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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 26)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	3
4	4	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
5	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
7	7	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
9	9	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
10	10	May 4	NYY	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
11	11	May 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
12	12	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	2	3	1
13	13	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
14	14	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
15	15	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
16	16	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
17	17	May 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
18	18	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
19	19	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
20	20	May 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
21	21	May 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	22	May 18	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
23	23	May 20	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
24	24	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	17	1	0	18	2
25	25	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,14-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
26	26	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
27	27	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,14-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	1	13	1
28	28	May 25	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
29	29	May 26	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
30	30	May 27	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	57	13.0	8	0	0	8	1
31	31	May 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	32	May 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
33	33	May 30	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
35	35	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	37	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
38	38	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
39	39	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
40	40	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
41	41	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	42	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
43	43	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
44	44	Jun 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
45	45	Jun 12	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	11	0	0	11	1
46	46	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
47	47	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	10	0	0	10	1
48	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
49	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
51	51	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
52	52	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
53	53	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
54	54	Jun 22	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
55	55	Jun 23	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
56	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
57	57	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
58	58	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
59	59	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
60	60	Jun 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	15	2	0	17	2
61	61	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	62	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	63	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
64	64	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	2	10	0
65	65	Jul 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
66	66	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,15-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
67	67	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
68	68	Jul 9	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	69	Jul 10	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
70	70	Jul 11 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
71	71	Jul 11 (2)	NYY		WSH	T,5-5	CG	39	9.0	9	5	0	14	0
72	72	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	73	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	L,7-14	CG	47	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	75	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
76	76	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
77	77	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
78	78	Jul 20 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
79	79	Jul 20 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	80	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
81	81	Jul 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-13	CG	46	8.0	11	2	0	13	1
82	82	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	83	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	6	1	0	7	2
84	84	Jul 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	44	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
85	85	Jul 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	8	1	0	9	1
86	86	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 28	NYY		DET	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	88	Jul 29	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
89	89	Jul 30	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
90	90	Jul 31	NYY		SLB	L,6-9	CG	49	10.0	9	0	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	91	Aug 1	NYY		SLB	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
92	92	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	93	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
94	94	Aug 4	NYY		CHW	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
95	95	Aug 5	NYY		CHW	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
96	96	Aug 6	NYY		CLE	T,7-6	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	2
97	97	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
98	98	Aug 8	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
99	99	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	61	14.0	10	0	0	10	2
100	100	Aug 11 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	32	7.0	10	1	0	11	0
101	101	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,10-16	CG	51	8.0	12	0	1	13	1
102	102	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
103	103	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
104	104	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
105	105	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
106	106	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	107	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
108	108	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
109	109	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	15	0	0	15	2
110	110	Aug 20	NYY		PHA	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	14	0	0	14	1
111	111	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
112	112	Aug 22	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	20	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
113	113	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	8.2	13	1	0	14	2
114	114	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
115	115	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
116	116	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
117	117	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
118	118	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
119	119	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	120	Aug 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	121	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
122	122	Sep 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
123	123	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
124	124	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
125	125	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
126	126	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
127	127	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
128	128	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
129	129	Sep 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
130	130	Sep 9	NYY		BOS	L,7-13	CG	50	9.0	13	3	0	16	0
131	131	Sep 10	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
132	132	Sep 11	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	2
133	133	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
134	134	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
135	135	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,17-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	1	13	1
136	136	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	11	3	0	14	2
137	137	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
138	138	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
139	139	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
140	140	Sep 18 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
141	141	Sep 19	NYY		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
142	142	Sep 20	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
143	143	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
144	144	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
145	145	Sep 23	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
146	146	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
147	147	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
148	148	Sep 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	9	2	2	13	1
149	149	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
150	151 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,15-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
151	152	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
152	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
153	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	GS	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
154	155	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	7.0	5	0	1	6	0
155	156	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
156	157	Oct 3	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GS	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
							157gm		1372.0	1370	74	16	1460	113