The man epitomizes everything a quiet, classy, heroic and beyond hard working player. His courage and humanity make him one of the greatest of all time.
The famous actor Gary Cooper portrayed him in "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942; the year after Gehrig died at only 37), although I read that Cooper hit right-handed, the film of him hitting the wrong way was reversed to show the correct stance as a left-handed batter. Cooper suffered from cancer, and I remember reading when he died at only 60 in May 1961. He had that same courage and humanity in his life that he had did in portraying the gallantry of both Gehrig and WW1 hero Sergeant Alvin York, that I also saw. Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor, as Sergeant York. Both are brilliant biography films.
"I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for." Whenever I hear this part of his speech, I realize that Lou Gehrig gave the message that life is short and that every moment is to be cherished rather than taken for granted. It was obvious that he loved the game itself and had the utmost respect for his peers. His abilities as a player were definitely legendary as he was. Rest peace, Lou Gehrig...you'll be fondly remembered forever.
My bride was a caretaker for an elderly lady ALS victim in Hawaii. The lady actually asked my bride to snuff her out with a pillow. My bride was horrified. When the lady finally passed, we both wept.
79 years ago today Lou Gehrig passed away. Hard to believe. He never pretended to be anyone else but himself. As long as baseball is played, his name will be mentioned and should be mentioned among one of the best players to ever play the game.
The Babe and the Iron Horse : two great players who batted one after the other in the order, both with a lifetime .600 + slugging percentage. Never happened before and will most certainly never happen again.
Humble??? The guy came out in front of millions of people to say he was the luckiest man on earth, just cause some fancy New York doctors named a disease after him.... arrogance is a bigger disease if you ask me.
Lou averaged 150 rbi's for his career and still holds the American League single season mark with 184. He finished with 1998 runs batted in. The most remarkable thing is that he hit behind Babe Ruth who is second all time in career runs batted in.
Completely agreed! Lou was better than Ruth, DiMaggio, Berra, Mantle, Jeter, etc. Jeter may be "The captain," but Mr. Gehrig was the greatest Captain! I have respect for all these Yankees, but Lou will always be the greatest Yankee! Imagine Mr. Gehrig's final statistics would have been if he never had ALS and played until Lou thought it was time to retire!
@@georgearthur304 Sorry, but there is no way that Gehrig, as outstanding a hitter as he was, was better than Ruth. Gehrig: .340/.447/.632 OPS 1.080 OPS+ 179 WAR 113.8. Ruth .342/.474/ [.690 SLG%, OPS 1.164, OPS+ 206, WAR 162.2 (batting only)] So, how does any of Gehrig's percentages not be higher than any of Ruth's, if Gehrig was somehow a better hitter? Those last 3 numbers for Ruth in brackets are #1 in all of MLB history and #1 in WAR (batting, ignoring B.B.'s cheating by a fraction of 1 point), so forget the nonsense of Gehrig being any better! Consolation prize: Gehrig is #2 as the best Yankee player, and if he played on any other team, he would be #1 on that team!
If Lou Gehrig could have played baseball into his mid 40's and did not die from ALS, his statistics would have been just as good or better than Babe Ruth! Mr. Gehrig after games would be doing pushups or running, keeping himself in shape, while Babe Ruth would be smoking cigars and sucking down beer after beer at the local bar. Mr. Gehrig played every day and was the triple crown winner in 1934 (Ruth was never a triple crown winner). I love Babe Ruth, but Mr. Gehrig was never the one wanting the spotlight like Babe Ruth. An extremely humble and quiet player who only cared about showing up every day ready to go giving 100%. Ruth waaaay too many times showed up at the ballpark either drunk or hungover.
@@georgearthur304 "... his statistics would have been just as good or better than Babe Ruth!" Mid-40s? I don't think he would have played for another 8 years (1940-47), as that is extremely rare. Let's say he did play for as much as 6 more years (to 1945), to age 42, same age as Williams and Musial (ignoring the possible losing time going into war as many other players did), with his percentages declining as everyone does by age of late-30s, His peak was already done, and he would not have the incredible percentages Ruth had: .342/.474/.690, with 206 OPS+. Maybe in some of the raw numbers, as in Hits, Runs, RBIs, etc., he would have surpassed Ruth's numbers. Ruth started as pitcher, so he lost those first 5 years (1914-18), at that position, so he lost those potential batting numbers before he changed to hitting.
