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Lou Gehrig wins 1936 MVP award...
Lou Gehrig wins 1936 MVP award...
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October 16, 1936
ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 16, 1936
* Lou Gehrig wins MVP award
* New York Yankees
* MLB baseball
This 38 page newspaper has a seven column headline on page 32: "Baseball Writers Name Gehrig Most Valuable in American League" with subheads that include: "YANKEES' STAR TOPS APPLING WITH 73 VOTES" and more. (see)
Tells of New York Yankees star Lou Gehrig winning the AL MVP award for the 1936 baseball season.
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise good.
wikipedia notes: Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter, his consecutive games-played record and its subsequent longevity, and the pathos of his farewell from baseball at age 36, when he was stricken with a fatal disease. Popularly called "The Iron Horse" for his durability, Gehrig set several major league records.[1] He holds the record for most career grand slams (23).
Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. In 1969 he was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association, and was the leading vote-getter on the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, chosen by fans in 1999.
A native of New York City, he played for the New York Yankees until his career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now commonly known in the United States and Canada as Lou Gehrig's disease. Over a fifteen-season span from 1925 through 1939, he played in 2,130 consecutive games, the streak ending only when Gehrig became disabled by the fatal neuromuscular disease that claimed his life two years later. His streak, long considered one of baseball's few unbreakable records, stood for 56 years, until finally broken by Cal Ripken, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles on September 6, 1995.
Gehrig accumulated 1,995 runs batted in (RBI) in seventeen seasons, with a career batting average of .340, on-base percentage of .447, and slugging percentage of .632. Three of the top six RBI seasons in baseball history belong to Gehrig. He was selected to each of the first seven All-Star games (though he did not play in the 1939 game, as he retired one week before it was held), and he won the American League's Most Valuable Player award in 1927 and 1936. He was also a Triple Crown winner in 1934, leading the American League in batting average, home runs, and RBIs.
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