    
Title: "The Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig Description: Seven-time All Star, two-time American League MVP and National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee, "The Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig (Henry Louis Gehrig; Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig; 1903-1941) drops his bat after a hit in 1938. Gehrig played from 1923-1939 and amassed career totals of a.340 batting average (BA), 493 home runs (HR), 2,721 hits and 1,995 runs batted in (RBI). Sadly, Gehrig was forced into retirement in 1939 after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Gehrig is perfectly profiled by Gary Cooper (who won an Academy Award for his performance) in the 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees; Category: Sports Keywords: American baseball players, National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees, Major League Baseball first basemen, New York Yankees players, AL All Stars, American League All Stars, German Americans, retired baseball numbers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's Disease, World Series Champions, AL MVP's, American League MVP's, American League Triple Crown winners Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2400 x 1418 (3.40 MPixels) (1.69) Print Size: 20.3 x 12.0 cm; 8.0 x 4.7 inches File Size: 9.76 MB (10,238,712 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000301601 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
