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Lou Gehrig

American professional baseball player and Hall of Famer, celebrated for his exceptional hitting and consecutive All-Star appearances.

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Who is Lou Gehrig?

Lou Gehrig is best known for Renowned MLB first baseman for the New York Yankees, known as 'the Iron Horse' for his hitting prowess and durability. On Dead or Alive, Lou Gehrig is listed in the Sports Legends category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Lou Gehrig is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Renowned MLB first baseman for the New York Yankees, known as 'the Iron Horse' for his hitting prowess and durability.
Listed under: Sports Legends

About Lou Gehrig

Gehrig was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on-base average. He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBIs). A native of New York City and a student at Columbia University, Gehrig signed with the Yankees on April 29, 1923. He set several major-league records during his career, including the most career grand slams (23; since broken by Alex Rodriguez) and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for 56 years and was considered unbreakable until Cal Ripken Jr. surpassed it in 1995. Two weeks later, the ball club held a Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day on July 4, 1939, at the close of which he delivered his speech declaring himself the "luckiest man on the face of the earth" at Yankee Stadium. In 1969, the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted Gehrig the greatest first baseman of all time, and he was the leading vote-getter on the MLB All-Century Team, chosen by fans in 1999. A monument in Gehrig's honor, originally dedicated by the Yankees in 1941, prominently features in Monument Park at the new Yankee Stadium.

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Lou Gehrig is known for Renowned MLB first baseman for the New York Yankees, known as 'the Iron Horse' for his hitting prowess and durability.

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