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Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis Gehrig (The Iron Horse and Biscuit Pants)
also known as Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 19, 1903 in New York, NY
Schools: Columbia University
Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees in 1923. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1923
Final Game: April 30, 1939
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1939.
Died: June 2, 1941 in Riverdale, NY
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 20 NYY AL 13 29 26 6 11 4 1 1 9 0 0 2 5 .423 .464 .769 1.234 218 20 0 1 /3
1924 21 NYY AL 10 13 12 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .500 .538 .583 1.122 189 7 0 0 /3O
1925 22 NYY AL 126 497 437 73 129 23 10 20 68 6 3 46 49 .295 .365 .531 .896 127 232 2 12 *3/O MVP-24
1926 23 NYY AL 155 696 572 135 179 47 20 16 112 6 5 105 73 .313 .420 .549 .969 152 314 1 18 *3 MVP-10
1927 24 NYY AL 155 717 584 149 218 52 18 47 175 10 8 109 84 .373 .474 .765 1.240 221 447 3 21 *3 MVP-1
1928 25 NYY AL 154 677 562 139 210 47 13 27 142 4 11 95 69 .374 .467 .648 1.115 194 364 4 16 *3
1929 26 NYY AL 154 692 553 127 166 32 10 35 126 4 4 122 68 .300 .431 .584 1.015 166 323 5 12 *3
1930 27 NYY AL 154 703 581 143 220 42 17 41 174 12 14 101 63 .379 .473 .721 1.194 203 419 3 18 *3/O
1931 28 NYY AL 155 738 619 163 211 31 15 46 184 17 12 117 56 .341 .446 .662 1.108 194 410 0 2 *3/O MVP-2
1932 29 NYY AL 156 708 596 138 208 42 9 34 151 4 11 108 38 .349 .451 .621 1.072 181 370 3 1 *3 MVP-2
1933 30 NYY AL 152 687 593 138 198 41 12 32 139 9 13 92 42 .334 .424 .605 1.030 177 359 1 1 *3 MVP-4
1934 31 NYY AL 154 690 579 128 210 40 6 49 165 9 5 109 31 .363 .465 .706 1.172 208 409 2 0 *3/6 MVP-5
1935 32 NYY AL 149 672 535 125 176 26 10 30 119 8 7 132 38 .329 .466 .583 1.049 176 312 5 0 *3 MVP-5
1936 33 NYY AL 155 719 579 167 205 37 7 49 152 3 4 130 46 .354 .478 .696 1.174 190 403 7 3 *3 MVP-1
1937 34 NYY AL 157 700 569 138 200 37 9 37 159 4 3 127 49 .351 .473 .643 1.116 177 366 4 0 *3 MVP-4
1938 35 NYY AL 157 689 576 115 170 32 6 29 114 6 1 107 75 .295 .410 .523 .932 132 301 5 1 *3 MVP-19
1939 36 NYY AL 8 33 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .143 .273 .143 .416 10 4 2 0 0 /3
17 Seasons 2164 9660 8001 1888 2721 534 163 493 1995 102 101 1508 790 .340 .447 .632 1.080 179 5060 2 45 106
162 Game Avg. 162 723 599 141 204 40 12 37 149 8 8 113 59 .340 .447 .632 1.080 179 379 3 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Standard Fielding

