This legendary Yankee ended his career in 1939 with 493 home runs & a lifetime batting average of .340
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Lou Gehrig Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com  Career: 493 HR (28th), .340 BA (17th), 1995 RBI (6th), 1B, HOF in 1939, 2xMVP, 7xAllStar, Yankees 1923-1939, b:L/t:L, 5x RBI Leader, born in USA 1903, died 1941. ... 162 Game Avg. 162, 723, 599, 141, 204, 40, 12, 37, 149, 8, 7, 113, 59 .340 .447 .632, 1.080, 179, 379, 3, 8. G, PA, AB, R, H, 2B, 3B ..... Home Runs s c a p y
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 ... He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on ... He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBI). ... by his iconic 1939 "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium.
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Yankees Retired Numbers | New York Yankees  Compiled a .340 lifetime batting average and belted 493 home runs in a career ... Beginning with Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939, the Yankees have retired 15 ... history, the Yankee that played from the end of World War II until the early 1960's. .... Reliable and consistent throughout his career, Pettitte pitched 15 seasons with...
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Lou Gehrig Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac  Lou Gehrig baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with ... quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by Baseball Almanac. ... His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats ..... Gehrig finished with a lifetime average of .340, 2721 hits, 493 home runs,...
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ESPN Classic - Isn't it ironic? - ESPN.com  Is it his 493 homers, his 1,990 runs batted in, his .340 batting average, his ... 30 homers, his averaging 153 RBI over an 11-year stretch, his .632 lifetime ... It's July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, a little ... Only after Babe's career was winding down did Gehrig win a home-run title by himself, with his...
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Ted Williams | American baseball player and manager | Britannica ...  Professional baseball player who compiled a lifetime batting average of.344 as an ... and Minneapolis he was brought up to the Red Sox major league team in 1939. ... Upon his return to baseball in 1946 he had lost none of his skill, hitting .342 in .... Williams' season average of .406 in 1941 was the highest since Rogers...
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Tony Gwynn: Missing the batsman | News OK - NewsOK.com  Jun 17, 2014 ... Tony Gwynn died Monday at the age of 54. ... Twenty years ago, Gwynn batted .394. ... Gwynn was 34 in 1994; he had 165 hits in 419 at-bats when the season ... Not since 1941 has Major League Baseball had a .400 hitter  Williams' .406. Since 1941, the best single-season batting averages are Gwynn's...
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Hank Aaron - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' ... Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still ... Aaron was an NL All-Star for 20 seasons and an AL All-Star for 1 season, ..... Mantle's total; this moved Aaron into third place on the career home run list,...
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Lou Gehrig- "The Iron Horse", "The Pride of the Yankees". He died ...  He played his 17-year baseball career entirely with the New York Yankees ... Lou "The Iron Horse" Gehrig played in 2,130 consecutive baseball games from ..... you know, no one likes the yankees, but you have to love Lou Gehrig ...... Bjorn Borg John McEnroe- No wonder we thought Borg was a hottie and not McEnroe.
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Babe Ruth - Wikipedia  As part of the Yankees' vaunted "Murderer's Row" lineup of 1927, Ruth hit 60 home runs, extending his MLB single-season record. He retired in 1935 after a...
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Mickey Mantle - Wikipedia  Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931  August 13, 1995), nicknamed "The Commerce ... Mantle won the Triple Crown in 1956, leading the major leagues in batting average, .... He hit .267 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI in 96 games. ... his major league leading .353 batting average, 52 home runs, and 130 runs batted in...
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What if Hammerin' Hank were batting behind Cabrera?  Dec 11, 2012 ... We all know what Miguel Cabrera did this year for [] ... Greenberg would go on to have a Hall of Fame career, hitting 58 home runs in 1938,...
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ESPN Classic - Maris battled Mantle, media and Babe's legacy  Roger Maris, who broke Babe Ruth's record by hitting 61 homers in 1961, will be ... anonymous enemies as he chased Babe Ruth's career home-run record,. Roger Maris. Despite his monster '61 season, Maris finished with just 275 homers in his ... bases (366), RBI (142) and runs (132, tied with Mantle) while batting .269.
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Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak ended July 17, 1941 | am New ...  Jul 17, 2015 ... Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, the longest in baseball ... Advertise here ... a big hit for the Les Brown Orchestra, but the record wasn't released until 1942. 2. ... Clipper"r According to DiMaggio's official website, Yankee Stadium ... 15. When the streak began on May 15, the Yanks were 14-14, 5 1/2...
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Local Yankee fans remember 'The Boss' - *GJ_FOSTERS_NEWS ...  Jul 14, 2010 ... New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died on Tuesday at age 80. ... For everything about the man and his legacy was massive  a ... purchased the Yankees in 1973 for $10 million, the club was merely a ... By comparison, the Red Sox have won just 12 pennants and seven World Series titles.
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Joe DiMaggio ends 56-game hitting streak - Jul 17, 1941 - HISTORY ...  On this day in History, Joe DiMaggio ends 56-game hitting streak on Jul 17, 1941. ... On this day in 1941, New York Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio fails to get a hit ... broke Wee Willie Keeler's major league record streak of 44 games. .... many of whom were stunned when a jury found the 25-year-old not guilty in her...
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George Brett's quest for .400 batting average fell off pace 35 years ago  Sep 18, 2015 ... George Brett, 1980 Royals .390 ... 19, 1980, Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett went ... The last player to hit .400 was Ted Williams, who hit .406 in 1941. ... Unlike Brett, Williams had a .400 or better batting average for most of the season. ... The other last great chase: Tony Gwynn in 1994.
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Mickey Mantle - Wikipedia  Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931  August 13, 1995), nicknamed "The Commerce ... He hit 536 MLB career home runs, batted .300 or more ten times, and is the ... 7 championships, and holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), .... Mantle was invited to the Yankees instructional camp before the 1951...
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Hank Aaron - Wikipedia  Inducted, 1982. Vote, 97.83% (first ballot). Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National ... Aaron holds the MLB records for the most career runs batted in (RBI) (2,297),...
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Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra dies at 90 - USA Today  Sep 23, 2015 ... Hall of Famer Yogi Berra dies at 90; Yankees great was beloved for ... He holds World Series records for most hits (71) and games (75). He was...
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Hank Aaron - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National ... Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several...