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In honor of the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's 'Luckiest Man on the face of the earth' speech, Leesininsatmreports has added this list of incredible stats of the Iron Man.
Today's Legends of the Game is Lou Gehrig.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
1923 20 6 6 0 .464 .769 1.234 .864 14.63 .423 1 9 0 13 Yankees
1924 21 3 3 0 .538 .583 1.122 .898 17.33 .500 0 5 0 10 Yankees
1925 22 25 20 5 .365 .531 .896 .617 7.00 .295 20 68 6 126 Yankees
1926 23 57 55 2 .420 .549 .969 .719 8.63 .313 16 112 6 155 Yankees
1927 24 130 136 -6 .474 .765 1.240 .863 14.15 .373 47 175 10 155 Yankees
1928 25 100 102 -2 .467 .648 1.115 .841 11.73 .374 27 142 4 154 Yankees
1929 26 60 63 -3 .431 .582 1.013 .737 9.48 .300 35 126 4 154 Yankees
1930 27 105 121 -16 .473 .721 1.194 .848 13.17 .379 41 174 12 154 Yankees
1931 28 75 104 -29 .446 .662 1.108 .810 11.71 .341 46 184 17 155 Yankees
1932 29 83 94 -11 .451 .621 1.072 .808 11.18 .349 34 151 4 156 Yankees
1933 30 68 80 -12 .424 .605 1.030 .789 9.85 .334 32 139 9 152 Yankees
1934 31 126 125 1 .465 .706 1.172 .857 13.90 .363 49 165 9 154 Yankees
1935 32 106 86 20 .466 .583 1.049 .812 11.15 .329 30 119 8 149 Yankees
1936 33 129 120 9 .478 .696 1.174 .836 13.92 .354 49 152 3 155 Yankees
1937 34 90 100 -10 .473 .643 1.116 .805 12.93 .351 37 159 4 157 Yankees
1938 35 30 36 -6 .410 .523 .932 .640 8.48 .295 29 114 6 157 Yankees
1939 36 -4 -4 0 .273 .143 .416 .055 1.04 .143 0 1 0 8 Yankees
CAREER 1189 1247 -58 .447 .632 1.080 .797 11.21 .340 493 1995 102 2164
LG AVG 0 0 0 .353 .416 .769 .500 5.30 .282 128 986 110
1) Gehrig is 2nd in Yankees history for TRAA and RCAA.
MOST CAREER TRAA, YANKEES
1 Babe Ruth 1652
2 Lou Gehrig 1189
3 Mickey Mantle 1004
4 Joe DiMaggio 781
5 Charlie Keller 421
6 Roy White 357
7 Bill Dickey 353
8 Yogi Berra 343
9 Alex Rodriguez 342
10 Bernie Williams 329
MOST CAREER RCAA, YANKEES
1 Babe Ruth 1634
2 Lou Gehrig 1247
3 Mickey Mantle 1099
4 Joe DiMaggio 708
5 Charlie Keller 386
6 Derek Jeter 377
7 Alex Rodriguez 355
8 Bernie Williams 343
9 Bill Dickey 339
10 Yogi Berra 323
2) Gehrig ranks 5th in MLB history for career RCAA and is 7th for career TRAA.
MOST CAREER RCAA
1 Babe Ruth 1795 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Barry Bonds 1591 Pirates/Giants
3 Ted Williams 1475 Red Sox
4 Ty Cobb 1369 Tigers/A's
5 Lou Gehrig 1247 Yankees
6 Stan Musial 1204 Cardinals
7 Mickey Mantle 1099 Yankees
8 Rogers Hornsby 1084 Cardinals/Giants/Braves/Cubs/Cardinals/Browns
9 Tris Speaker 1053 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
10 Hank Aaron 1032 Braves/Brewers
MOST CAREER TRAA
1 Babe Ruth 1819 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Barry Bonds 1661 Pirates/Giants
3 Ted Williams 1454 Red Sox
4 Ty Cobb 1412 Tigers/A's
5 Tris Speaker 1271 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
6 Stan Musial 1204 Cardinals
7 Lou Gehrig 1189 Yankees
8 Hank Aaron 1124 Braves/Brewers
9 Willie Mays 1121 Giants/Mets
10 Honus Wagner 1114 Colonels/Pirates
3) Gehrig ranks 2nd all time with 7 years with 100+ RCAA and tied for 3rd with 6 years with 100+ TRAA.
MULTIPLE YEARS WITH 100+ RCAA
1 Babe Ruth 10
T2 Lou Gehrig 7
T2 Ted Williams 7
4 Barry Bonds 5
5 Rogers Hornsby 4
T6 Jimmie Foxx 3
T6 Mickey Mantle 3
T8 Jason Giambi 2
T8 Ty Cobb 2
MOST YEARS WITH 100+ TRAA
1 Babe Ruth 9
2 Ted Williams 7
T3 Lou Gehrig 6
T3 Barry Bonds 6
5 Rogers Hornsby 4
T6 Jimmie Foxx 3
T6 Mickey Mantle 3
T6 Joe DiMaggio 3
T6 Ty Cobb 3
T10 Stan Musial 2
T10 Albert Pujols 2
T10 Jason Giambi 2
T10 Tris Speaker 2
4) Gehrig ranks 3rd all time in career OPS and 3rd in OPS above the league average. (min: 7500 PA)
HIGHEST CAREER OPS
1 Babe Ruth 1.164 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Ted Williams 1.116 Red Sox
3 Lou Gehrig 1.080 Yankees
4 Barry Bonds 1.051 Pirates/Giants
5 Jimmie Foxx 1.038 A's/Red Sox/Cubs/Phillies
6 Rogers Hornsby 1.010 Cardinals/Giants/Braves/Cubs/Cardinals/Browns
7 Albert Pujols .999 Cardinals/Angels
8 Manny Ramirez .996 Indians/Red Sox/Dodgers/White Sox/Rays
9 Mark McGwire .982 A's/Cardinals
10 Mickey Mantle .977 Yankees
HIGHEST CAREER OPS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
OPS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth .405 1.164 .758 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Ted Williams .323 1.116 .792 Red Sox
3 Lou Gehrig .311 1.080 .769 Yankees
4 Barry Bonds .303 1.051 .748 Pirates/Giants
5 Rogers Hornsby .273 1.010 .737 Cardinals/Giants/Braves/Cubs/Cardinals/Browns
6 Mickey Mantle .258 .977 .719 Yankees
7 Jimmie Foxx .257 1.038 .781 A's/Red Sox/Cubs/Phillies
8 Albert Pujols .244 .999 .755 Cardinals/Angels
9 Ty Cobb .242 .945 .703 Tigers/A's
10 Mark McGwire .238 .982 .745 A's/Cardinals
5) Gehrig ranks 9th in MLB history for most times reached base safely above the league average.
MOST TIMES REACHED BASE SAFELY ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
REACHED BASE DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Barry Bonds 2103 5599 3496 Pirates/Giants
2 Babe Ruth 2030 4977 2947 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
3 Ted Williams 1963 4714 2751 Red Sox
4 Ty Cobb 1780 5532 3752 Tigers/A's
5 Stan Musial 1477 5282 3805 Cardinals
6 Tris Speaker 1446 4998 3552 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
7 Mickey Mantle 1416 4161 2745 Yankees
8 Rickey Henderson 1382 5343 3961 A's/Yankees/A's/Blue Jays/A's/Padres/Angels/A's/Mets/Mariners/Padres/Red Sox/Dodgers
9 Lou Gehrig 1377 4274 2897 Yankees
10 Eddie Collins 1321 4892 3571 A's/White Sox/A's
6) Gehrig ranks 4th on the all time list for most HR in years in World Championship seasons.
MOST CAREER HOMERUNS, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1 Joe DiMaggio 245 Yankees
2 Mickey Mantle 235 Yankees
3 Yogi Berra 227 Yankees
4 Lou Gehrig 224 Yankees
5 Babe Ruth 214 Red Sox/Yankees
6 Reggie Jackson 145 A's/Yankees
7 Bill Dickey 128 Yankees
8 Joe Gordon 126 Yankees/Indians
9 Tommy Henrich 116 Yankees
10 Bernie Williams 110 Yankees
7) Gehrig holds the MLB record for most career HR in seasons in 100+ win seasons.
MOST CAREER HOMERUNS, 100+ WIN SEASONS
1 Lou Gehrig 194 Yankees
2 Babe Ruth 159 Red Sox/Yankees
3 Joe DiMaggio 156 Yankees
4 Chipper Jones 153 Braves
5 Andruw Jones 146 Braves
T6 Reggie Jackson 132 A's/Yankees
T6 Jason Giambi 132 A's/Yankees
8 Javier Lopez 123 Braves
9 Jorge Posada 110 Yankees
T10 Jimmie Foxx 100 A's
T10 Gary Sheffield 100 Braves/Yankees
8) Gehrig had 3 seasons in which he was 40+ HR above the league average.
