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Gehrig's funeral at Christ Episcopal Church in Riverdale, Bronx, June 4, 1941 Lou and Eleanor Gehrig's headstone in Kensico Cemetery (the year of his birth was erroneously inscribed as "1905") Gehrig played his last game for the Yankees on April 30, 1939. [ 89 ]
Crosetti drove in two with a double off Dean, giving him four RBI for the game and six for the Series. As in Game 1, Ruffing went the distance, allowing two earned runs and eight hits with six strikeouts. This was the last World Series game ever played by Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig. He had one hit in four at-bats.
Gehrig's streak of 2,130 straight games played came to an end in 1939, and only at the hands of the disease that bears his name. Suffering from ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, the New York Yankee ...
This was the second—not the first—game of Gehrig's then-record 2,130 consecutive games played, which lasted for 14 seasons. The streak started the previous day, as on June 1 Gehrig entered the game as a pinch hitter, substituting for shortstop Wanninger. [19]
1938: Lou Gehrig hits a Grand Slam. The play was the 23rd Grand Slam of his career and set a record that held until Alex Rodriguez broke it 75 years later. 1911: The first telegram to go around ...
The Yankees lose the game and DiMaggio will miss the next 35 games. April 30 – Lou Gehrig goes hitless in four at-bats against the Washington Senators and is now hitting just .143 this season. He had just played his 2,130th consecutive major league game. No one knew it would be the last of his career.
On June 2, 1941 Lou Gehrig would die; he was 37 years old. Let us be mindful of old people with ailments too.
Ripken surpassed Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, whose record of 2,130 consecutive games had stood for 56 years. Before Gehrig, the record was held by Everett Scott (1,307 consecutive games), a shortstop with the Red Sox and Yankees whose streak ended in 1925, less than a month before Gehrig's began. Scott broke the record held by George ...