@@freeguy77 I respect your right to write that Babe Ruth was "the man". But if Lou Gehrig did not die from ALS, I really believe Lou Gehrig would have had better statistics than Babe Ruth. Lou won the A.L. M.V.P. award in 1936 (his second at 33 years old) hitting .354 / 152 r.b.i.'s / 49 homeruns / walked 130 times / runs scored 167. Then in 1938 (35 years old) that's when Lou started to struggle and knew something was wrong, because he only hit .295 / 114 r.b.i.'s / 29 homeruns / walked 107 times. Take into account if Lou could have played in 1938 where he was healthy all year and an additional 7 years after, up to the age of 42 years old, I believe Lou's statistics would have equaled or past the great Babe Ruth. Yes, his productivity would have suffered, but Lou still would have been in the top 10 for productivity. Yes, I realize when Babe Ruth was brought up to the majors, he was used as a pitcher and lost several years not hitting. Again, Lou took care of himself (ran, pushups, and sit-ups) unlike Ruth where he was guzzling down hot dogs, drinking beer to the point where Ruth would fall down, staying out all night, and coming to the ballgame the next day all hungover. I respect what you have to say, but I disagree.
.. Gehrig is also one of only six (6) players that earned a .600 or better slugging percentage. .. His teammate, Ruth, topped that list. .. The others were Jimmy Foxx, Hank Greenburg, Ted Williams, and B. Bonds.
No ALS there would have been 600+ homers, 600+ doubles, 3000+ hits, the runs scored & rbi records, another 500+ games in a row & more championships. What a shame.
@@ErnestTeeBass Babe hit a number of his 714 before 1920, when with Boston (NL) mostly as a pitcher, then 1920-24 before Gehrig started and then in 1935 back with Boston with 6 HRs.
Sports Illustrated did an article years thin in the 90's , about Wally Pipp. The man carried on and had a very good career much in the Pacific Coast League were he was able to make more money.
In his last full season (1938), Lou Gehrig hit .295 with 29 home runs and 114 runs batted in. . .Imagine that, more than likely, he put up these numbers WHEN HE WAS DYING! Think about that.
yup. Already having trouble gripping the bats and running was getting hampered as well. Like a lot of als patients, he learned to compensate the early stages in the 2nd half of the season and fared a little better than the first- even when his disability was getting worse.
@@RobertKekuna And no extra base hits in the world series. According to the biography by Jonathan Eig, Gehrig got heavily drunk during the World Series celebration. He knew something was terribly wrong.
Some people realized that 1938 season was the most heroic and incredible season under the circumstances that anyone could do. It beats Jackie Robinson in 1947, because Robinson's year did not have people physically stopping his batting or fielding. Gehrig was fighting his own failing body and muscles! An unbelievable performance!
@@5ledan Ruth played in 1935, his last year, with the Boston Braves (NL). DiMaggio started with the Yankees in '36. So, Ruth never played with Joe D.,, but Gehrig did 1936-39.
For forty years, Babe Ruth was the ONLY player in MLB history to have over 2,000 RBI'S. It took him 21 yrs. The same for Hank Aaron. These two held that together for another 30+ years. It's an AMAZING feat. NONE of them did it in less than 20 yrs. But Lou Gehrig? Lou had 1996 RBI'S when he was forced to retire at only 36. If he had gotten another 4 yrs his RBI total would be out of reach.
The only 1b man close to him was The Beast, Double X, Jimmie Foxx. The man was his nickname, a Beast! Hit .325 while bashing 536 HRs. Gehrig hit ,340 with 493 but only had 14 years. Had more RBIs but that is a function of how many can frequently get on-base in front of you, and then a good hitter behind you in protection from IWs.
Never liked the guy, just imagine the arrogance one would need to have, to say that you're the luckiest man alive, just cause some doctors names a disease after you!! get so humility bud!
No doctor officially named the disease after Lou. It was shorthand, common man lingo because it was so rare, and he was by far the most famous man then to have the condition. Now called ALS, so you don't have to uncalled-for bashing Gehrig in your outrageously low-class ranting and raving.
Other than the horrible disease that shortened his life, he lived a NYC kid's dream. Played for the hometown team his entire career, after attending Columbia.
