Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig

Description: Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, cropped from a posed picture of 1937 Major League Baseball All-Stars in Washington, DC.

On April 30, Gehrig went hitless against the Washington Senators. Gehrig had just played his 2,130th consecutive major league game.

On May 2, the next game after a day off, Gehrig approached McCarthy before a game in Detroit against the Tigers and said, "I'm benching myself, Joe," telling the Yankees' skipper that he was doing so "for the good of the team."

McCarthy, put Ellsworth "Babe" Dahlgren in at first base, telling Gehrig whenever he wanted to play again, the position was his. Gehrig took the lineup card out to the shocked umpires before the game, ending the fourteen-year streak.

Before the game began, the Briggs Stadium announcer told the fans, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time Lou Gehrig's name will not appear on the Yankee lineup in 2,130 consecutive games." The Detroit Tigers' fans gave Gehrig a standing ovation while he sat on the bench with tears in his eyes. A wire service photograph of Gehrig reclining against the dugout steps with a stoic expression appeared the next day in the nation's newspapers.

Title: Plenty of basehits in these bats. Washington D.C., July 7. A million dollar base-ball flesh is represented in these sluggers of the two All- Star Teams which met in the 1937 game at Griffith Stadium today. Left to right: Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charley Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg, 7/7/37 Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer. Date Created/Published: 1937 July 7. Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-22989 (digital file from original negative. Uncropped Image JPEG (85kb) || JPEG (210kb) || TIFF (19.5mb) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. This is a photograph from the Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress. The photos (and negatives) were given to the library. The restrictions and copyrights of the items, as part of the Instrument of Gift, have expired. There are no known restrictions on the use of these items. Call Number: LC-H22- D-1887 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Notes:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
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Temp. note: Batch four.

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United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)

Format:
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Collections:
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Part of: Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)

Opening Day Baseball New York Highlanders

Title: [Opening Day at Hilltop Park, NY; NY Highlanders (AL) & Phila. Athletics game action (baseball)] Creator(s): Bain News Service, publisher. Date Created / Published: [1908 Apr. 14] Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-00274 (digital file from original neg.)

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The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s.

Call Number: LC-B2- 56-3 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA .

Notes: * Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: N.Y. Americans vs. Philadelphia, opening game, New York, 4/14/08. * Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). * Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. Subjects: * New York * baseball Format: * Glass negatives. Collections: * Bain Collection

Babe Ruth in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat.

Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat. Title: [Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat] / Irwin, La Broad, & Pudlin. Date Created, Published: c1920. On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat"

Medium: 1 photographic print. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-7246 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-105246 (b&w film copy neg.) Call Number: BIOG FILE - Ruth, George Herman, 1895-1948 [item] [P&P] [P&P] Other Number: J242488.

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George Michael Steinbrenner III

George Michael Steinbrenner III (July 4, 1930 – July 13, 2010) was principal owner and managing partner of the New York Yankees. During Mr. Steinbrenner's 37-year ownership from 1973 to his death in July 2010, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned 7 World Series titles and 11 pennants.

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The Polo Grounds

Polo Grounds during World Series game, 1913. Digital ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b16684 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b16684. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Title: Baseball parks - Polo Grounds during World Series game, 1913. Date Created/Published: 1913. Medium: 1 photographic print. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-69242 (b&w film copy neg.)

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Call Number: LOT 11147-3 item [P&P] [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

Notes: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Photographic prints--1910-1920. Collections: Bain Collection

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by baseball's New York Metropolitans from 1880 until 1885, New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963, the New York Football Giants of the National Football League from 1925 to 1955 and by the New York Titans in the American Football League 1960 until 1962 and the successor New York Jets of the American Football League 1963. It also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games. From Wikipedia Polo Grounds

the "Shot Heard 'round the World" is the term given to the game-ending home run hit by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010) off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds to win the National League pennant at 3:58 p.m. EST on October 3, 1951. Shot Heard 'Round the World

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New Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium is located in the Bronx, the northernmost borough of New York City. It s the home ballpark for the New York Yankees, replacing the previous Yankee Stadium, built in 1923. The new ballpark was constructed across the street, north-northeast of the Old Yankee Stadium, on the site of Macombs Dam Park. It opened April 2, 2009

Monument Park, which features the Yankees' retired numbers, as well as monuments and plaques dedicated to distinguished Yankees, has been moved from its location beyond the left field fences in the original Yankee Stadium to its new location beyond the center field fences at the new facility

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1903 New York Highlanders

The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide.: official American league baseball guide By Reach's official American league base ball guide. Published by A.J. Reach, 1902. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Jul 25, 2008. Publisher varies: 1883-1927, A. J. Reach; 1928-1934 A. J. Reach, Wright & Ditson, Inc.; 1935-1939 American Sports Publishing Co.

