Lou Gehrig stats

Last played for the New York Yankees, 1939

Age 123

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Lou Gehrig played 17 MLB seasons, 1923 to 1939.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,164
AB
8,001
R
1,888
H
2,721
HR
493
RBI
1,995
SB
102
AVG
.340
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1923NYY1326611190.423
1924NYY101226050.500
1925NYY1264377312920686.295
1926NYY155572135179161126.313
1927NYY1555841492184717510.373
1928NYY154562139210271424.374
1929NYY154553127166351264.300
1930NYY1545811432204117412.379
1931NYY1556191632114618417.341
1932NYY156596138208341514.349
1933NYY152593138198321399.334
1934NYY154579128210491659.363
1935NYY149535125176301198.329
1936NYY155579167205491523.354
1937NYY157569138200371594.351
1938NYY157576115170291146.295
1939NYY82824010.143

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
34
AB
119
R
30
H
43
HR
10
RBI
35
SB
0
AVG
.361

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
9,660
TB
5,060
XBH
1,190
HBP
45
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1923NYY292060000
1924NYY13710000
1925NYY497232532000
1926NYY696314831000
1927NYY7174471173000
1928NYY677364874000
1929NYY692323775000
1930NYY7034191003000
1931NYY738410920000
1932NYY708370853000
1933NYY687359851000
1934NYY690409952000
1935NYY672312665000
1936NYY719403937000
1937NYY700366834000
1938NYY689301675000
1939NYY33400000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
108.5
RC
2,175.0
RC/27
10.70
ISOP
.292
SECA
.481
BB/K
1.91
AB/HR
16.2
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1923NYY0.4813.6.3460.40.4260
1924NYY0.23.415.2.0830.20.300
1925NYY2.985.77.2.2360.30.921.90
1926NYY6.4133.68.7.2360.41.435.80
1927NYY11.5191.113.1.3920.61.312.40
1928NYY9.0157.511.2.2740.41.420.80
1929NYY7.2140.79.4.2840.51.815.80
1930NYY9.2178.712.3.3430.51.614.20
1931NYY8.6173.211.1.3210.52.113.50
1932NYY7.6158.110.7.2720.42.817.50
1933NYY6.7144.99.6.2720.42.218.50
1934NYY10.1176.912.8.3440.53.511.80
1935NYY8.3146.310.8.2540.53.517.80
1936NYY9.0181.312.8.3420.62.811.80
1937NYY7.5167.212.1.2920.52.615.40
1938NYY4.2128.48.5.2270.41.419.90
1939NYY-0.31.31.4.0000.2500

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
123 yearsJun 19, 1903
Debut
1923
AL MVP
1936

What were Lou Gehrig's career stats?

Lou Gehrig played 17 seasons for the Yankees. He was a career .340 hitter with 2,721 hits, 493 home runs and 1,995 RBI. His best season was 1924: a .500 batting average, 0 home runs and 5 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

17 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1923 to 1939

Lou Gehrig sits top 10 all time in rbi.

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Awards

All-time career rank

  • 29th in home runs (493)
  • 63rd in hits (2,721)
  • 5th in rbi (1,995)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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