Lou Gehrig vs Yogi Berra

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Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra compared on their MLB careers: Lou Gehrig played 17 seasons, 1923 to 1939, Yogi Berra 19 seasons, 1946 to 1965. Lou Gehrig has .340 batting average to Yogi Berra's .285. Lou Gehrig won 8 titles, Yogi Berra won 10 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Lou Gehrig leads in 9 of the 9 lines, Yogi Berra in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra career totals

2,164	GP	2,120
8,001	AB	7,555
1,888, better	R	1,175
2,721, better	H	2,150
493, better	HR	358
1,995, better	RBI	1,430
102, better	SB	30
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.6, better	SLG	0.5
1.1, better	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra postseason

34	GP	75
119	AB	259
30	R	41, better
43	H	71, better
10	HR	12, better
35	RBI	39, better
0	SB	0
0.4, better	AVG	0.3
0.5, better	OBP	0.4
0.7, better	SLG	0.5
1.2, better	OPS	0.8

Where each stands all time

Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra all-time places

29th (493), better	Home runs	95th (358)
63rd (2,721), better	Hits	210th (2,150)
5th (1,995), better	RBI	57th (1,430)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra titles and awards

8	Championships	10, better
1	AL MVP	3, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra season by season

1st	1923	.423, better	1	9, better	1946	.364	2, better	4
2nd	1924	.500, better	0	5	1947	.280	11, better	54, better
3rd	1925	.295	20, better	68	1948	.305, better	14	98, better
4th	1926	.313, better	16	112, better	1949	.277	20, better	91
5th	1927	.373, better	47, better	175, better	1950	.322	28	124
6th	1928	.374, better	27	142, better	1951	.294	27	88
7th	1929	.300, better	35, better	126, better	1952	.273	30	98
8th	1930	.379, better	41, better	174, better	1953	.296	27	108
9th	1931	.341, better	46, better	184, better	1954	.307	22	125
10th	1932	.349, better	34, better	151, better	1955	.272	27	108
11th	1933	.334, better	32, better	139, better	1956	.298	30	105
12th	1934	.363, better	49, better	165, better	1957	.251	24	82
13th	1935	.329, better	30, better	119, better	1958	.266	22	90
14th	1936	.354, better	49, better	152, better	1959	.284	19	69
15th	1937	.351, better	37, better	159, better	1960	.276	15	62
16th	1938	.295, better	29, better	114, better	1961	.271	22	61
17th	1939	.143	0	1	1962	.224, better	10, better	35, better
18th	—	—	—	—	1963	.293	8	28
19th	—	—	—	—	1965	.222	0	0

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI