The Iron Horse

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farewell speech human nickname professional baseball player

The Iron Horse is the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, renowned for his durability, power hitting, and record-setting consecutive games played streak.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lou Gehrig 0
Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth 0

Statements (51)

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instanceOf farewell speech ⓘ
human ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ
award American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
bats left ⓘ
battingAverageCareer .340 ⓘ
birthDate 1903-06-19 ⓘ
birthPlace New York City, New York, USA NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath ALS ⓘ
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
collegeAttended Columbia University ⓘ
consecutiveGamesPlayed 2130 ⓘ
consecutiveGamesRecordBrokenBy Cal Ripken Jr. ⓘ
consecutiveGamesRecordHeldFrom 1933 ⓘ
consecutiveGamesRecordHeldUntil 1995 ⓘ
date 1939-07-04 ⓘ
deathDate 1941-06-02 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, USA NERFINISHED ⓘ
diseaseEponym ALS ⓘ
surface form: Lou Gehrig's disease
famousSpeech Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth ⓘ
finalMLBSeason 1939 ⓘ
fullName Lou Gehrig ⓘ
surface form: Henry Louis Gehrig
HallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
HallOfFameInductionType special election ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 1939 ⓘ
homeRunsCareer 493 ⓘ
honoredBy Lou Gehrig ⓘ
surface form: Lou Gehrig Day in MLB
jerseyNumber 4 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy New York Yankees ⓘ
knownFor consecutive games played streak ⓘ
durability ⓘ
power hitting ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
location Yankee Stadium ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
MLBDebutYear 1923 ⓘ
MVPYear 1927 ⓘ
1936 ⓘ
nickname The Iron Horse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionPlayed first baseman ⓘ
RBICareer 1995 ⓘ
refersTo Lou Gehrig ⓘ
team New York Yankees ⓘ
New York Yankees ⓘ
surface form: New York Yankees (1923–1939)
throws left ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1927 ⓘ
1928 ⓘ
1932 ⓘ
1936 ⓘ
1937 ⓘ

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Lou Gehrig → nickname → The Iron Horse ⓘ
The Iron Horse → nickname → The Iron Horse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lou Gehrig