The man epitomizes everything a quiet, classy, heroic and beyond hard working player. His courage and humanity make him one of the greatest of all time.
The famous actor Gary Cooper portrayed him in "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942; the year after Gehrig died at only 37), although I read that Cooper hit right-handed, the film of him hitting the wrong way was reversed to show the correct stance as a left-handed batter. Cooper suffered from cancer, and I remember reading when he died at only 60 in May 1961. He had that same courage and humanity in his life that he had did in portraying the gallantry of both Gehrig and WW1 hero Sergeant Alvin York, that I also saw. Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor, as Sergeant York. Both are brilliant biography films.
Lou Gehrig is my dads favorite player ❤
There will never be another Lou Gehrig
"I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for." Whenever I hear this part of his speech, I realize that Lou Gehrig gave the message that life is short and that every moment is to be cherished rather than taken for granted. It was obvious that he loved the game itself and had the utmost respect for his peers. His abilities as a player were definitely legendary as he was. Rest peace, Lou Gehrig...you'll be fondly remembered forever.
RIP Lou. RIP dad... 1949 - 2007 an ALS victim =(
🙏🙏🙏🙏
My bride was a caretaker for an elderly lady ALS victim in Hawaii. The lady actually asked my bride to snuff her out with a pillow. My bride was horrified. When the lady finally passed, we both wept.
79 years ago today Lou Gehrig passed away. Hard to believe. He never pretended to be anyone else but himself. As long as baseball is played, his name will be mentioned and should be mentioned among one of the best players to ever play the game.
Greatest 1B of all time. His production and consistency is mond-boggling, when you look at just the numbers. RIP.
Beautiful smile, beautiful spirit. Truly the Pride of the Yankees.
You saw the 1942 film, featuring the real Babe Ruth in tribute to Lou who died in June 1941, at only 37.
😢 One of my all time favs players gone too soon Lou❤
Gehrig. Great ballplayer. Greater man.
Would have loved to watch him play.
What a great human being.
The Babe and the Iron Horse : two great players who batted one after the other in the order, both with a lifetime .600 +
slugging percentage. Never happened before and will most certainly never happen again.
A great Yankee, A great man !!
He really was a great person. Maybe he was dealt that hand cause God wanted him to be an angel in heaven!!!
LOU GEHRIG'S MANTRA..."I AM WHAT I AM AND THAT'S ALL THAT I AM"❣️
What in the blue fuck are you babbling about?
A humble giant
Humble??? The guy came out in front of millions of people to say he was the luckiest man on earth, just cause some fancy New York doctors named a disease after him.... arrogance is a bigger disease if you ask me.
@@Frankybeanselevators 👈asshat
⬆️ Duushbag
@@Frankybeanselevators
⬆️'P' stands for Pissant.
A Pussified pantywaisted pathetic pissant.
My favorite ballplayer.
Lou averaged 150 rbi's for his career and still holds the American League single season mark with 184. He finished with 1998
runs batted in. The most remarkable thing is that he hit behind Babe Ruth who is second all time in career runs batted in.
Gehrig drove in a total of 500+ runs over a three year period. Astounding.
@@TheBatugan77- 493 home runs, nearly 2000 runs batted in and he only had like 8500 at bats.
Ruth is now 3rd in RBIs, Albert Pujols passed him in 2022.
@@freeguy77 - Yes I know.
Legend
THE GREATEST FIRST BASEMAN OF ALL TIME!
Double X Jimmy Foxx was just as good if not better.
TRUMP SOLDIER What are you smoking?
@@exdemocrat9038 Surely your not serious
FUCK off
@@exdemocrat9038
There always seems to be one,
congratulations you are it.
Nuff said !
Amazing baseball GOD
HE STARTS FOR ME AT FIRST ON MY TEAM(ALL TIME)
Remembering Lou Gehrig today on the 81st anniversary of his tragic death. ❤️
I love pride of the Yankees
Lou Gehrig. The greatest Yankee❤
Completely agreed! Lou was better than Ruth, DiMaggio, Berra, Mantle, Jeter, etc. Jeter may be "The captain," but Mr. Gehrig was the greatest Captain! I have respect for all these Yankees, but Lou will always be the greatest Yankee! Imagine Mr. Gehrig's final statistics would have been if he never had ALS and played until Lou thought it was time to retire!