MOST SEASONS, 40+ HR ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
1 Babe Ruth 6
T2 Sammy Sosa 3
T2 Lou Gehrig 3
T2 Mark McGwire 3
5 Mickey Mantle 2
T6 Jimmie Foxx 1
T6 Hack Wilson 1
T6 Roger Maris 1
T6 Ralph Kiner 1
T6 Hank Greenberg 1
T6 Barry Bonds 1
9) Gehrig and Babe Ruth are the only players in history to have a season 100+ RBI above the league average and they each did it 3 times.
MOST RBI ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SINGLE SEASON
RBI YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
T1 Lou Gehrig 1927 107 175 68 Yankees
T1 Babe Ruth 1921 107 171 64 Yankees
3 Lou Gehrig 1931 106 184 78 Yankees
4 Lou Gehrig 1930 103 174 71 Yankees
5 Babe Ruth 1927 101 164 63 Yankees
6 Babe Ruth 1931 100 163 63 Yankees
7 Hack Wilson 1930 99 191 92 Cubs
T8 Lou Gehrig 1934 98 165 67 Yankees
T8 Jimmie Foxx 1933 98 163 65 A's
10 Jimmie Foxx 1938 97 175 78 Red Sox
10) Gehrig is 1 of just 2 players with 1000+ career RBI above the league average.
MOST CAREER RBI ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
RBI DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth 1250 2210 960 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Lou Gehrig 1009 1995 986 Yankees
3 Hank Aaron 948 2297 1349 Braves/Brewers
4 Ted Williams 893 1839 946 Red Sox
5 Barry Bonds 841 1996 1155 Pirates/Giants
6 Jimmie Foxx 822 1921 1099 A's/Red Sox/Cubs/Phillies
7 Ty Cobb 802 1933 1131 Tigers/A's
8 Manny Ramirez 759 1831 1072 Indians/Red Sox/Dodgers/White Sox/Rays
9 Mel Ott 751 1860 1109 Giants
10 Joe DiMaggio 728 1537 809 Yankees
All stats in the ATM reports are generated using the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, unless explicitly stated otherwise. FRAA, since 1950, is supplied by Baseball Prospectus.
Today's Legends of the Game is Lou Gehrig.
YEAR AGE TRAA RCAA FRAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
1923 20 6 6 0 .464 .769 1.234 .864 14.63 .423 1 9 0 13 Yankees
1924 21 3 3 0 .538 .583 1.122 .898 17.33 .500 0 5 0 10 Yankees
1925 22 25 20 5 .365 .531 .896 .617 7.00 .295 20 68 6 126 Yankees
1926 23 57 55 2 .420 .549 .969 .719 8.63 .313 16 112 6 155 Yankees
1927 24 130 136 -6 .474 .765 1.240 .863 14.15 .373 47 175 10 155 Yankees
1928 25 100 102 -2 .467 .648 1.115 .841 11.73 .374 27 142 4 154 Yankees
1929 26 60 63 -3 .431 .582 1.013 .737 9.48 .300 35 126 4 154 Yankees
1930 27 105 121 -16 .473 .721 1.194 .848 13.17 .379 41 174 12 154 Yankees
1931 28 75 104 -29 .446 .662 1.108 .810 11.71 .341 46 184 17 155 Yankees
1932 29 83 94 -11 .451 .621 1.072 .808 11.18 .349 34 151 4 156 Yankees
1933 30 68 80 -12 .424 .605 1.030 .789 9.85 .334 32 139 9 152 Yankees
1934 31 126 125 1 .465 .706 1.172 .857 13.90 .363 49 165 9 154 Yankees
1935 32 106 86 20 .466 .583 1.049 .812 11.15 .329 30 119 8 149 Yankees
1936 33 129 120 9 .478 .696 1.174 .836 13.92 .354 49 152 3 155 Yankees
1937 34 90 100 -10 .473 .643 1.116 .805 12.93 .351 37 159 4 157 Yankees
1938 35 30 36 -6 .410 .523 .932 .640 8.48 .295 29 114 6 157 Yankees
1939 36 -4 -4 0 .273 .143 .416 .055 1.04 .143 0 1 0 8 Yankees
CAREER 1189 1247 -58 .447 .632 1.080 .797 11.21 .340 493 1995 102 2164
LG AVG 0 0 0 .353 .416 .769 .500 5.30 .282 128 986 110
1) Gehrig is 2nd in Yankees history for TRAA and RCAA.
