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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Jun 19, 2024, 07:00 AM Jun 2024

On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born.

Tom's Old Days Retweeted https://Twitter.com/sigg20

#OTD in #MLB history (6/19/1903): First baseman/NYC parole commissioner Lou Gehrig was born. #Yankees #HOF

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lou-gehrig/

1934 AL batting champion
2X AL MVP
3X AL HR leader
5X AL RBI leader
6X WS champion
7X AS
Team captain (1935-1939)
Monument Park honoree





Mon Jun 19, 2023: On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born.

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