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1903 New York Highlanders of the American League were composed of the following personnel: Manager. Clark Griffith; pitchers, J. Chesbro, J. Tannehill. W. Wolfe, H. Howell, C. Griffith, C. Dcering; catchers. J. O'Connor, M. Beville; first base, J. Ganzell; second base, J. Williams; third base, W. Conroy; shortstop, H. Long, N. Elberfeld and E. E. Courtney; outfielders. A. Davis, D. Fultz, W. Keeler, H. McFarland.

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Yankee Stadium, Phil Rizzuto Tribute

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Yankee Stadium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium in New York City that is the home of the New York Yankees, a Major League baseball team. Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, it has hosted Yankees home games since 1923. It was formerly the home of the New York Giants football team, and once hosted dozens of boxing's most famous fights.

Yankee Stadium is one of the most famous sports venues in the world, due to its primary occupants having won more World Series championships than any other team. Its nickname, "The House that Ruth Built", comes from the iconic Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. Many Yankee fans refer to it as simply "The Stadium" (as in "I'm going to a game at the Stadium").

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Phil Rizzuto From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philip Francis Rizzuto (born Fiero Francis Rizzuto, September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007) was a Major League Baseball player and radio/television sports announcer, known both for his skills as a player and his popular but idiosyncratic style as a broadcaster.

Nicknamed "The Scooter," Rizzuto was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994, having been selected by a Veterans Committee vote.

Rizzuto was born in Brooklyn, the son of a streetcar motorman. Despite his diminutive size — usually listed during his playing career as five feet, six inches tall and 160 pounds — he played both baseball and football at Richmond Hill High School in Queens.

While most sources have listed his birth date as 1918, he admitted many years ago that he had cut a year off his birth date early in his career after players told him it would add a year to his career. His actual birth year was 1917

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Baseball Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth, Jr.)

TITLE: [Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field], CALL NUMBER: LOT 12344-1 [P&P]REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-98072 (b&w film copy neg.)No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 photographic. print. CREATED, PUBLISHED: [1920?]. NOTES: by Keystone View Co. Inc. of N.Y. National Photo Company Collection.

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Babe Ruth, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), also known as "Babe", "The Great Bambino", "The Sultan of Swat", and "The Colossus of Clout", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914-1935.

Although he spent most of his career as an outfielder with the New York Yankees, Ruth began his career as a successful starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He compiled a 89-46 win-loss record during his time with the Red Sox and set a number of World Series pitching records. In 1918, Ruth started to play in the outfield and at first base so he could help the team on a day-to-day basis as a hitter. In 1919, he appeared in 111 games as an outfielder. He also hit 29 home runs to break Ned Williamson's record for most home runs in a single season.

In 1920, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000, in part to finance a Broadway play. The transaction spawned the Curse of the Bambino. Over his next 15 seasons in New York, Ruth led the league or placed in the top ten in batting average, slugging percentage, runs, total bases, home runs, RBI, and walks several times. Ruth hit 59 home runs in 1921 then beat his own single season home run record in 1927 with 60. It stood as the single season home run record for 34 years.

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Baseball 1926 New York Yankees

TITLE: [New York Yankees baseball team posed], CALL NUMBER: LOT 11147-2 [P&P], REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-97851 (b&w film copy neg.), No known restrictions on publication. 1926 Statistics and Roster

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MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED, PUBLISHED: [1926 Oct. 19], NOTES: George Grantham Bain Collection.

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New York Yankees, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1927 Yankees lineup was so potent that it has become known as "Murderers' Row", and some consider the team to be the best in the history of baseball . (though similar claims have been made for other Yankee squads, notably those of 1939, 1961 and 1998). The Yankees won an AL record 110 games with only 44 losses, and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series. Ruth's home run total of 60 in 1927 set a single-season home run record that would stand for 34 years. He also batted .356 and drove in 164 runs. Meanwhile, first baseman Lou Gehrig had his first big season, batting .373 with 47 round-trippers and 175 RBI's, beating Ruth's single-season RBI mark (171 in 1921).

Ruth hit third in the order, and Gherig hit cleanup Right behind them were two more sluggers: Bob "The Rifle" Meusel, who played either of the corner outfield positions, and Tony Lazzeri, who played second base. Lazzeri actually ranked third in the league in home runs in 1927 with 18, and he hit .309 with 102 RBI's. Meusel hit .337 with 103 RBI's. Speed was another weapon used by both: Lazzeri stole 22 bases while Meusel was second in the league with 24. These numbers were all due, in part, to center fielder and leadoff man Earle Combs. He hit .356, had a .414 on base percentage, and lead the AL with 231 hits that year (a team record until Don Mattingly broke it in 1986 with 283). The team's overall batting average in 1927 was .307.

The Yankees would repeat as American League champions in 1928, fighting off the resurgent Philadelphia Athletics. They would then go on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1928 World Series. Ruth got 10 hits in 16 at-bats, his .625 average setting a new single-series record. Three of these hits were home runs. Meanwhile, Gehrig went 6 for 11 (.545), going yard four times.

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