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Lou Gehrig's final year contract...
Lou Gehrig's final year contract...
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March 09, 1938
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1938
* Lou Gehrig's last contract
* Health failure nears
* Joe DiMaggio wants more also
* New York Yankees baseball
The sport's section (page 31) has a four column heading: "Yanks Boost Offer to Hold-Out Gehrig" with subheads. (see) He would sign the contract a few days later. Gehrig would have to give up baseball the following year due to health failure.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
background: In 1938, Lou Gehrig signed his final contract with the New York Yankees for $39,000, making him the highest-paid player in baseball at the time. Though he played the full season, his performance noticeably declined due to the early effects of the illness later identified as ALS. He batted .295 with 29 home runs and 114 RBIs—well below his typical production. The following year, Gehrig voluntarily ended his record streak of 2,130 consecutive games on May 2, 1939, marking the beginning of the end of his Hall of Fame career.
Category: The 20th Century
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