Lou Gehrig was given the nickname Buster, and he ran Ruth a close race in home runs.

By 1926, when the mighty Yanks were at their mightiest, only a few of these were left but they still shone brightest, even beside able and agile rookies like Tony Lazzeri ( who managed never to have one of his epileptic fits on the field ), Mark Koenig, Lou Gehrig, George Pipgras, and gray-thatched Earl Combs.

Ed Delahanty and Chuck Klein of the Phillies, the Braves' Joe Adcock, Lou Gehrig of the Yankees, Pat Seerey of the White Sox and Rocky Colavito, then with Cleveland, made their history on the road.

But now, for the first time since Lou Gehrig ( with 47 home runs ) spurred Ruth on in 1927, two men playing for the same team have zeroed in on 60.

With the famous facade, the short right field porch and Monument Park, Yankee Stadium has been home to many of baseball's greatest players including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Alex Rodriguez.

In 1929, he was recruited by the New York Yankees, who already had a capable first baseman, Lou Gehrig.

He was 3rd in the AL in slugging percentage (. 600 ) – behind Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig, but ahead of Babe Ruth, and in RBIs ( 139 ), 6th in batting average (. 339 ), 7th in home runs ( 26 ), and 9th in on base percentage (. 404 ).

Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg.

He led the AL by driving in 183 runs ( 3rd all-time, behind Hack Wilson in 1930 and Lou Gehrig in 1931 ), and in extra base hits ( 103 ), while batting. 337 with 200 hits.

* 1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself " The luckiest man on the face of the earth " as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.

* 1932 – Lou Gehrig and teammate Tony Lazzeri hit four home runs in one game, and hit for the natural cycle, respectively.

Bench also won such awards as the Lou Gehrig Award (), the Babe Ruth Award (), and the Hutch Award ().

* May is National amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig ’ s Disease ) Awareness Month in the United States.

This drug is often used for Lou Gehrig ’ s disease, but also is a potential candidate for bipolar disorder therapy.

Known as " King Carl " and " The Meal Ticket ", Hubbell gained fame during the 1934 All-Star Game, when he struck out five future Hall of Famers in a row: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin.

In his farewell speech, Lou Gehrig stated that the Giants were a team that " would give his right arm to beat, and vice versa.

Saul was one of his mother's four brothers, as well as a former semi-pro baseball player who had pitched against Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe Gordon in an exhibition game.

This was the only game which featured both Williams and Lou Gehrig playing against one another.

On July 17,, Williams became the fifth player ever to hit 400 home runs, following Mel Ott in 1941, Jimmie Foxx in 1938, Lou Gehrig in 1936, and Babe Ruth in 1927.

At the time of his retirement, Williams ranked third all-time in home runs ( behind Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx ), seventh in RBIs ( after Ruth, Cap Anson, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Foxx, and Mel Ott ; Stan Musial passed Williams in 1962 ), and seventh in batting average ( behind Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty O ' Doul, Ed Delahanty and Tris Speaker ).

* May 2 – Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig, the legendary Yankee first baseman known as " The Iron Horse ", ends his 2, 130 consecutive games played streak after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

** Lou Gehrig gives his last public speech, following a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ).

* June 2 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player ( b. 1903 )

** Lou Gehrig, American baseball player ( d. 1941 )

The origins of Monument Park can be traced to the original three monuments of Lou Gehrig, Miller Huggins, and Babe Ruth that once used to stand in-play in center field.

Bake was waiting to report that Lou DuVol had been sobered up to the point where he could function efficiently.

Modern musicians such as Little Richard, Mark Farner, Dan Peek, Donna Summer, Bob Dylan, Kerry Livgren, Dave Hope, Dave Mustaine, Nicko McBrain, Roger McGuinn, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Johnny Cash, Brian Welch, Keith Farley, Cliff Richard, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and Lou Gramm were artists whose born again conversions had an impact on modern culture.

On August 22, Lou Piniella, who had already announced his retirement at the end of the season, announced that he would leave the Cubs prematurely to take care of his sick mother.

Unlike many previous first ladies, when Hoover's wife, Lou Henry Hoover, came to the White House, she had already carved out her own reputation, having graduated from Stanford as the only woman in her class with a degree in geology.

In France, les punks, a Parisian subculture of Lou Reed fans, had already been around for years.

From 1914 to 1916 he had a turbulent affair with the painter Lou Albert-Lasard.

* Lou Brown, who had managed the Mud Hens for " the last 30 years ", is selected as the Manager of the Cleveland Indians in Major League.

In 1976, he recorded a 9-song album for Lou Adler's Ode Records which was unreleased in its entirety until February 2010, when it was made available as a legal download ( 4 tracks from these sessions had been released on a 1990 Rocky Horror box set ).

Her government work began as a result of her longtime friendship with Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover, both of whom she had known in California ; Gilbreth had presided over the Women's Branch of the Engineers ' Hoover for President campaign.

While attracting Connell, Cooney received a call from Lou Hausman, who worked for the Commissioner of Education ; he suggested Jon Stone, also from Captain Kangaroo, a producer who had retired to Vermont, though no more than 35 at the time.

The director had been thinking about this kind of a movie as early as 1981 and was inspired by his father, Lou Stone, a broker during the Great Depression at Hayden Stone.

On one occasion, Lou had thought about leaving the force to pursue a career in home security, which leaves Wiggum nearly a tearful mess.

In 1980, Henderson became the 3rd modern-era player to steal 100 bases in a season ( Maury Wills's 104 in 1962 and Lou Brock's 118 in 1974 had preceded him ).

After the band had its series of legal struggles with manager Lou Pearlman, they signed with Jive Records.

" He married Lucy " Lou " Lamb in 1961, and they had two children.

George Butler was now responsible for the label, but despite some good albums, the commercial viability of jazz was in question, and more borderline and outright commercial records were made ( often by artists who had previously recorded " straight " jazz for the label-Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Grant Green, Horace Silver ).

Mattingly did just as well in 1986, leading the league with 238 hits, 53 doubles ( to date, both are single-season franchise records, having broken Earle Combs ' 231 and Lou Gehrig's 52 respectively ; both had been set in 1927 ), 388 total bases, and a. 573 slugging percentage.

Upon arriving at the NBC studio, Lou received word that his infant son Lou Jr. had accidentally drowned in the family pool.

Lou had asked his wife to keep Butch up that night so the boy could hear his father on the radio for the first time.

No one in the audience knew of the death until after the show when Bud Abbott explained the events of the day, and how the phrase " The show must go on " had been epitomized by Lou that night.

Lou Costello ( 1906 — 1959 ) had been a burlesque comic since 1930, after failing to break into movie acting and working as a stunt double and film extra.