BASEBALL PLAYER

Lou Gehrig

1903 - 1941

Photo of Lou Gehrig

Icon of person Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis Gehrig ( GAIR-ig; June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), also known as Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, 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 the nickname "the Iron Horse", and he is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Gehrig 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lou Gehrig is the 4th most popular baseball player (up from 5th in 2019), the 2,135th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,105th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Lou Gehrig by language

Loading...

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Lou Gehrig ranks 4 out of 91. Before him are Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, and Jackie Robinson. After him are Sadaharu Oh, Cy Young, Hank Aaron, Alexander Cartwright, Ty Cobb, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Mays, and Ted Williams.

Most Popular Baseball Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Lou Gehrig ranks 83. Before him are Werner Best, Erskine Caldwell, Charles W. Morris, Evelyn Waugh, Sadegh Hedayat, and Prince Nicholas of Romania. After him are Mikhail Kalatozov, Alice Herz-Sommer, Heinz Reinefarth, Fritz Bauer, Bob Hope, and Henry Corbin. Among people deceased in 1941, Lou Gehrig ranks 56. Before him are Franz Gürtner, Gottfried Feder, Maria Spiridonova, Frederick Griffith, Rudolf Hilferding, and Ernst Lindemann. After him are Karin Boye, Guido Adler, Natalie of Serbia, Henri Cornet, Gaetano Mosca, and Hjalmar Söderberg.

Others Born in 1903

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1941

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Lou Gehrig ranks 2,135 out of 20,380. Before him are Hal Finney (1956), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), James Spader (1960), Susan Atkins (1948), Brion James (1945), and John Turturro (1957). After him are Sydne Rome (1951), John Cena (1977), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Edward James Olmos (1947), Veronica Lake (1922), and Steve McCurry (1950).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Lou Gehrig ranks 4. Before him are Joe DiMaggio (1914), Babe Ruth (1895), and Jackie Robinson (1919). After him are Cy Young (1867), Hank Aaron (1934), Alexander Cartwright (1820), Ty Cobb (1886), Willie Mays (1931), Ted Williams (1918), Mickey Mantle (1931), and Barry Bonds (1964).

American born Baseball Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous