Full name: Henry Louis Gehrig
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: American
Why famous: American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1923–1939).
A seven-time All-Star and six-time World Series champion, Gehrig won the Triple Crown in 1934 and was twice named the American League’s Most Valuable Player. Gehrig was the first MLB player to have his uniform number relinquished, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
Born: June 19, 1903
Place of birth: NYC, New York, USA
Generation: Biggest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star sign Gemini
Died: June 2, 1941 (Alter 37)
Cause of death: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease now commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease
married life
- 1933-09-29 NY Yankees First Baseman Lou Gehrig (30) heiratet Eleanor Twitchell in New Rochelle, New York
Historical events
- 1923-09-27 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig scores 1st of his 493 HRs
- 1925-06-01 Future NY Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig pinch hits for shortstop Pee-Wee Wanninge in a 5-3 loss to Washington; first record of 2,130 games in a row
- 1925-07-23 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig achieves first of 23 Grand Slammer careers
- 1927-06-23 New York City future Baseball Hall of Fame baseman Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in the Yankees’ 11-4 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
- 1927-10-11 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig named American League MVP; despite MLB record of 60 HR’s Babe Ruth as a past winner is not eligible
- 1928-06-12 New York Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig collects 14 total bases with 2 triples and 2 homers in a 15-7 win over the Chicago White Sox
- 1929-05-04 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
- 1930-05-22 Yankees’ future Baseball Hall of Famer 1st baseman Lou Gehrig becomes first to hit 3 HRs three times while NY outs Philadelphia A, 20-13; Teams combine for the then-record 10 homers
- 1930-06-22 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig smashes 3 HRs in 20-13 win over Philadelphia A’s at Shibe Park
- 1930-07-31 NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in 8 carries with a grand slam and 2 doubles in a 14-13 win over rivals Boston Red Sox
- 1930-09-28 Lou Gehrig’s clean streak ends at 885 straight games
- 1931-04-02 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell beats New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a baseball game at Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 1931-04-26 Lou Gehrig hits an HR but is challenged for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for the season
- 1931-08-18 Lou Gehrig didn’t score in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutive game played
- 1931-09-01 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 1. Baseman Lou Gehrig scores his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and 6th homer in consecutive games in the NY Yankees’ 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox
- 1931-09-20 MLB’s Lou Gehrig’s 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
- 1931-09-27 MLB’s Lou Gehrig completes his sixth straight season and plays in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
- 1932-06-03 Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig, who hit first 4 consecutive HRs in an MLB game; NY Yankees beat Philadelphia A 20-13 at Shibe Park
- 1932-06-23 St. Louis Browns beat NY Yankees, 14-10; Lou Gehrig’s 1.103. Consecutive game in a Yankees jersey equals Joe Sewell’s record with one team (Cleveland Indians).
- 1933-06-14 MLB’s Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy busted, McCarthy stopped 3 games but Gehrig didn’t, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
- 1933-08-17 MLB player Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308. game in a row
- 1934-06-25 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig beats the White Sox 11-2 for the cycle
- 1934-07-05 Lou Gehrig achieves record 17th career Grand Slam in Yankees 8-3 win over Washington, Babe Ruth ‘s passes total
- 1934-07-10 NL pitcher Carl Hubbell knocks out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin for MLB All Star game record for consecutive strikeouts; AL still wins, 9-7
- 1934-09-25 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500. game in a row
- 1934-10-20 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig sails to Japan for an 18-game streak against the Big-Six University League
- 1934-11-02 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig begins 18-game tour against Japanese varsity Big Six league
- 1934-11-03 NY Yankees 1st baseman Lou Gehrig wins American League Triple Crown after hitting .363 with 49 HRs and 165 RBI; but Philadelphia A’s catcher Mickey Cochrane (.320, 2 HRs, 76 RBI) is named AL MVP
- 1934-11-20 17-year-old pitcher Eiji Sawamura gives up just 1 hit, a Lou Gehrig HR, as the US All Stars defeat Japan 1-0
- 1936-10-16 Lou Gehrig is elected AL MVP by BBWAA
- 1937-07-07 5th MLB All Star Game, Griffin Stadium, Washington: AL wins 8-3, Lou Gehrig drives in 4 runs with HR & Double
- 1938-08-20 NY Yankees future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig achieves record 23rd & final grand slam in 11-3 win over Philadelphia A’s at Shribe Park
- 1939-04-30 Lou Gehrig sets an MLB record and plays his 2,130. Back-to-back game and final game for the New York Yankees.
- 1939-05-02 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig finishes 2,130 straight games, Yanks beat Detroit Tigers 22-2
- 1939-06-21 NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- 1939-07-04 Lou Gehrig becomes the first MLB player whose number (4) retires on his ‘Appreciation Day’ at Yankee Stadium and delivers an iconic ‘happiest man’ speech
- 1939-12-07 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1941-07-06 New York Yankees team unveils memorial to former captain Lou Gehrig in center field at Yankee Stadium; the future Hall of Famer passed away last month
- 1994-08-01 Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. becomes only the second player, after Lou Gehrig, to appear in 2,000 consecutive MLB games in a 1-0 win over Twins