Detailed Stats

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1923 NYY AL 20 1B 9 60 53 3 4 4 .933 6.22 .990 10.22
1924 NYY AL 21 1B 2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 .990 10.15
1924 NYY AL 21 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.30 0-0-1
1925 NYY AL 22 1B 114 1192 1126 53 13 72 .989 10.34 .988 8.77 MVP-24
1925 NYY AL 22 OF 6 11 9 0 2 0 .818 1.50 .973 2.27 2-0-4 MVP-24
1926 NYY AL 23 1B 155 1654 1566 73 15 87 .991 10.57 .990 6.45 MVP-10
1927 NYY AL 24 1B 155 1765 1662 88 15 108 .992 11.29 .988 6.45 MVP-1
1928 NYY AL 25 1B 154 1585 1488 79 18 112 .989 10.18 .990 6.49
1929 NYY AL 26 1B 154 1549 1458 82 9 135 .994 10.00 .993 6.49
1930 NYY AL 27 1B 153 1402 1298 89 15 109 .989 9.07 .989 6.54
1930 NYY AL 27 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.20 1-0-0
1931 NYY AL 28 1B 154 1423 1352 58 13 120 .991 9.16 .991 6.49 MVP-2
1931 NYY AL 28 OF 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 .975 2.20 0-0-1 MVP-2
1932 NYY AL 29 1B 156 1386 1293 75 18 101 .987 8.77 .989 6.41 MVP-2
1933 NYY AL 30 1B 152 1363 1290 64 9 102 .993 8.91 .989 6.58 MVP-4
1934 NYY AL 31 1B 153 1372 1284 80 8 126 .994 8.92 .991 6.54 MVP-5
1934 NYY AL 31 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10 MVP-5
1935 NYY AL 32 1B 149 1434 1337 82 15 96 .990 9.52 .992 6.71 MVP-5
1936 NYY AL 33 1B 155 1468 1377 82 9 128 .994 9.41 .991 6.45 MVP-1
1937 NYY AL 34 1B 157 1460 1370 74 16 113 .989 9.20 .991 6.37 MVP-4
1938 NYY AL 35 1B 157 1597 1483 100 14 157 .991 10.08 .990 6.37 MVP-19
1939 NYY AL 36 1B 8 70 64 4 2 5 .971 8.50 .990 9.43
17 Seasons 1B 2137 20790 19510 1087 193 1575 .991 9.64 .990 6.64
4 Seasons OF 9 18 15 0 3 0 .833 1.67 .972 2.26 3-0-6
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
17 Seasons TOT 2147 20808 19525 1087 196 1575 .991 9.60 .981 6.62 3-0-6
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 (1B)
1934 (1B)
1935 (1B)
1936 (1B)
1937 (1B)
1938 *
1939

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1927-AL-MVP
1934-AL-Triple Crown
1936-AL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1925-AL-24-3%
1926-AL-10-11%
1927-AL-1-88%
1931-AL-2-74%
1932-AL-2-69%
1933-AL-4-49%
1934-AL-5-68%
1935-AL-5-36%
1936-AL-1-91%
1937-AL-4-52%
1938-AL-19-3%
2 MVPs
5.44 Career Shares (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 AL--.373--3rd
1928 AL--.374--3rd
1930 AL--.379--2nd
1931 AL--.341--5th
1932 AL--.349--3rd
1933 AL--.334--3rd
1934 AL--.363--1st
1935 AL--.329--6th
1936 AL--.354--5th
1937 AL--.351--2nd
Career--.340--17th

On-Base% s c a p y
1926 AL--.420--9th
1927 AL--.474--3rd
1928 AL--.467--1st
1929 AL--.431--2nd
1930 AL--.473--2nd
1931 AL--.446--3rd
1932 AL--.451--4th
1933 AL--.424--5th
1934 AL--.465--1st
1935 AL--.466--1st
1936 AL--.478--1st
1937 AL--.473--1st
Career--.447--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 AL--.549--4th
1927 AL--.765--2nd
1928 AL--.648--2nd
1929 AL--.584--4th
1930 AL--.721--2nd
1931 AL--.662--2nd
1932 AL--.621--3rd
1933 AL--.605--2nd
1934 AL--.706--1st
1935 AL--.583--3rd
1936 AL--.696--1st
1937 AL--.643--4th
Career--.632--3rd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 AL--.969--4th
1927 AL--1.240--2nd
1928 AL--1.115--2nd
1929 AL--1.015--4th
1930 AL--1.194--2nd
1931 AL--1.108--2nd
1932 AL--1.072--3rd
1933 AL--1.030--2nd
1934 AL--1.172--1st
1935 AL--1.049--2nd
1936 AL--1.174--1st
1937 AL--1.116--1st
Career--1.080--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1926 AL--155--2nd
1927 AL--155--1st
1928 AL--154--3rd
1929 AL--154--3rd
1930 AL--154--1st
1931 AL--155--2nd
1932 AL--156--1st
1933 AL--152--5th
1934 AL--154--1st
1936 AL--155--1st
1937 AL--157--1st
1938 AL--157--1st
Career--2164--138th

