790 45 106 0 163 122 102 100 .340 .447 .632 71.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1926 NY A Daily Splits 7 23 1 8 2 0 0 4 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .464 .435 1926 NY A
1927 NY A Daily Splits 4 13 2 4 2 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .438 .769 1927 NY A
1928 NY A Daily Splits 4 11 5 6 1 0 4 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .545 .706 1.727 1928 NY A
1932 NY A Daily Splits 4 17 9 9 1 0 3 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .529 .600 1.118 1932 NY A
1936 NY A Daily Splits 6 24 5 7 1 0 2 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 .393 .583 1936 NY A
1937 NY A Daily Splits 5 17 4 5 1 1 1 3 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .455 .647 1937 NY A
1938 NY A Daily Splits 4 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 1938 NY A
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 34 119 30 43 8 3 10 35 26 3 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .361 .483 .731 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1933 AL
1934 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 1934 AL
1935 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1935 AL
1936 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 2.000 1936 AL
1937 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 1937 AL
1938 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1938 AL
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 18 4 4 1 0 2 5 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .417 .611 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1923 NY A Daily Splits 1B 9 4 4 52.1 53 3 4 4 0 .933
1924 NY A Daily Splits 1B 2 0 0 5 9 1 0 0 0 1.000
1924 NY A RF 1 0 0 6.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1924 NY A OF 1 0 0 6.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1925 NY A Daily Splits 1B 114 112 104 980.1 1126 53 13 72 0 .989
1925 NY A OF 6 5 4 39 9 0 2 0 0 .818 2 0 4
1925 NY A RF 4 3 3 26 6 0 2 0 0 .750
1925 NY A LF 2 2 1 13 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 NY A Daily Splits 1B 155 155 152 1361 1566 73 15 87 0 .991
1927 NY A Daily Splits 1B 155 155 153 1387.2 1662 88 15 108 0 .992
1928 NY A Daily Splits 1B 154 154 149 1351.2 1488 79 18 112 0 .989
1929 NY A Daily Splits 1B 154 154 153 1362.2 1458 82 9 135 1 .994
1930 NY A Daily Splits 1B 153 153 147 1344.1 1298 89 15 109 0 .989
1930 NY A LF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1930 NY A OF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1931 NY A Daily Splits 1B 154 154 154 1399.2 1352 58 13 120 1 .991
1931 NY A RF 1 1 1 9 3 0 1 0 0 .750
1931 NY A OF 1 1 1 9 3 0 1 0 0 .750 0 0 1
1932 NY A Daily Splits 1B 156 156 148 1369.1 1293 75 18 101 0 .987
1933 NY A Daily Splits 1B 152 152 148 1341.2 1290 64 9 102 0 .993
1934 NY A Daily Splits 1B 153 153 149 1348.1 1284 80 8 126 0 .994
1934 NY A SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1935 NY A Daily Splits 1B 149 149 143 1314 1337 82 15 96 1 .990
1936 NY A Daily Splits 1B 155 155 151 1382.1 1377 82 9 128 0 .994
1937 NY A Daily Splits 1B 157 157 153 1365.2 1370 74 16 113 1 .989
1938 NY A Daily Splits 1B 157 157 151 1361 1483 100 14 157 0 .991
1939 NY A Daily Splits 1B 8 8 8 71 64 4 2 5 0 .971
Total (17 Years) Splits 1B 2137 2128 2067 18798 19510 1087 193 1575 4 .991
Total ( 4 Years) OF 9 7 6 63.2 15 0 3 0 0 .833 3 0 6
Total ( 3 Years) RF 6 4 4 41.2 10 0 3 0 0 .769
Total ( 2 Years) LF 3 3 2 22 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1926 NY A Daily Splits 1B 7 7 7 63 77 1 0 3 0 1.000
1927 NY A Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 36 41 3 0 3 0 1.000
1928 NY A Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 36 33 0 0 3 0 1.000
1932 NY A Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 36 37 2 1 1 0 .975
1936 NY A Daily Splits 1B 6 6 6 54 45 2 0 2 0 1.000
1937 NY A Daily Splits 1B 5 5 5 44 50 1 0 2 0 1.000
1938 NY A Daily Splits 1B 4 4 4 36 25 3 0 4 0 1.000
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 1B 34 34 34 305 308 12 1 18 0 .997
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1933 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 9 12 0 1 1 0 .923
1934 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 9 11 1 1 0 0 .923
1935 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 9 12 0 0 0 0 1.000
1936 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 8 7 0 0 1 0 1.000
1937 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 9 11 1 0 0 0 1.000
1938 AL Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 1B 6 5 5 48 54 2 2 2 0 .966
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-21-1924 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Arguing with opponent
4-27-1925 BOX NY A Red Ormsby Called third strike
6-29-1926 BOX NY A George Hildebrand Called third strike (Threw bat)
5-31-1928 BOX NY A George Hildebrand Call at 1B
7- 9-1928(2) BOX NY A Dan Barry Call at 1B (Threw glove)
7-21-1929 BOX NY A Roy Van Graflan Call at 1B
6-14-1933 BOX NY A Bill Summers Interference non-call
7-26-1933(2) BOX NY A Bill Summers Call at 1B
9-18-1935(2) BOX NY A Bill Dinneen Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as a free agent by New York Yankees (April 30, 1923).
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