the mosat productive hitter in the history of baseball. In approx. sixteen seasons he knocked in 1995 runners. While most feel hitting behend Ruth was favorable, Gehrig came to bat about 400 time with the bases cleared.

A superb player, both at the plate and in the field. Batted fourth for much of his career to protect Ruth, and made the most of it, despite being overshadowed by his more flamboyant teammate.

And, to grind an axe I've ground before, he did far more than make his luckiest guy speech.

The pride of the Yankees.His numbers are astounding,throw in his consecutive games played streak and you have a player who demonstrates loyalty,and competetiveness.He falls behind better players like Ruth,Cobb,and possibly a few others but his graceful exit from the game under terrible conditions places him beyond all others into the realm of the immortals.

Today is August 20. On this date in 1938, Lou Gehrig hit is 23rd career grand slam home run. That record still stands.

This was Gehrig's last grand slam, obviously. In 1939, he was so enfeebled by his disease that he left baseball.

A great Player, but Jimmie Foxx is likely the best by pure statistics...

Greatest First Baseman of all time. I'd put him at fifth-best player of all time. Had he not come down with a fatal disease that curtailed at least five years off his career, he would have been a lifetime 650 HR man.

Deffinately the best player of all time, he had amazing talent and a heart of gold, he also was good with the other players, which made him an all around good player, in my opinion of course. <3*

I wish I could have seen him play in person. The perfect ball player. the total opposite of Barry "whats his face" Bonds

THE LUCKIEST MAN ON DA FACE OF THE EARTH IS 2ND ONLY TO BABE RUTH.

A person that every little boy and grown man can look up to as the perfect role-model. Gehrig had class in spades. The second greatest player of his time only because the greatest was the guy who batted before him. This was a "clean-up" hitter! In a career and a life cut short, Gehrigs accomplishments and legend remain untarnished by the passage of time or the statistical inflation of the modern game. In 1927 when the Babe clouted 60 homeruns and Lou finished second with 47, the third highest total in the league (reached by fellow Yankee Tony Lazzeri)was 18. This is how far above the competition that these two stood. The Babe and Lou. Manny and Big Papi may draw comparisons and hyperbole in today's game, but there will never be a duo like the Babe and Lou. (Spoken by a RedSox fan!) To those of you who would rate this great man with a one or a two, there is something deeply dishonest about your input.

The Iron Horse does not get enough credit! First of all, though I believe Ruth was the greatest player of all-time (see my review), he was also a moral flop of a role model for little American boys. He was a drinker, womanizer, glutton, etc. Gehrig was someone that any father would be proud to have his boy imitate. Second, HE COULD HIT! .330 lifetime average from a cleanup hitter! The year (1927) that Ruth hit his magical 60 home runs, Gehrig drove in 175 runs. Do you realize how hard it is to drive in that many runs when the guy hitting in front of you has cleared the bases 60 times? He was awesome. A great player and a great man.

My favorite. The best that ever was.

Gehrig was honored American League MVP twice (in 1927 and 1936) and captured the Triple Crown in 1934. Lou's lifetime .632 slugging percentage ranks third on the Major League all-time list, and his 1,995 RBIs are fourth most ever. He also holds the MLB record for career grand slams with 23.

Look At His RBI's...He is definately #2 All Time....

Great player.

A great player with a lot of integrity. He was a nice man and his good bye to baseball speech was a work of art. Although he wasent the greatest player off all time. But he is one of the greatest people of all time.

Lou Gehrig teamed with Babe Ruth to form baseball's most devasatating hitting tandem ever. The Iron Horse had 13 consecutive seasons with both 100 runs scored and 100 RBI; hit a record 23 grand slams ; and won the 1934 Triple Crown. His .361 batting average in seven World Series led the Yankees to six titles in 13 years. A true gentlemen and a tragic figure, Gehrig's consecutive game streak ended at 2,130 when he was felled by a disease that later carried his name. Lou Gehrig was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Fans remember the Iron Horse as having played 2,130 straight games, a record Cal Ripken broke it in 1995. But he was an outstanding all-around player, winning the Triple Crown in 1934 and ranking third in baseball history with 1,995 career rbi's. Lou's career numbers are 2164 games played, 8001 at-bats, 1888 runs, 2721 hits, 534 doubles, 163 triples, 493 homeruns, 1995 rbi's, and a .340 batting average.

Pride of the Yankees - Pride of the Country... they do not make baseball players or men any better.

A Great ballplayer and even better man

One of the true greats

Gehrig was a unique combination of greatness, consistency and tragedy.

he was the greatest player of all time (next to babe ruth of course) he played great he batted great and he died happy all because he was on the yankees

I am NOT a Yankee fan, but name a better first baseman than Number 4. He was ripped before steroids found their way into locker rooms, and just a class act.

Without a doubt great.

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure I’m lucky. Who wouldn’t consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure I’m lucky. When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that’s something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that’s something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that’s something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it’s a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that’s the finest I know. So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for." What an outstanding individual, period !!

a staggering hitter. was the only person who got 100+ walks, 200+ hits, 30 hrs, 125+ rbi, and 120+ runs a yearly thing. as far as being the greatest rbi man, im not sure about, because well, look who he had batting in front of him. thats right, the king of crash, who seemingly, was always on base. he was a great guy personally. obviously had a great work ethic. great speed, he had something around 200 career triples

He was actually an underrated first baseman. He had over 190 RBIs one season! He was a the crucial cleanup hitter in murderers row in 1927. The Iron Horse had his record broken in '95 for most consecutive games played.

Lou deserves to be in the top three or four. Mays is the only guy that clearly beats him out. Just go look up Gehrig's numbers, and keep in mind that he career was cut short. He was also playing in considerable amounts of pain towards the end. He helped a lot of his fellow Yanks career stats by getting on base ahead of them and by driving them in when he came to the plate. I'm not sure there's ever been a steadier RBI man

An idol if there ever was one. Quiet, modest, and a pure athlete.

I think Lou Gehrig is awesome...definitely the "unsung" hero from "Murderer's Row". If it weren't for Lou Gehrig's disease, I think he would've made more record breakers & his consecutive games streak would still be intact.

The Iron Horse - one of the most positive images in the history of baseball.

the best 1b of alltime-- PERIOD!!