Lou
Gehrig
 
Nickname: Iron Horse
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 19, 1903 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1933   
Silver Slugger 1932    1933   
All-Star Selections 1932    1933   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 TAM AL $ 11,010,100   76 76 69 70 77 75 89 99 96 80 93 89 67 71 70
1931 28 TAM AL $ 11,010,100   8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 8 10 9 7 8 8
1932 29 TAM AL $ 11,010,100   9 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 8 10 9 7 8 8
1933 30 TAM AL $ 12,010,000   9 9 8 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 7 8 7
1934 31 TAM AL $ 12,010,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 7
1935 32 ATL NL $ 12,010,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 8 6 6 6
1936 33 DET AL $ 12,010,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 8 8 5 6 6
1937 34 DET AL $ 12,010,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 7 8 8 5 5 5
1938 35 MIN AL $ 12,010,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 4 4
1939 36 CIN NL     2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,010,000   76 76 69 70 77 75 89 99 96 80 93 89 67 71 70
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 27 TAM AL 149 571 113 176 43 6 30 117 0 0 96 50 .308 .404 .562 .967 119.0 24.2
1931 28 TAM AL 155 581 127 173 42 10 34 130 0 0 101 65 .298 .399 .580 .979 124.0 28.5
1932 29 TAM AL 149 531 132 185 40 9 34 136 0 1 125 48 .348 .470 .650 1.120 143.6 32.4
1933 30 TAM AL 146 557 124 182 41 10 34 126 1 0 95 56 .327 .423 .619 1.043 131.4 26.5
1934 31 TAM AL 145 562 113 167 37 9 29 108 2 0 93 68 .297 .397 .550 .947 112.2 21.7
1935 32 TAM AL 38 150 24 31 7 1 9 24 0 0 19 28 .207 .298 .447 .745 20.2 2.5
  ATL NL 119 411 76 127 23 5 19 77 0 0 78 60 .309 .419 .528 .947 86.3 21.0
  TOT   157 561 100 158 30 6 28 101 0 0 97 88 .282 .388 .506 .894 106.5 23.4
1936 33 ATL NL 30 111 18 35 8 0 6 28 0 0 16 25 .315 .400 .550 .950 23.2 4.4
  DET AL 54 207 34 55 10 4 6 32 0 1 26 41 .266 .345 .440 .784 31.6 4.8
  TOT   84 318 52 90 18 4 12 60 0 1 42 66 .283 .364 .478 .842 54.7 9.2
1937 34 DET AL 155 563 106 155 38 14 21 118 0 0 78 95 .275 .367 .504 .871 101.6 20.7
1938 35 MIN AL 156 535 99 121 29 6 26 95 0 1 91 119 .226 .338 .449 .787 85.1 13.6
1939 36 CIN NL 26 84 6 22 5 0 2 16 0 0 6 21 .262 .308 .393 .701 10.7 1.4
    AAA   110 387 47 92 15 2 10 46 8 8 68 81 .238 .352 .364 .716 53.5  
10 Years Sim 1322 4863 972 1429 323 74 250 1007 3 3 824 676 .294 .395 .545 .940 988.7 201.5
1 Years AAA 110 387 47 92 15 2 10 46 8 8 68 81 .238 .353 .364 .717 53.5  
162 Game Average 595 119 175 39 9 30 123 0 0 100 82 .294 .395 .545 .940 121.2  
Career Highs 157 581 132 185 43 14 34 136 2 1 125 119 .348 .470 .650 1.120 143.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3448 719 1056 230 50 189 762 3 1 619 436 .306 .410 .566 .977 764.3
vs LH   1415 253 373 93 24 61 245 0 2 205 240 .264 .357 .493 .850 246.3
Home 658 2367 488 721 165 38 121 498 0 2 411 322 .305 .406 .560 .966 512.1
Away 664 2496 484 708 158 36 129 509 3 1 413 354 .284 .385 .531 .916 498.5
RISP   1319 0 428 94 22 68 686 0 0 272 173 .324 .429 .584 1.012 317.4
Pinch Hitting   53 8 9 0 0 1 6 0 0 11 14 .170 .313 .226 .539 5.0
Close/Late   500 112 145 26 6 20 88 0 0 113 58 .290 .418 .486 .904 104.6
Mar/Apr 235 881 172 258 64 12 50 166 0 0 135 130 .293 .387 .563 .950 182.7
May 223 837 163 243 51 8 47 181 2 1 151 108 .290 .396 .539 .935 175.6
June 198 729 142 209 47 15 33 155 1 0 124 89 .287 .388 .528 .916 146.4
July 201 731 160 219 51 13 40 168 0 0 120 104 .300 .398 .569 .967 157.0
August 243 882 174 253 54 10 41 175 0 1 147 123 .287 .385 .510 .895 171.6
Sep/Oct 222 803 161 247 56 16 39 162 0 1 147 122 .308 .417 .563 .980 177.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 27 TAM AL 1B 149 149 1323.0 1753 127 20 165 .989 12.79 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1931 28 TAM AL 1B 152 146 1327.3 1721 121 23 177 .988 12.49 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 1 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1932 29 TAM AL 1B 149 143 1289.7 1647 118 15 147 .992 12.32 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1933 30 TAM AL 1B 136 130 1204.0 1424 113 13 161 .992 11.49 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 9 9 77.0 44 3 2 0 .959 5.49 3 1 .333 5 0.1
1934 31 TAM AL 1B 143 142 1266.0 1489 122 20 153 .988 11.45 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    3B 1 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 32 TAM AL 1B 37 34 325.7 413 31 5 44 .989 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  ATL NL 1B 116 107 942.7 1197 88 13 127 .990 12.27 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  TOT   1B 153 141 1268.4 1610 119 18 171 .990 12.27   2.7
1936 33 ATL NL 1B 30 28 252.0 317 24 5 32 .986 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  DET AL 1B 53 51 463.3 583 44 9 58 .986 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  TOT   1B 83 79 715.3 900 68 14 90 .986 12.18   1.3
1937 34 DET AL 1B 152 147 1316.0 1773 146 13 160 .993 13.12 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 1 1 8.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 35 MIN AL 1B 154 143 1283.3 1643 117 23 169 .987 12.34 0 0 .000 0 2.2
