lou gehrig?

Question

does anyone know anything about lou gehrig, the old baseball player for the yankees?

Answer 1

The first Iron Man of baseball - Lou held the record for the most consecutive games played prior to Ripken Jr. breaking it. He played 2130 consecutive games from 1925 to 139 (15 years). He was a left handed first baseman.

He holds the record for the most career grand slam homeruns with 23. He won the American League MVP twice (1927 and 1936). He finished witha triple crown of hitting in 1934 (led the league in batting average, HR and RBI).

He retired early from baseball after being diagnosed with amyotrohic lateral sclerosis (ALS) which is now referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease. You can also watch a film about the disease itself with Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter called The Theory of Flight.

Gehrig is often regarded as the greatest first basemen ever to play Major League Baseball and holds the highest slugging percentage for a first basemen in a career. While playing for the Yankees, he was teamed up with Babe Ruth. Ruth hit third in the line up and Gerhig hit fourth. It's said that Babe Ruth - often considered the greatest player to play baseball - was never intentionally walked during the years that Gehrig was on the team - because that'd be putting a guy on for Gehrig to drive in, and they'd have rather taken their chances with Ruth.

The movie Pride of the Yankees is based on Gehrig's life from college to his famous "luckiest man on earth" speech. Gary Cooper played the role of Gehrig - and Babe Ruth was still alive and played himself in the movie.

If you'd like to know more about statistics of Gehrig, go to www.baseball-reference.com and search on Gehrig's name.

Answer 2

Lou Gehrig was one of the best players of the game. Finally got in to a game when the first baseman could't play. He went on to play the most games in a row until Cal Ripken broke the record.
Gehrig had to retire from the game when he came up with a disease that was incurable. Most people call this diseas the Lou Gehrig disease

Mike Clark

Answer 3

Lou Gehrig played college baseball for Yale and was studying engineering when he was discovered by the New York Yankees. He played in 2130 games consecutively before being cut down with the disease that would be named after him or a form of muscular dystrophy which would take his life. He has hit the most grand slams in a career at 23.He slugged for 493 home runs and had a .340 lifetime average. His iron man status would finally be broken by Cal Ripken Jr , 56 years later.

Answer 4

Lou Gehrig was a first baseman for the New York Yankees from 1923-1939. Took over first base from Wally Pipp, who was suffering from severe headaches in 1925. This started a streak of 2,130 consecutive games played until he finally had to retire in 1939 due to a muscle disorder that would eventually kill him in 1941. He also was named the most valuable player in 1927 for a team that many consider to be the best team ever! They named them murders row! In 1931 he set an American League record with 184 runs batted in, in a season. He also holds the Major League record with 23 grand slams in a career. He also is in the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

Answer 5

( This is all off the top of my head )

Gehrig was, of course, a famous New York Yankees player. He once held the largest streak of played games before Cal Ripken Jr. broke that (he had over 2,000 games straight, but the exact number escapes me). He was diagnosed with a fatal muscle disorder, and ended up quitting the game of baseball. He gave the very famous quote "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth."

As a player, Gehrig was a home run hitter and also hit for a high average and just overall a very good man. He was one of the few people to win a Triple Crown award (lead the league in home runs, runs batted in, and batting average.)

Hope that was helpful.

Answer 6

In addition to the links provided by others, I would recommend a book written by his wife, Eleanor Gehrig. The name of the book is "My Luke and I." It gives great insight to Gerhrig's life, both professionally as well as privately. It also contains pictures of Lou, Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. You should be able to find a copy on Amazon.com.

Good luck in your quest to learn about the greatest 1st Basemen to ever play the game.

Answer 7

Here is a link from MLB.com with all of Gehrig's stats. There is plenty of info on Gehrig if you do a general search on Google.

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/mlb_player_locator_results.jsp?playerLocator=gehrig

Answer 8

What about him? There's lots of information out there on him. Just use Yahoo! or Google to search.
Wikipedia has a lot on him
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig

Answer 9

http://www.lougehrig.com/about/achievements.htm

The second greatest baseball player in history. Babe Ruth is the greatest. His teammate.

Answer 10

seems like everyone (so far) but you