Lou Gehrig

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: June 19, 1903 in New York, NY us

Died: June 2, 1941 in Bronx, NY

Buried: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY

High School: HS of Commerce (New York, NY)

School: Columbia University (New York, NY)

Debut: June 15, 1923 (Age 19-361d, 5,753rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 30, 1939 (Age 35-315d)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by Special Election)
View Lou Gehrig's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Henry Louis Gehrig

Nicknames: The Iron Horse, Biscuit Pants, Buster, Laruppin', Crown Prince of Swat or Columbia

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

113.7

8001

2721

493

.340

1888

RBI

1995

102

OBP

.447

SLG

.632

OPS

1.080

OPS+

179

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-7 / in Starts: 27-7
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	23 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1926	WS g1	Oct 2	NYY		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	1.63	0.076	85.15	2.16%	0.12	1B
2	1926	WS g2	Oct 3	NYY		STL	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	5	1.22	-0.075	65.08	-2.34%	-0.71	1B
3	1926	WS g3	Oct 5	NYY	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	5	.75	-0.021	47.19	-0.88%	0.12	1B
4	1926	WS g4	Oct 6	NYY	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.357	.400	.429	.829	5	.81	0.055	52.30	2.34%	0.68	1B
5	1926	WS g5	Oct 7	NYY	@	STL	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.412	.500	.529	1.029	5	2.25	0.221	185.31	10.13%	1.10	1B
6	1926	WS g6	Oct 9	NYY		STL	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.458	.476	.935	5	1.07	-0.093	80.49	-4.60%	-0.32	1B
7	1926	WS g7	Oct 10	NYY		STL	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.464	.435	.899	5	2.04	0.008	339.58	1.83%	-0.10	1B
1927 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	1927	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	4	1.17	0.221	61.31	7.51%	2.26	1B
9	1927	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.571	1.000	1.571	4	.60	0.028	30.73	0.85%	-0.51	1B
10	1927	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY		PIT	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.636	1.250	1.886	4	.65	0.147	27.19	3.29%	1.48	1B
11	1927	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY		PIT	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.438	.769	1.207	4	1.12	-0.203	25.53	-2.47%	-1.84	1B
1928 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1928	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	4	.72	0.090	37.61	2.54%	1.44	1B
13	1928	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		STL	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.500	1.000	1.500	4	.88	0.242	46.72	6.96%	2.26	1B
14	1928	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.556	.667	1.667	2.333	4	1.10	0.361	45.83	8.86%	3.34	1B
15	1928	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.545	.706	1.727	2.433	4	1.21	0.298	22.31	3.51%	1.78	1B
1932 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1932	WS g1	Sep 28	NYY		CHC	W,12-6	CG	5	4	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	4	.87	0.263	45.83	7.64%	3.15	1B
17	1932	WS g2	Sep 29	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.625	.667	1.000	1.667	4	1.05	0.139	56.25	4.04%	1.22	1B
18	1932	WS g3	Oct 1	NYY	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.538	.571	1.231	1.802	4	.58	0.163	24.16	4.48%	1.29	1B
19	1932	WS g4	Oct 2	NYY	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.529	.600	1.118	1.718	4	1.38	0.263	25.45	2.98%	2.26	1B
1936 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1936	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	4	1.72	-0.061	89.95	-1.98%	-0.73	1B
21	1936	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY	@	NYG	W,18-4	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	4	.58	0.094	30.83	3.31%	0.91	1B
22	1936	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.385	.545	.930	4	1.10	0.026	68.97	0.88%	0.39	1B
23	1936	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.412	.800	1.212	4	.67	0.067	43.06	2.34%	1.32	1B
24	1936	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		NYG	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.409	.684	1.093	4	2.34	-0.157	117.28	-4.15%	-0.59	1B
25	1936	WS g6	Oct 6	NYY	@	NYG	W,13-5	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.393	.583	.976	4	.84	0.023	77.01	1.65%	0.92	1B
1937 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	1937	WS g1	Oct 6	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	4	.92	-0.051	48.28	-1.45%	0.03	1B
27	1937	WS g2	Oct 7	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.625	.250	.875	4	.77	0.036	40.69	1.02%	0.97	1B
28	1937	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.462	.222	.684	4	.67	0.007	28.08	0.34%	-0.51	1B
29	1937	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.412	.462	.873	4	.49	-0.048	9.27	-0.53%	0.26	1B
30	1937	WS g5	Oct 10	NYY	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.455	.647	1.102	4	.81	0.136	27.93	3.03%	1.11	1B
1938 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	1938	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	.77	-0.039	40.17	-1.46%	-0.43	1B
32	1938	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	.95	0.059	48.62	1.61%	0.47	1B
33	1938	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	5	.86	0.025	35.73	0.59%	0.28	1B
34	1938	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY		CHC	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	5	.57	0.004	12.88	0.04%	0.06	1B
									150	119	30	43	8	3	10	35	26	3	17	2	1				0	1	.361	.483	.731	1.214

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