The 'Iron Horse' was nicknamed so because of his record setting consecutive games played of 2130. Gehrig would forever be overshadowed by his 'larger than life' team mate, Babe Ruth, but in many ways, he was a much better ball player. Gehrig won the AL MVP award twice (in those days, a player was not eligible to win the MVP award in back to back seasons), he won the Triple Crown in 1934 by hitting .363 with 49 home runs and 165 RBIs. As you can probably guess, Gehrig led the league in games played 7 times, Runs scored 4 times, Total bases 4 times, Home Runs 3 times and RBIs 5 times (hitting a record 184 RBIs in 1931). He hit more the 150 RBIs 7 times in his career, hit over .300 10 times (over .350 6 times). Gehrig played in 7 World Series, winning 6. Gehrig hit a record 23 Grand Slams during his career. Gehrig played for the Yankees for 17 seasons, finishing with a lifetime batting average of .340 and 493 Home Runs, 2nd only to Babe Ruth at the time! Gehrig's career and life was cut short by an unknown at the time and incurable disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is now commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. His now infamous 'luckiest man alive' speech at Yankees stadium on July 4, 1939 marked the end of his baseball career. Due to his ailing health the Hall of Fame waiting period was waved and Gehrig was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame the year in opened in 1939.

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