Lou Gehrig, Battle Creek Yankees

Lou Gehrig — Battle Creek Yankees



Lou Gehrig bobblehead

BobbleStats

League: MILB
Team: Battle Creek Yankees
Date: 5/29/2003
Park: C.O. Brown Stadium

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