| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Gehrig, Henry Louis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Geh·rig |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g r  g |
| DATES: | 1903–1941 |
| VARIANTS: | Known as “Lou.” |
| American baseball player. Between 1923 and 1939 he played in 2,130 consecutive games, which was a major league record until 1995 when Cal Ripken, Jr. surpassed it.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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