Lou Gehrig And Me
June, 2002
You can Look it up: Lou Gehrig first stepped into the batter's box as a pinch hitter for the New York Yankees on June 1, 1925, and never missed a game thereafter until April 30, 1939. He played 2130 consecutive baseball games before he retired, which was a record he held until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it in 1995. Except for his first and last two seasons, Gehrig hit over .300 every year, and in 1934, he led the American League in hitting with a .363 batting average. His teammates nicknamed him Iron...