MOST CAREER TRAA, YANKEES
1 Babe Ruth 1652
2 Lou Gehrig 1189
3 Mickey Mantle 1004
4 Joe DiMaggio 781
5 Charlie Keller 421
6 Roy White 357
7 Bill Dickey 353
8 Yogi Berra 343
9 Alex Rodriguez 342
10 Bernie Williams 329
MOST CAREER RCAA, YANKEES
1 Babe Ruth 1634
2 Lou Gehrig 1247
3 Mickey Mantle 1099
4 Joe DiMaggio 708
5 Charlie Keller 386
6 Derek Jeter 377
7 Alex Rodriguez 355
8 Bernie Williams 343
9 Bill Dickey 339
10 Yogi Berra 323
2) Gehrig ranks 5th in MLB history for career RCAA and is 7th for career TRAA.
MOST CAREER RCAA
1 Babe Ruth 1795 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Barry Bonds 1591 Pirates/Giants
3 Ted Williams 1475 Red Sox
4 Ty Cobb 1369 Tigers/A's
5 Lou Gehrig 1247 Yankees
6 Stan Musial 1204 Cardinals
7 Mickey Mantle 1099 Yankees
8 Rogers Hornsby 1084 Cardinals/Giants/Braves/Cubs/Cardinals/Browns
9 Tris Speaker 1053 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
10 Hank Aaron 1032 Braves/Brewers
MOST CAREER TRAA
1 Babe Ruth 1819 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Barry Bonds 1661 Pirates/Giants
3 Ted Williams 1454 Red Sox
4 Ty Cobb 1412 Tigers/A's
5 Tris Speaker 1271 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
6 Stan Musial 1204 Cardinals
7 Lou Gehrig 1189 Yankees
8 Hank Aaron 1124 Braves/Brewers
9 Willie Mays 1121 Giants/Mets
10 Honus Wagner 1114 Colonels/Pirates
3) Gehrig ranks 2nd all time with 7 years with 100+ RCAA and tied for 3rd with 6 years with 100+ TRAA.
MULTIPLE YEARS WITH 100+ RCAA
1 Babe Ruth 10
T2 Lou Gehrig 7
T2 Ted Williams 7
4 Barry Bonds 5
5 Rogers Hornsby 4
T6 Jimmie Foxx 3
T6 Mickey Mantle 3
T8 Jason Giambi 2
T8 Ty Cobb 2
MOST YEARS WITH 100+ TRAA
1 Babe Ruth 9
2 Ted Williams 7
T3 Lou Gehrig 6
T3 Barry Bonds 6
5 Rogers Hornsby 4
T6 Jimmie Foxx 3
T6 Mickey Mantle 3
T6 Joe DiMaggio 3
T6 Ty Cobb 3
T10 Stan Musial 2
T10 Albert Pujols 2
T10 Jason Giambi 2
T10 Tris Speaker 2
4) Gehrig ranks 3rd all time in career OPS and 3rd in OPS above the league average. (min: 7500 PA)
HIGHEST CAREER OPS
1 Babe Ruth 1.164 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Ted Williams 1.116 Red Sox
3 Lou Gehrig 1.080 Yankees
4 Barry Bonds 1.051 Pirates/Giants
5 Jimmie Foxx 1.038 A's/Red Sox/Cubs/Phillies
6 Rogers Hornsby 1.010 Cardinals/Giants/Braves/Cubs/Cardinals/Browns
7 Albert Pujols .999 Cardinals/Angels
8 Manny Ramirez .996 Indians/Red Sox/Dodgers/White Sox/Rays
9 Mark McGwire .982 A's/Cardinals
10 Mickey Mantle .977 Yankees
HIGHEST CAREER OPS ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
OPS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth .405 1.164 .758 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Ted Williams .323 1.116 .792 Red Sox
3 Lou Gehrig .311 1.080 .769 Yankees
4 Barry Bonds .303 1.051 .748 Pirates/Giants
5 Rogers Hornsby .273 1.010 .737 Cardinals/Giants/Braves/Cubs/Cardinals/Browns
6 Mickey Mantle .258 .977 .719 Yankees
7 Jimmie Foxx .257 1.038 .781 A's/Red Sox/Cubs/Phillies
8 Albert Pujols .244 .999 .755 Cardinals/Angels
9 Ty Cobb .242 .945 .703 Tigers/A's
10 Mark McGwire .238 .982 .745 A's/Cardinals
5) Gehrig ranks 9th in MLB history for most times reached base safely above the league average.
