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.

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Label Occurrences
Lou Gehrig canonical 36
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 Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 Lou Gehrig self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Henry Louis Gehrig
givenName Henry ⓘ
Louis ⓘ
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionMethod special election ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1939 ⓘ
hasDiseaseNamedAfter ALS ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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New York Yankees → notablePlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Lou Gehrig → fullName → Lou Gehrig self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Louis Gehrig
Kensico Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
American League Most Valuable Player → notableMultipleWinners → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Cal Ripken Jr. → brokeRecordOf → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Gary Cooper → portrayedCharacter → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
The Iron Horse → refersTo → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
The Iron Horse → fullName → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: Lou Gehrig
this entity surface form: Henry Louis Gehrig
The Iron Horse → honoredBy → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: Lou Gehrig
this entity surface form: Lou Gehrig Day in MLB
Columbia Lions baseball → notableAlumnus → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Columbia Lions baseball → produced → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Columbia Lions baseball → hallOfFamerProduced → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
film "The Pride of the Yankees" → mainSubject → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: The Pride of the Yankees
film "The Pride of the Yankees" → character → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: The Pride of the Yankees
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award → namedAfter → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Lou Gehrig Memorial Award → honors → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Monument Park → commemorates → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
1926 World Series → yankeesStarPlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Eleanor Gehrig → spouse → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Red → notableTeammate → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: Red Rolfe
1937 MLB All-Star Game → notablePlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Speedy → hasCastMember → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Speedy → featuresCameoAppearanceBy → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
1932 World Series → featuresPlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
1928 World Series → notablePlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Carl Hubbell → playersStruckOutIn1934AllStarGame → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
The House That Ruth Built → associatedHallOfFamer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth → author → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth → speaker → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth → alsoKnownAs → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lou Gehrig farewell speech
Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth → relatedTo → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Bob Meusel → teammate → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Phi Delta Theta fraternity → hasNotableAlumnus → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta Lou Gehrig Fund → namedAfter → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Phi Delta Theta Lou Gehrig Fund → honors → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Phi Delta Theta Lou Gehrig Fund → connectedTo → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig
Major League Baseball All-Century Team → includesPlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
1927 World Series → featuredPlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Waite Hoyt → notableTeammate → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, United States → burialPlaceOf → Lou Gehrig ⓘ
subject surface form: Kensico Cemetery
1933 MLB All-Star Game → notablePlayer → Lou Gehrig ⓘ