@@georgearthur304 Sorry, but there is no way that Gehrig, as outstanding a hitter as he was, was better than Ruth. Gehrig: .340/.447/.632 OPS 1.080 OPS+ 179 WAR 113.8.
Ruth .342/.474/ [.690 SLG%, OPS 1.164, OPS+ 206, WAR 162.2 (batting only)]
So, how does any of Gehrig's percentages not be higher than any of Ruth's, if Gehrig was somehow a better hitter? Those last 3 numbers for Ruth in brackets are #1 in all of MLB history and #1 in WAR (batting, ignoring B.B.'s cheating by a fraction of 1 point), so forget the nonsense of Gehrig being any better! Consolation prize: Gehrig is #2 as the best Yankee player, and if he played on any other team, he would be #1 on that team!
If Lou Gehrig could have played baseball into his mid 40's and did not die from ALS, his statistics would have been just as good or better than Babe Ruth! Mr. Gehrig after games would be doing pushups or running, keeping himself in shape, while Babe Ruth would be smoking cigars and sucking down beer after beer at the local bar. Mr. Gehrig played every day and was the triple crown winner in 1934 (Ruth was never a triple crown winner). I love Babe Ruth, but Mr. Gehrig was never the one wanting the spotlight like Babe Ruth. An extremely humble and quiet player who only cared
about showing up every day ready to go giving 100%. Ruth waaaay too many times
showed up at the ballpark either drunk or
hungover.
@@georgearthur304 "... his statistics would have been just as good or better than Babe Ruth!" Mid-40s? I don't think he would have played for another 8 years (1940-47), as that is extremely rare. Let's say he did play for as much as 6 more years (to 1945), to age 42, same age as Williams and Musial (ignoring the possible losing time going into war as many other players did), with his percentages declining as everyone does by age of late-30s, His peak was already done, and he would not have the incredible percentages Ruth had: .342/.474/.690, with 206 OPS+. Maybe in some of the raw numbers, as in Hits, Runs, RBIs, etc., he would have surpassed Ruth's numbers. Ruth started as pitcher, so he lost those first 5 years (1914-18), at that position, so he lost those potential batting numbers before he changed to hitting.
@@freeguy77 I respect your right to write that Babe Ruth was "the man". But if Lou Gehrig did not die from ALS, I really believe Lou Gehrig would have had better statistics than Babe Ruth. Lou won the A.L. M.V.P. award in 1936 (his second at 33 years old) hitting .354 / 152 r.b.i.'s / 49 homeruns / walked 130 times / runs scored 167. Then in 1938 (35 years old) that's when Lou started to struggle and knew something was wrong, because he only hit .295 / 114 r.b.i.'s / 29 homeruns / walked 107 times. Take into account if Lou could have played in 1938 where he was healthy all year and an additional 7 years after, up to the age of 42 years old, I believe Lou's statistics would have equaled or past the great Babe Ruth. Yes, his productivity would have suffered, but Lou still would have been in the top 10 for productivity. Yes, I realize when Babe Ruth was brought up to the majors, he was used as a pitcher and lost several years not hitting. Again, Lou took care of himself (ran, pushups, and sit-ups) unlike Ruth where he was guzzling down hot dogs, drinking beer to the point where Ruth would fall down, staying out all night, and coming to the ballgame the next day all hungover. I respect what you have to say, but I disagree.
Gehrig numbers esp his rbis are legendary; eclipsed arguably only by the babe
5 times he collected 400 or more total bases..
THE IRON HORSE!
500 rbi over a three seasons span. Only guy ever to do it.
I'm a big fan of Lou Gehrig he was #4 but #1
.. Gehrig is also one of only six (6) players that earned a .600 or better slugging percentage. .. His teammate, Ruth, topped that list. .. The others were Jimmy Foxx, Hank Greenburg, Ted Williams, and B. Bonds.
Throw out The Cheater. Never would have done that without artificial, modern day enhancement!
No ALS there would have been 600+ homers, 600+ doubles, 3000+ hits, the runs scored & rbi records, another 500+ games in a row & more championships. What a shame.
Plus, what about the 714 times he came to bat with the bases empty because of the Babe! Incredible!
