MLB / Players

Lou Gehrig

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 200 lb

BornJune 19, 1903 · New York, NY, USA

MLB debutJune 15, 1923

Final gameApril 30, 1939

Seasons17 (1923–1939)

New York Yankees 1923–1939

Percentile snapshot

1938 season — qualified batters

157

99.2

689

93.4

576

84.3

115

91.7

170

78.5

77.7

51.2

93.4

RBI

114

92.6

107

7.4

65.3

32.2

.295

51.2

OBP

.410

SLG

.523

83.5

OPS

.932

wRC+

134.8

79.3

OPS+

136.3

80.2

wOBA

.422

sWAR

4.1

84.3

of 122 qualified 1938 batters (min 486 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

174.9

99.8

OPS+

181.0

99.8

sWAR

106.6

99.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1923	13	29	26	6	11	4	1	1	9	2	5	0	0	.423	.464	.769	1.234	216.9	222.1	.548	0.4
1924	10	13	12	2	6	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	.500	.538	.583	1.122	195.2	190.4	.524	0.2
1925	126	497	437	73	129	23	10	20	68	46	49	6	3	.295	.365	.531	.896	122.9	128.0	.404	2.1
1926	155	696	572	135	179	47	20	16	112	105	73	6	5	.313	.420	.549	.969	153.8	155.0	.443	5.7
1927	155	717	584	149	218	52	18	47	175	109	84	10	8	.373	.474	.765	1.240	212.0	224.1	.540	11.2
1928	154	677	562	139	210	47	13	27	142	95	69	4	11	.374	.467	.648	1.115	192.3	196.1	.496	8.9
1929	154	692	553	127	166	32	10	35	126	122	68	4	4	.300	.431	.584	1.015	162.7	166.4	.452	6.6
1930	154	703	581	143	220	42	17	41	174	101	63	12	14	.379	.473	.721	1.194	193.5	203.8	.513	9.5
1931	155	738	619	163	211	31	15	46	184	117	56	17	12	.341	.446	.662	1.108	186.2	195.6	.488	9.2
1932	156	708	596	138	208	42	9	34	151	108	38	4	11	.349	.451	.621	1.072	171.6	175.6	.474	7.5
1933	152	687	593	138	198	41	12	32	139	92	42	9	13	.334	.424	.605	1.030	171.9	179.0	.459	7.3
1934	154	690	579	128	210	40	6	49	165	109	31	9	5	.363	.465	.706	1.172	198.4	210.1	.514	9.8
1935	149	672	535	125	176	26	10	30	119	132	38	8	7	.329	.466	.583	1.049	177.1	179.6	.474	7.5
1936	155	719	579	167	205	37	7	49	152	130	46	3	4	.354	.478	.696	1.174	183.7	194.2	.511	8.9
1937	157	700	569	138	200	37	9	37	159	127	49	4	3	.351	.473	.643	1.116	176.9	178.8	.491	7.9
1938	157	689	576	115	170	32	6	29	114	107	75	6	1	.295	.410	.523	.932	134.8	136.3	.422	4.1
1939	8	33	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	.143	.273	.143	.416	23.9	11.9	.226	-0.3

Career totals

2,164

165th-most career G

9,660

111th-most career PA

8,001

153rd-most career AB

1,888

13th-most career R

2,721

64th-most career H

534

43rd-most career 2B

163

33rd-most career 3B

493

29th-most career HR

RBI

1,995

7th-most career RBI

1,508

17th-most career BB

790

102

.3401

22nd-highest career batting average

OBP

.4474

5th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.6324

4th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

1.0798

4th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1932-06-03	NYY @ ATH Gameday	6	4	4	0	0	4	6	0	16
1928-06-12	NYY @ CWS Gameday	4	5	4	0	2	2	5	1	14
1930-07-29	NYY @ ATH Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	2	6	0	13
1927-06-23	NYY @ BOS Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	3	5	0	13
1929-05-04	NYY @ CWS Gameday	4	4	4	0	0	3	4	1	13

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1923-04-18	BOS @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-19	BOS @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-20	BOS @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-21	BOS @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1923-04-22	MIN @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1939 (Special Election)

2× Most Valuable Player1× Triple Crown7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.