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1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games 1986 Jacob K. Javits, New York, Senator-R-New York 1957 - 1981, Representative-R-New York 1947 - 1954, died of Lou Gehrig's disease at 81 1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954 - 1965) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team 1941 New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield 1941 Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (New York Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale New York at 37 1939 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1939 Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day 1939 Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech 1939 Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1939 New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement 1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 1938 Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam 1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA 1935 Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds and leaves the game 1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP 1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game 1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game 1934 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, 1933 Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game 1933 Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game 1933 Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games 1932 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland) 1932 Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive home runs; Yankees beat A's 20-13 1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481) 1931 Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184 1931 Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1931 Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season 1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1930 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games 1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yankees beat Red Sox 14-13 1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader 1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive home runs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7 1927 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible) 1927 Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers 1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox 1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers 1925 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) 1923 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 home runs 1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs 1903 Lou Gehrig, American Athlete, 1st baseman, New York Yankees |
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