Lou Gehrig, Albuquerque Isotopes

Lou Gehrig — Albuquerque Isotopes



Lou Gehrig bobblehead

BobbleStats

League: MILB
Team: Albuquerque Isotopes
Date: 6/21/2003
Park: RGCU Field

Fun Fact

Gehrig played his entire career with the New York Yankees but on July 4, 1939 when they took on the Washington Senators (who later relocated to Minnesota as the Twins), he made one of the most memorable speeches in sports history as he announced he was walking away from baseball due to his battle with ALS, a disease that causes muscles to twitch and eventually paralyze the individual