At Bats s c a p y
1927 AL--584--5th
1928 AL--562--7th
1931 AL--619--3rd
1932 AL--596--10th
1933 AL--593--9th
Career--8001--129th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1926 AL--696--3rd
1927 AL--717--2nd
1928 AL--677--9th
1929 AL--692--6th
1930 AL--703--1st
1931 AL--738--1st
1932 AL--708--3rd
1933 AL--687--5th
1934 AL--690--5th
1936 AL--719--4th
1937 AL--700--8th
1938 AL--689--5th
Career--9660--94th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 AL--135--2nd
1927 AL--149--2nd
1928 AL--139--2nd
1929 AL--127--3rd
1930 AL--143--4th
1931 AL--163--1st
1932 AL--138--4th
1933 AL--138--1st
1934 AL--128--3rd
1935 AL--125--1st
1936 AL--167--1st
1937 AL--138--3rd
1938 AL--115--10th
Career--1888--10th

Hits s c a p y
1927 AL--218--2nd
1928 AL--210--2nd
1930 AL--220--2nd
1931 AL--211--1st
1932 AL--208--4th
1933 AL--198--5th
1934 AL--210--2nd
1936 AL--205--7th
1937 AL--200--8th
Career--2721--52nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 AL--314--3rd
1927 AL--447--1st
1928 AL--364--3rd
1929 AL--323--5th
1930 AL--419--1st
1931 AL--410--1st
1932 AL--370--2nd
1933 AL--359--2nd
1934 AL--409--1st
1935 AL--312--5th
1936 AL--403--2nd
1937 AL--366--3rd
1938 AL--301--6th
Career--5060--16th

Doubles s c a p y
1926 AL--47--5th
1927 AL--52--1st
1928 AL--47--1st
1930 AL--42--7th
1932 AL--42--4th
1933 AL--41--6th
1934 AL--40--9th
Career--534--29th

Triples s c a p y
1926 AL--20--1st
1927 AL--18--2nd
1928 AL--13--9th
1930 AL--17--3rd
1931 AL--15--2nd
1933 AL--12--7th
Career--163--33rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL--20--5th
1926 AL--16--6th
1927 AL--47--2nd
1928 AL--27--2nd
1929 AL--35--2nd
1930 AL--41--2nd
1931 AL--46--1st
1932 AL--34--4th
1933 AL--32--3rd
1934 AL--49--1st
1935 AL--30--3rd
1936 AL--49--1st
1937 AL--37--3rd
1938 AL--29--7th
Career--493--26th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1926 AL--112--4th
1927 AL--175--1st
1928 AL--142--1st
1929 AL--126--4th
1930 AL--174--1st
1931 AL--184--1st
1932 AL--151--2nd
1933 AL--139--2nd
1934 AL--165--1st
1935 AL--119--2nd
1936 AL--152--2nd
1937 AL--159--3rd
1938 AL--114--7th
Career--1995--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 AL--105--4th
1927 AL--109--2nd
1928 AL--95--4th
1929 AL--122--3rd
1930 AL--101--3rd
1931 AL--117--3rd
1932 AL--108--4th
1933 AL--92--6th
1934 AL--109--2nd
1935 AL--132--1st
1936 AL--130--1st
1937 AL--127--1st
1938 AL--107--5th
Career--1508--16th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 AL--49--10th
1926 AL--73--3rd
1927 AL--84--2nd
1928 AL--69--3rd
1929 AL--68--2nd
1930 AL--63--3rd
1931 AL--56--7th
1938 AL--75--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 AL--17--6th