@@ErnestTeeBass More like 600 or less.
@@ErnestTeeBass Babe hit a number of his 714 before 1920, when with Boston (NL) mostly as a pitcher, then 1920-24 before Gehrig started and then in 1935 back with Boston with 6 HRs.
Technically, his streak began on June 1st, 1925, not the 2nd. He was a pinch hitter on the 1st.
they're talking about when he wally pipped 'em.
Sports Illustrated did an article years thin in the 90's , about Wally Pipp. The man carried on and had a very good career much in the Pacific Coast League were he was able to make more money.
When Gehrig sat out in Detroit, Pipp was there, in the stands, watching the game.
In his last full season (1938), Lou Gehrig hit .295 with 29 home runs and 114 runs batted in. . .Imagine that, more than likely, he put up these numbers WHEN HE WAS DYING! Think about that.
yup. Already having trouble gripping the bats and running was getting hampered as well. Like a lot of als patients, he learned to compensate the early stages in the 2nd half of the season and fared a little better than the first- even when his disability was getting worse.
He had 20 home runs in the first half of the 1938 season, but only 9 in the second half.
@@RobertKekuna
And no extra base hits in the world series. According to the biography by Jonathan Eig, Gehrig got heavily drunk during the World Series celebration. He knew something was terribly wrong.
Some people realized that 1938 season was the most heroic and incredible season under the circumstances that anyone could do. It beats Jackie Robinson in 1947, because Robinson's year did not have people physically stopping his batting or fielding. Gehrig was fighting his own failing body and muscles! An unbelievable performance!
@@freeguy77
Gehrig and Jackie were heroes. It's not a contest.
He played with Babe Ruth during his earlier years and with Joe DiMaggio during his later years.
Ruth and Joe D played with Gehrig
DiMag was there when Gehrig played his 2130th consecutive game. And there when Cal Ripken played number 2131.
@@5ledan Ruth played in 1935, his last year, with the Boston Braves (NL). DiMaggio started with the Yankees in '36. So, Ruth never played with Joe D.,, but Gehrig did 1936-39.
If Gehrig never had his disease, NO way would Ripkin ever catch up to him!!!!!!!
For forty years, Babe Ruth was the ONLY player in MLB history to have over 2,000 RBI'S. It took him 21 yrs. The same for Hank Aaron. These two held that together for another 30+ years. It's an AMAZING feat. NONE of them did it in less than 20 yrs. But Lou Gehrig? Lou had 1996 RBI'S when he was forced to retire at only 36. If he had gotten another 4 yrs his RBI total would be out of reach.
If Lou had played until 38-39, in full health, he would likely have had 2400-2600 rbi, 3500 hits, maybe 580-620 HRs.
I got Gehrig third behind Ruth and Cobb on my all time list.
The only 1b man close to him was The Beast, Double X, Jimmie Foxx. The man was his nickname, a Beast! Hit .325 while bashing 536 HRs. Gehrig hit ,340 with 493 but only had 14 years. Had more RBIs but that is a function of how many can frequently get on-base in front of you, and then a good hitter behind you in protection from IWs.
2:05 is Hank Greenberg, not Joe D.
No, it's Joe Di.
@@imalt8271 sorry but you’re wrong. Too tall. Nothing at all like Joe D’s swing or gait. It’s stock footage of Hank Greenberg.
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Que guapo rip. Elba
Shirley Povich a famous sportswriter is the father of Maury Povich
Shirley, you jest! /joke
Just wanted to have my Fenway logo (WS Champs,2018) on this sight. So it is said so it is done.
Fuck Boston!!! Bunch of pussies
@@buttgoomagoo6919
Fuck you.
And I'm from Bronx NY.
Did you carve it on a tree yet?
Never liked the guy, just imagine the arrogance one would need to have, to say that you're the luckiest man alive, just cause some doctors names a disease after you!! get so humility bud!
Oh, are we being funny?
Nah, dude is just miserable himself.
No doctor officially named the disease after Lou. It was shorthand, common man lingo because it was so rare, and he was by far the most famous man then to have the condition. Now called ALS, so you don't have to uncalled-for bashing Gehrig in your outrageously low-class ranting and raving.
Other than the horrible disease that shortened his life, he lived a NYC kid's dream. Played for the hometown team his entire career, after attending Columbia.