MOST TIMES REACHED BASE SAFELY ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
REACHED BASE DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Barry Bonds 2103 5599 3496 Pirates/Giants
2 Babe Ruth 2030 4977 2947 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
3 Ted Williams 1963 4714 2751 Red Sox
4 Ty Cobb 1780 5532 3752 Tigers/A's
5 Stan Musial 1477 5282 3805 Cardinals
6 Tris Speaker 1446 4998 3552 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
7 Mickey Mantle 1416 4161 2745 Yankees
8 Rickey Henderson 1382 5343 3961 A's/Yankees/A's/Blue Jays/A's/Padres/Angels/A's/Mets/Mariners/Padres/Red Sox/Dodgers
9 Lou Gehrig 1377 4274 2897 Yankees
10 Eddie Collins 1321 4892 3571 A's/White Sox/A's
6) Gehrig ranks 4th on the all time list for most HR in years in World Championship seasons.
MOST CAREER HOMERUNS, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASONS
1 Joe DiMaggio 245 Yankees
2 Mickey Mantle 235 Yankees
3 Yogi Berra 227 Yankees
4 Lou Gehrig 224 Yankees
5 Babe Ruth 214 Red Sox/Yankees
6 Reggie Jackson 145 A's/Yankees
7 Bill Dickey 128 Yankees
8 Joe Gordon 126 Yankees/Indians
9 Tommy Henrich 116 Yankees
10 Bernie Williams 110 Yankees
7) Gehrig holds the MLB record for most career HR in seasons in 100+ win seasons.
MOST CAREER HOMERUNS, 100+ WIN SEASONS
1 Lou Gehrig 194 Yankees
2 Babe Ruth 159 Red Sox/Yankees
3 Joe DiMaggio 156 Yankees
4 Chipper Jones 153 Braves
5 Andruw Jones 146 Braves
T6 Reggie Jackson 132 A's/Yankees
T6 Jason Giambi 132 A's/Yankees
8 Javier Lopez 123 Braves
9 Jorge Posada 110 Yankees
T10 Jimmie Foxx 100 A's
T10 Gary Sheffield 100 Braves/Yankees
8) Gehrig had 3 seasons in which he was 40+ HR above the league average.
MOST SEASONS, 40+ HR ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
1 Babe Ruth 6
T2 Sammy Sosa 3
T2 Lou Gehrig 3
T2 Mark McGwire 3
5 Mickey Mantle 2
T6 Jimmie Foxx 1
T6 Hack Wilson 1
T6 Roger Maris 1
T6 Ralph Kiner 1
T6 Hank Greenberg 1
T6 Barry Bonds 1
9) Gehrig and Babe Ruth are the only players in history to have a season 100+ RBI above the league average and they each did it 3 times.
MOST RBI ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, SINGLE SEASON
RBI YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
T1 Lou Gehrig 1927 107 175 68 Yankees
T1 Babe Ruth 1921 107 171 64 Yankees
3 Lou Gehrig 1931 106 184 78 Yankees
4 Lou Gehrig 1930 103 174 71 Yankees
5 Babe Ruth 1927 101 164 63 Yankees
6 Babe Ruth 1931 100 163 63 Yankees
7 Hack Wilson 1930 99 191 92 Cubs
T8 Lou Gehrig 1934 98 165 67 Yankees
T8 Jimmie Foxx 1933 98 163 65 A's
10 Jimmie Foxx 1938 97 175 78 Red Sox
10) Gehrig is 1 of just 2 players with 1000+ career RBI above the league average.
MOST CAREER RBI ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE
RBI DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth 1250 2210 960 Red Sox/Yankees/Braves
2 Lou Gehrig 1009 1995 986 Yankees
3 Hank Aaron 948 2297 1349 Braves/Brewers
4 Ted Williams 893 1839 946 Red Sox
5 Barry Bonds 841 1996 1155 Pirates/Giants
6 Jimmie Foxx 822 1921 1099 A's/Red Sox/Cubs/Phillies
7 Ty Cobb 802 1933 1131 Tigers/A's
8 Manny Ramirez 759 1831 1072 Indians/Red Sox/Dodgers/White Sox/Rays
9 Mel Ott 751 1860 1109 Giants
10 Joe DiMaggio 728 1537 809 Yankees
All stats in the ATM reports are generated using the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia, unless explicitly stated otherwise. FRAA, since 1950, is supplied by Baseball Prospectus.