Singles s c a p y
1928 AL--123--10th
1932 AL--123--10th
Career--1531--174th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 AL--152--5th
1927 AL--221--2nd
1928 AL--194--2nd
1929 AL--166--3rd
1930 AL--203--2nd
1931 AL--194--2nd
1932 AL--181--3rd
1933 AL--177--2nd
1934 AL--208--1st
1935 AL--176--2nd
1936 AL--190--1st
1937 AL--177--1st
Career--179--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 AL--131--2nd
1927 AL--208--1st
1928 AL--164--2nd
1929 AL--137--5th
1930 AL--192--1st
1931 AL--180--2nd
1932 AL--161--2nd
1933 AL--147--2nd
1934 AL--189--1st
1935 AL--143--3rd
1936 AL--189--1st
1937 AL--171--2nd
1938 AL--123--6th
Career--2233--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 AL--46--2nd
1927 AL--106--1st
1928 AL--81--2nd
1929 AL--59--3rd
1930 AL--94--2nd
1931 AL--85--2nd
1932 AL--75--3rd
1933 AL--66--2nd
1934 AL--94--1st
1935 AL--67--2nd
1936 AL--87--1st
1937 AL--74--1st
Career--983--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 AL--4.4--2nd
1927 AL--9.8--1st
1928 AL--7.6--2nd
1929 AL--5.5--3rd
1930 AL--8.4--2nd
1931 AL--7.9--2nd
1932 AL--6.9--3rd
1933 AL--6.3--2nd
1934 AL--8.6--1st
1935 AL--6.2--2nd
1936 AL--7.6--1st
1937 AL--6.6--1st
1938 AL--2.8--10th
Career--90.2--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 AL--83--1st
1927 AL--117--1st
1928 AL--87--2nd
1929 AL--77--4th
1930 AL--100--1st
1931 AL--92--1st
1932 AL--85--2nd
1933 AL--85--2nd
1934 AL--95--2nd
1935 AL--66--5th
1936 AL--93--2nd
1937 AL--83--4th
1938 AL--67--7th
Career--1190--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 AL--285--3rd
1927 AL--330--1st
1928 AL--309--2nd
1929 AL--293--2nd
1930 AL--324--1st
1931 AL--328--1st
1932 AL--319--2nd
1933 AL--291--2nd
1934 AL--321--1st
1935 AL--313--2nd
1936 AL--342--1st
1937 AL--331--1st
1938 AL--282--5th
Career--4274--28th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 AL--.744--6th
1927 AL--.875--2nd
1928 AL--.836--2nd
1929 AL--.751--4th
1930 AL--.840--2nd
1931 AL--.823--3rd
1932 AL--.802--3rd
1933 AL--.785--2nd
1934 AL--.859--1st
1935 AL--.793--2nd
1936 AL--.830--1st
1937 AL--.823--1st
Career--.803--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 AL--5--6th
1935 AL--5--5th
1936 AL--7--4th
1938 AL--5--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 AL--18--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1928 AL--11--6th
1930 AL--14--2nd
1931 AL--12--6th
1932 AL--11--4th
1933 AL--13--2nd
1935 AL--7--9th
Career--101--107th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 AL--8.7--9th
1927 AL--16.5--2nd
1930 AL--18.6--2nd
1931 AL--24.8--2nd
1933 AL--14.0--2nd
1934 AL--15.2--4th
1935 AL--12.6--6th
Career--169.0--121st

AB per SO s c a p y
1934 AL--18.677--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1925 AL--21.850--3rd
1926 AL--35.750--9th
1927 AL--12.426--2nd
1928 AL--20.815--2nd
1929 AL--15.800--3rd
1930 AL--14.171--2nd
1931 AL--13.457--2nd
1932 AL--17.529--3rd
1933 AL--18.531--3rd
1934 AL--11.816--1st
1935 AL--17.833--3rd
1936 AL--11.816--1st
1937 AL--15.378--4th
1938 AL--19.862--9th
Career--16.229--33rd

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5489--216th

Youngest s c a p y
1923 AL--born 1903-06-19--5th
1924 AL--born 1903-06-19--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 75 (10), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 315 (13), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 352 (7), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 72 (12), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

April 30, 1923: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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