2017年5月3日 · New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, battling a slump and his weakened body, played the 2,130th consecutive game of his career on April 30, 1939.[fn]Jonathan Eig, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (New York: Simon and Shuster, 2005), 283.[/fn] It was also his final game in the majors.

Gehrig played his last game for the Yankees on April 30, 1939. [89] On July 11 of that year, he appeared at the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium as the AL team captain, officially on the roster as a reserve player, exchanging lineup cards prior to the game.

2022年6月2日 · Lou Gehrig played what would be his final big-league game on April 30, 1939, at 35 years old. A few days later, the Yankees legend known throughout his playing days as “Laruppin’ Lou” sat...

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On May 2 in Detroit, Gehrig took himself out of the lineup after a then-record 2,130 consecutive games played due to “sluggishness.” Then on June 12, 1939, was in an exhibition game at Kansas City only days before his fateful diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Gehrig appeared in an exhibition game with the Yankees in Kansas City.

2024年6月2日 · Gehrig’s approach to his craft in his final full season -- his unyielding attempt to adjust his swing, adapt his style and wring whatever remaining hits he could out of his once-booming bat, all while maintaining an extraordinary games-played streak -- is a marvel.

1989年4月30日 · NEW YORK — On June 2, 1925, Wally Pipp had a headache and was replaced at first base in the New York Yankee lineup by a quiet hometown kid named Lou Gehrig. It took 14 years, 2,130 games and...

On April 29, 1939, Lou Gehrig stepped into the box for the 2,129th consecutive game. It was the fourth inning against the Washington Senators with 11,473 fans scattered throughout Yankee...

The eighth game of the season proved to be his last. Three Senators pitchers held Gehrig hitless in four at-bats; even the most routine plays tested the limits of his once-graceful body. When Gehrig dropped an easy toss to first in the early innings, only the generosity of the official scorer saved him from his third error of the young season.

2020年4月30日 · Yankees' great Lou Gehrig played in his final big-league game on this day in 1939, concluding his historic 2,130 game streak. A 35-year-old at the time, Gehrig was slumping to start the...