ocr: Hall of Fame baseball player Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) played fort the New York Yankees his entire professional career. His lifetime batting average was .340 (the fifteenth highest ever) and he averaged d147 RBls a season. His 23 career grand slams record still holds.In 1938, Gehrig's strength begant to fail, and in May1939 he ended his 2,130 consecutive games played streak. Gehrig was diagnosed with a veryrare degenerative disease,ALS (now often called Lou Gehrig's disease).His wife of eight years, Eleanor Gehrig, cared for him as his health continuedto decline. He died on June 2,1941. Gehrig ma ...
