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lou gehrig

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1. Gehrig, Lou Gehrig, Henry Louis Gehrignoun

   baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941)

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1. Lou Gehrig

   Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig ; June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him his nickname "the Iron Horse". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice, and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on base average. He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBI). He still has the highest ratio of runs scored plus runs batted in per 100 plate appearances (35.08) and per 100 games (156.7) among Hall of Fame players. In 1939, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and was the first MLB player to have his uniform number (4) retired by a team. A native of New York City and a student at Columbia University, Gehrig signed with the Yankees on April 29, 1923. He set several major-league records during his career, including the most career grand slams (23; since broken by Alex Rodriguez) and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for 56 years and was long considered unbreakable until surpassed by Cal Ripken Jr., in 1995. Gehrig's consecutive game streak ended on May 2, 1939, when he voluntarily took himself out of the lineup, stunning both players and fans, after his performance on the field became hampered by an undiagnosed ailment subsequently confirmed to be amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable neuromuscular illness; it is now commonly referred to in North America as "Lou Gehrig's disease".The disease forced him to retire at age 36, and claimed his life two years later. The pathos of his farewell from baseball was capped off by his iconic 1939 "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium. In 1969, the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted Gehrig the greatest first baseman of all time, and he was the leading vote-getter on the MLB All-Century Team chosen by fans in 1999. A monument in Gehrig's honor, originally dedicated by the Yankees in 1941, currently resides in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to the MLB player who best exhibits Gehrig's integrity and character.

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1. lou gehrig

   Lou Gehrig, born Henry Louis Gehrig on June 19, 1903, was an American professional baseball player who played the majority of his career as a first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for his durability, which earned him the nickname "The Iron Horse", and for his powerful batting. Gehrig's career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that is now commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease in North America. He passed away on June 2, 1941. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939, becoming the youngest player to receive that honor.

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1. Lou Gehrig

   Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait which earned him his nickname "The Iron Horse". He finished with a career batting average of .340, an on-base percentage of .447, and a slugging percentage of .632, and he tallied 1,995 runs batted in. A seven-time All-Star and six-time World Series champion, Gehrig won the Triple Crown in 1934 and was twice named the American League's Most Valuable Player. Gehrig was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. A native of New York City and attendee of Columbia University, Gehrig signed with the Yankees in 1923. He set several major league records during his career, including the most career grand slams, and most consecutive games played, a record which stood for 56 years and was long considered unbreakable until surpassed by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995. Gehrig's streak ended after he was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disorder now commonly referred to in North America as Lou Gehrig's Disease, which forced him to retire at age 36 and claimed his life two years later. The pathos of his farewell from baseball was capped off by his iconic "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at the original Yankee Stadium.

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   The numerical value of lou gehrig in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of lou gehrig in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of lou gehrig in a Sentence

1. Wash Westmoreland:

   Many of the neurological appointments that Still Alice had in the book echoed appointments that Richard Glatzer had had when they were testing to see if Richard Glatzer'd had a stroke — like what's today's date, where are we, all that stuff. It was eerily similar, rich is an incredibly strong person, and never let Lou Gehrig Disease get him down. He always wanted to keep life as normal as possible.

2. Larry Gatlin:

   Folks, I feel like I have a cold, and not even a bad cold at that. I even hit a few golf balls before dinner, at this moment I feel like Lou Gehrig when he said, 'Today I considermyself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
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