1939 36 CIN NL 1B 26 25 211.7 273 17 5 27 .983 12.33 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  1B 1297 1245 11204.7 14233 1068 164 1420 .989 12.29 0 0 .000 0 27.8
  C 9 9 77.0 44 3 2 0 .959 5.49 3 1 .333 5 0.1
  RF 1 1 8.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 5.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1309 1255 11302.3 14278 1073 166 1420 .989 12.22 3 1 .333 5 28.0
Career Highs   154 149 1332.7 1773 146 23 177 .993 13.04 3 1 .333 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 28 TAM AL 10 37 10 12 1 1 5 15 0 0 10 3 .324 .468 .811 1.279
1932 29 TAM AL 7 26 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 5 .231 .333 .385 .718
1933 30 TAM AL 16 60 13 21 2 3 7 26 0 0 7 9 .350 .414 .833 1.248
1934 31 TAM AL 7 25 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .160 .241 .200 .441
Career Post-Season Batting 40 148 28 43 5 4 13 47 0 0 24 21 .291 .386 .642 1.028
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1932-4-.348
On-Base Pct
1932-1-.470
1933-4-.423
1934-10-.397
1935-3-.413*
CAR-27-.395
Slugging Pct
1930-4-.562
1931-4-.580
1932-1-.650
1933-2-.619
1934-2-.550
1935-8-.519*
1937-10-.504
CAR-11-.545
OPS
1930-7-.967
1931-5-.979
1932-1-1.120
1933-2-1.043
1934-3-.947
1935-6-.932*
CAR-9-.940
XR
1930-9-119.0
1931-4-124.0
1932-1-143.6
1933-1-131.4
1934-2-112.2
Games
1931-9-155
1932-9-149
1937-10-155
1938-4-156
Runs
1930-7-113
1931-3-127
1932-1-132
1933-1-124
1934-2-113
1937-8-106
Hits
1932-7-185
1933-9-182
Total Bases
1930-7-321
1931-6-337
1932-1-345
1933-1-345
1934-2-309
Doubles
1930-9-43
1931-8-42
1932-5-40
1933-4-41
1934-10-37
Triples
1931-3-10
1933-9-10
1934-9-9
1937-2-14
Homeruns
1930-3-30
1931-3-34
1932-2-34
1933-2-34
1934-2-29
1935-9-19
1937-8-21
1938-3-26
RBIs
1930-5-117
1931-2-130
1932-1-136
1933-2-126
1934-4-108
1937-3-118
Walks
1930-4-96
1931-3-101
1932-1-125
1933-3-95
1934-4-93
1935-7-78
1937-8-78
1938-5-91
Strikeouts
1931-10-65
1934-10-68
1935-8-60
1937-3-95
1938-1-119
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 139    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Injured on 3/19/1930 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off John Cooney (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1930, off Fay Thomas (CHA)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/27/1930, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1930, hitting .385 with 7 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/31/1931, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against California on 10/9/1931
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 5/9/1932
5/16/1932: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $12,010,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1932, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Seattle (M) on 6/9/1932
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1932, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1932, hitting .588 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1932, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/25/1932
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1932, hitting .514 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1932, hitting .348 with 34 HR, 136 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1933, hitting .552 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1933, hitting .526 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1933, hitting .517 with 9 HR, 27 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1933, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 6/26/1933
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1933, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1933
Won Silver Slugger in 1933, hitting .327 with 34 HR, 126 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 4 runs on 4/26/1934
Traded from Tampa Bay to Atlanta on 5/16/1935 (Going to TAM: P Dizzy Dean, 1B Joe Hauser, 1B Art Shires, CF Kiki Cuyler. Going to ATL: P Lefty Grove, 1B Lou Gehrig)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1935, hitting .481 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Injured on 4/16/1936 with a Broken Finger, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 6/3/1936 with a Broken Foot, out for 7-8 weeks
Traded from Atlanta to Detroit on 7/1/1936 (Going to ATL: P George Winn, 1B Ed Morgan, P Hal Wiltse, 2B Max Bishop, P Ed Brandt. Going to DET: 1B Lou Gehrig, 2B Jack Saltzgaver)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 8/10/1937
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/1/1938 (Going to MIN: 1B Lou Gehrig, P Johnny Allen, C Spud Davis. Going to DET: 2B John Mihalic, P Clyde Shoun)
6/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1938, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to Cincinnati on 2/1/1939 (Going to MIN: LF Ernie Koy, 1B Zeke Bonura, CF Wally Moses. Going to CIN: RF Tommy Henrich, 1B Lou Gehrig, CF Sam West)
Injured on 5/6/1939 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/14/1939 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Released by Cincinnati on 10/3/1939