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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Lou Gehrig
June 2, 1941. He died 17 days before he was to turn 38 of ALS.
| How many years did Gehrig's record stand? | Lou Gehrig
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56. April 30, 1939, to September 6, 1995.
| Who broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games? | Lou Gehrig
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Cal Ripken Jr.. Ripken broke the streak on September 6, 1995.
| In what year was he voted into the Hall of Fame? | Lou Gehrig
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1939. He was voted in the same year he retired. The first player to be so.
| Does Lou Gehrig set a record for most career grand slams? | Lou Gehrig
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yes. Gehrig hit 23 career grand slams.
| Whose record did he break when he got to 1,308 consecutive games played? | Lou Gehrig
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Everett Scott . Everett Scott played shortstop for the Yankees. His streak was 1,307 consecutive games played. This streak was from 1916 to May 1925.
| How many games did his consecutive game streak last? | Lou Gehrig
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2,130. It lasted from June 1, 1925 to May 2, 1939. Eleanor wanted him to end it at 1,999.
2,721. On April 30, 1939, he got his last hit against the Washington Senators.
| Lou Gehrig won the triple crown in 1934? | Lou Gehrig
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true. His batting average was .363, 49 homeruns, and 165 RBIs.
September 29, 1933. Her name was Eleanor Twitchell from Chicago.
| On what date did Gehrig hit four home runs in one game? | Lou Gehrig
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June 3, 1932. He did this against the Philadelphia Athletics.
| What was Lou's career-HIGH batting average? | Lou Gehrig
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| During which two seasons did he win the American League Most Valuable Player award? | Lou Gehrig
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1927 and 1936. In 1927 he had 47 home runs, .373 batting average, 175 RBIs, 52 doubles, 18 triples, and 149 runs scored.
| How many career homeruns did Gehrig hit? | Lou Gehrig
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493. He had 47 in 1927 when Babe Ruth hit 60.
| Which base was Gehrig's first career stolen base? | Lou Gehrig
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home plate. This was in the 1925 season.
| Before Gehrig became the Yankee's starting first baseman, who was the first baseman for the Yankees? | Lou Gehrig
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Wally Pipp . On June 2, 1925, Pipp got hit in the head with a ball during batting practice.
| On which date did Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak begin? | Lou Gehrig
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June 1, 1925. In the first game of the streak, Gehrig pinch-hit for shortstop Pee Wee Wanninger.
Columbia University . There he played both baseball and football.
New York City. Lou grew up in Manhattan.
June 19,1903. His parents were Henrich and Christina Gehrig.
| Once Gehrig's consecutive game streak was off and running, he played first base the entire period except for one game. In that game on September 28, 1930, Harry Rice played first base. Where did Lou play? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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Left field. Gehrig never played any of the other postions listed. Ruth who was the team's regular left fielder pitched that day. This was the first time in nine years that Ruth pitched. He went the distance for the win, allowing three runs on 11 hits. Strangely, after his nine-year pitching layoff, he would wait another three seasons before he saw the mound again.
| Babe Ruth's tremendous 60 home run season in 1927 much overshadowed Gehrig's performance. The sportswriters were continuously passing on Lou for interviews with Ruth, which didn't bother him at all. How many home runs did Gehrig hit in the 1927 season? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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47. Gehrig had more RBIs, almost twice as many doubles, out-hit Ruth .373-.356, and had 26 more hits than the Babe in the season. It was Ruth's 60 blasts that took the limelight all season. Lou went on to hit 49 home runs in 1934 and 1936, winning his third home run crown.
| On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig removed himself from the line-up. Who started and played the entire game at first base instead of Gehrig? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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Babe Dahlgren. The others never played for the Yankees. In 1939, the 2130 consecutive games came to an end. The Yankees went on to win the American League by being victorious 106 times, finishing 17 games ahead of runner-up Boston Red Sox.
| When Lou reached 1307 consecutive games, he broke the previous AL record set by Everett Scott in 1924. Which team did Scott play for when the streak of his own stopped? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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Yankees. The other teams listed were National League teams. After playing eight seasons in Boston from 1914-1921, Scott ironically was a Yankee in 1922. Scott's streak came to a halt in 1924.
| Gehrig's streak almost ended on July 25, 1925. Not being in the line-up, why did he end up substituting for a teammate in the ninth inning of that game? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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Fred Merkle passed out. Merkle had played the entire game in the heat, and Huggins asked if he wanted to be taken out. Merkle refused, then minutes later in the ninth inning, found himself on the ground.
| Gehrig substituted for Wally Pipp the day after his consecutive game streak began. Why did he substitute for the first baseman Pipp? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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Pipp was beaned during batting practice. Reserve Yankee pitcher Charlie Caldwell hit Pipp during batting practice, and he saw more than five fingers at game time. Caldwell later went on in his career to take Princeton to two straight undefeated football seasons.
| Contrary to popular belief, Lou's consecutive game streak did not begin when the substituted for an ailing first baseman. His streak began a day earlier when he pinch-hit for which Yankee shortstop? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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Pee Wee Wanninger. The others never played for the Yankees and were all second basemen. Wanninger was the shortstop and was in his first season in 1925. After not playing in the 1926 season, he played for the Red Sox and the Reds in 1927, then retired. Gehrig's streak began on June 1, 1925.
| Gehrig played in only 13 games for the Yankees in his first season. Which season was it? | The Great Lou Gehrig
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1923. In only 26 at-bats he had 11 hits, four doubles, one triple, one home run, and batted .423.
1903. 1903 saw the Boston Pilgrims defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates in a nine-game World Series format, five games to three. It was saw Ludwig Heinrich 'Henry Louis' Gehrig born on June 19th in New York, New York.
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