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Birth
Lou Gehrig is born in New York City. -
Homerun
Lou hits a grand slam over the right field wall,out of Wrigley Field, and onto the street. This was in the championship game, him playing for Commerce and they were playing Lane Tech. The final score was Commerce 12, Lane Tech 6. -
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College
Lou graduates from High School of Commerce. In the fall of that year, he goes to college at Columbia University with, surprisingly, a football scholarship. -
Contract
Lou signs his first contract with the Yankees, which would be the only team he would play for the rest of his career. -
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Minor League
Lou spends the season playing in the minor leagues. He finished hitting .369 and having 37 homeruns. -
Consective Game Streak Begins
Lou pinch hits during a game. This would be his first appearance in the major leagues and this game would be the start of the second longest consecutive game streak in MLB history. -
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1st World Series
Lou vies with Babe Ruth during most of the season for the league lead in home runs: he finishes with 47 while Babe Ruth had 60. However, he still wins his first World Series and he was voted the American League M.V.P. -
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2nd World Series
Lou bats .545 and hits four home runs to lead the Yankees to the four-game sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals to become World Champions for the second year in a row. -
Marriage
Lou and Eleanor get married, but since the wedding date had been moved up to during the season instead of after. Right after the ceremony, they changed clothes and were taken to Yankee Stadium with a motorcycle escort. They made it time for him to take the field, maintaining his streak at 1,350 consecutive games. -
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Triple Crown
Lou is knocked unconscious when a he is hit by a pitch during a mid-season exhibition game. He would later go on that year to win the Triple Crown for leading the American League in home runs, RBIs, and batting average. -
Captain
Lou becomes the team captain of the Yankees, well deserving of this roll after the outstanding achievements he has made throughout his 12 year career. Some of the achievements were M.V.P and Triple Crown, two of the hardest awards to recieve in baseball. -
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3rd World Series
Lou wins American League M.V.P. award for the second time in his career. In the end of the season, the Yankees beat the New York Giants in the World Series. This would be Lou's third, and final, World Series win. -
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
A.L.S. first manifests itself. This would lead Eleanor to ask him to retire from baseball, since A.L.S. is an incurable disease that over time causes complete paralysis of the voluntary muscles. However, he would not yet listen to her about retiring. -
Consecutive Games Streak Ends
Lou retires from the Yankees after listening to Eleanor, having played 2,130 consecutive games. This record would not be broken until 59 years later (1998), when Cal Ripken Jr. played 2,632 consecutive games. -
Appreciation Day
Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day is held at Yankee Stadium, two months after the retirement of the legend. This retirement was due to the A.L.S. Disease he had been diagnosed with. -
Death
Lou Gehrig dies from A.L.S. Disease.