Lou Gehrig

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Major League Baseball player first baseman human professional baseball player

Lou Gehrig was a legendary American baseball first baseman renowned for his durability, powerful hitting, and iconic career with the New York Yankees before it was tragically cut short by ALS.

Aliases (2)

Henry Louis Gehrig ×2
Lou Gehrig Day in MLB ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball player → first baseman → human → professional baseball player →
almaMater	Columbia University →
bats	left →
battingAverage	.340 →
burialPlace	Gates of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York →
causeOfDeath	ALS → amyotrophic lateral sclerosis →
collegeTeam	Columbia Lions baseball →
consecutiveGamesPlayed	2130 →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1903-06-19 →
dateOfDeath	1941-06-02 →
debutLeague	Major League Baseball →
ethnicOrigin	German-American →
famousFor	consecutive games played streak → durability → power hitting →
farewellSpeechDate	1939-07-04 →
farewellSpeechQuote	Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth →
finalMLBGameDate	1939-04-30 →
finalMLBTeam	New York Yankees →
fullName	Henry Louis Gehrig →
givenName	Henry → Louis →
hallOfFame	National Baseball Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionMethod	special election →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1939 →
hasDiseaseNamedAfter	Lou Gehrig's disease →
homeRuns	493 →
honoredBy	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award →
knownForEvent	farewell speech at Yankee Stadium →
league	Major League Baseball →
MLBDebutDate	1923-06-15 →
MLBDebutTeam	New York Yankees →
MVP	American League Most Valuable Player →
MVPYear	1927 → 1936 →
nickname	Lou → The Iron Horse →
parentOccupation	German immigrants →
placeOfBirth	Manhattan → New York City →
placeOfDeath	New York City → The Bronx →
playedFor	New York Yankees →
portrayedBy	Gary Cooper →
position	first baseman →
religion	Roman Catholic →
retiredNumberBy	New York Yankees →
runsBattedIn	1995 →
spouse	Eleanor Gehrig →
stateOfBirth	New York →
stateOfDeath	New York →
subjectOf	film "The Pride of the Yankees" →
teamCaptainEndYear	1939 →
teamCaptainOf	New York Yankees →
teamCaptainStartYear	1935 →
throws	left →
uniformNumber	4 →
WorldSeriesChampion	1927 → 1928 → 1932 → 1936 → 1937 → 1938 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lou Gehrig ("Henry Louis Gehrig") → Lou Gehrig ("Henry Louis Gehrig") →	fullName
Cal Ripken Jr. →	brokeRecordOf
The Pride of the Yankees →	character
Monument Park →	commemorates
Columbia Lions baseball →	hallOfFamerProduced
Kensico Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Lou Gehrig ("Lou Gehrig Day in MLB") →	honoredBy
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award →	honors
The Pride of the Yankees →	mainSubject
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award →	namedAfter
Columbia Lions baseball →	notableAlumnus
American League Most Valuable Player →	notableMultipleWinners
New York Yankees →	notablePlayer
Gary Cooper →	portrayedCharacter
Columbia Lions baseball →	produced
The Iron Horse →	refersTo