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Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis was a first baseman, played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees, was elected into the baseball hall of fame, and was the first player to have their number retired.
Although he started his Major League career halfway through the 1923 season with the Yankees,
Lou made his mark in 1926 when he batted .313 with 47 doubles, 20 triples, and 16 home runs.
But, he became famous in 1927 when put batted one of the greatest seasons or any batter in history, hitting .373, with 218 hits: 52 doubles, 18 triples, 47 home runs, a .765 slugging percentage, and 175 runs batted in. Even though he lived in the shadow of his more famous teammate, Babe Ruth, he was one of the highest run producers in baseball history. …show more content…

They also tied in
1931 at 46 home runs. He earned the nickname Iron Horse because of his strong drive. Gehrig was fourth in the batting line up, after Babe being third and making it important for Lou to get
Babe home. Lou became the first player to hit four home runs in a single game in 1932. He missed the fifth by a leap of the center fielder over the fence. The following year he married
Eleanor Twitchell, 1933. After being pushed by his wife to hire Babe’s agent as his own in 1936, he soon auditioned for the role of Tarzan in a new movie. Although he didn’t get far, he managed to have an embarrassing photo shoot of him in a leopard print loincloth. June 1, 1925 Gehrig entered the game as a pinch hitter, 14 years later he played 2.130 consecutive games. Despite injuries, such as: getting hit in the head by a pitcher, getting hit under the eye and knocked unconscious, and having to be lifted off the field due to sudden back pain, he stayed in the game.
As many people look back on these incidents, the back pain he regularly experienced could have been a large indicator of his pending illness. After the season with the end of the …show more content…

The prognosis was: rapidly increasing paralysis, and trouble swallowing and speaking, and a life expectancy of under 3 years. On June 21, the Yankee team announced Lou’s retirement, along with the surprise that his number would be retiring with him. The number 4 was no longer in the team and is to this day honored by all of baseball. A trophy given to him by the team had all their signatures engraved in it and a poem. This became one of his most prised possessions and was with him at the time of his passing. On June 2, 1941, at 10:10 p.m., sixteen years to the day after he replaced Wally Pipp at first base and less than two years after his retirement from baseball,
Lou Gehrig died in his home. A monument dedicated to him by the team on center field in
Yankee stadium showing him as "A man, a gentleman and a great ballplayer whose amazing record of 2,130 consecutive games should stand for all time." This memorial piece would soon be joined by Babe Ruth’s 1949. Lou Gehrig made history with his determined attitude toward

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