Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis Gehrig
Born: June 19, 1903
New York, NY USA
Deceased: 1941
Bronx, NY USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
College: Columbia University
Career: 1923-1939
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
Minor League Statistics
Lou Gehrig compiled a career batting average of .340 with 493 home runs and 1995 RBI in his 2164-game career with the New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1923 season and last took the field during the 1939 campaign. Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1923 | AL | New York Yankees | 13 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .423 | .464 | .769 | 1.234 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | 10 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .500 | .538 | .583 | 1.122 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | 126 | 497 | 437 | 73 | 129 | 23 | 10 | 20 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 49 | .295 | .365 | .531 | .896 | 232 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | 155 | 696 | 572 | 135 | 179 | 47 | 20 | 16 | 112 | 6 | 5 | 105 | 73 | .313 | .420 | .549 | .969 | 314 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | 155 | 717 | 584 | 149 | 218 | 52 | 18 | 47 | 175 | 10 | 8 | 109 | 84 | .373 | .474 | .765 | 1.240 | 447 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | 154 | 677 | 562 | 139 | 210 | 47 | 13 | 27 | 142 | 4 | 11 | 95 | 69 | .374 | .467 | .648 | 1.115 | 364 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | New York Yankees | 154 | 692 | 553 | 127 | 166 | 32 | 10 | 35 | 126 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 68 | .300 | .431 | .584 | 1.015 | 323 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 154 | 703 | 581 | 143 | 220 | 42 | 17 | 41 | 174 | 12 | 14 | 101 | 63 | .379 | .473 | .721 | 1.194 | 419 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 155 | 738 | 619 | 163 | 211 | 31 | 15 | 46 | 184 | 17 | 12 | 117 | 56 | .341 | .446 | .662 | 1.108 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 156 | 708 | 596 | 138 | 208 | 42 | 9 | 34 | 151 | 4 | 11 | 108 | 38 | .349 | .451 | .621 | 1.072 | 370 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 152 | 687 | 593 | 138 | 198 | 41 | 12 | 32 | 139 | 9 | 13 | 92 | 42 | .334 | .424 | .605 | 1.030 | 359 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 154 | 690 | 579 | 128 | 210 | 40 | 6 | 49 | 165 | 9 | 5 | 109 | 31 | .363 | .465 | .706 | 1.172 | 409 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | 149 | 672 | 535 | 125 | 176 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 119 | 8 | 7 | 132 | 38 | .329 | .466 | .583 | 1.049 | 312 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | 155 | 719 | 579 | 167 | 205 | 37 | 7 | 49 | 152 | 3 | 4 | 130 | 46 | .354 | .478 | .696 | 1.174 | 403 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | 157 | 700 | 569 | 138 | 200 | 37 | 9 | 37 | 159 | 4 | 3 | 127 | 49 | .351 | .473 | .643 | 1.116 | 366 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | 157 | 689 | 576 | 115 | 170 | 32 | 6 | 29 | 114 | 6 | 1 | 107 | 75 | .295 | .410 | .523 | .932 | 301 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | 8 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .143 | .273 | .143 | .416 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2164 | 9660 | 8001 | 1888 | 2721 | 534 | 163 | 493 | 1995 | 102 | 101 | 1508 | 790 | .340 | .447 | .632 | 1.080 | 5060 | 2 | 45 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1923 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .933 | 6.222 | |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 1126 | 53 | 13 | 72 | .989 | 1.342 | |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.500 | |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1566 | 73 | 15 | 87 | .991 | 1.574 | |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1662 | 88 | 15 | 108 | .992 | 11.290 | |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1488 | 79 | 18 | 112 | .989 | 1.175 | |
1929 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1458 | 82 | 9 | 135 | .994 | 1.000 | |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 1298 | 89 | 15 | 109 | .989 | 9.065 | |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1352 | 58 | 13 | 120 | .991 | 9.156 | |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 1293 | 75 | 18 | 101 | .987 | 8.769 | |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 1290 | 64 | 9 | 102 | .993 | 8.908 | |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 1284 | 80 | 8 | 126 | .994 | 8.915 | |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 1337 | 82 | 15 | 96 | .990 | 9.523 | |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1377 | 82 | 9 | 128 | .994 | 9.413 | |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 1370 | 74 | 16 | 113 | .989 | 9.197 | |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 1483 | 100 | 14 | 157 | .991 | 1.083 | |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 8.500 | |
Totals | 2147 | 0 | 0.0 | 19525 | 1087 | 196 | 1575 | .991 | 9.600 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .348 | .464 | .435 | .899 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .308 | .389 | .769 | 1.158 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .545 | .706 | 1.727 | 2.433 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .529 | .600 | 1.118 | 1.718 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .292 | .393 | .583 | .976 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .294 | .455 | .647 | 1.102 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 150 | 119 | 30 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 17 | .361 | .477 | .731 | 1.208 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 7 | 7 | 63.0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 11.143 | 11.143 |
1927 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 11.000 |
1928 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.250 | 8.250 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 9.750 | 9.750 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 6 | 6 | 54.0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.833 | 7.833 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.432 | 1.200 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.250 | 7.250 |
Totals | 34 | 34 | 305.0 | 309 | 12 | 1 | 18 | .997 | 9.472 | 9.441 |
Awards
1927 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1927 - AL Most Valuable Player
1928 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1930 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1931 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1931 - AL TSN Guide MVP
1934 - AL TSN Guide MVP
1934 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1934 - AL Triple Crown
1936 - AL Most Valuable Player
1936 - AL TSN Guide MVP
1936 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
1937 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 1B
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