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Born
Lou Gehrig was born in New York City on June 19th, 1903. -
Christmas
Lou Gehrig receives his first catchers mitt for Christmas. -
Bean shooter
Lou receives a bean shooter from his father and he kills a bird. He felt sorry and ashamed, so he broke his bean shooter. -
Skinny dipping
Lou Gehrig went skinny dipping and the police caught him and his father had to come to pick him up. -
1st baseball team
Lou makes the baseball team as 4th grader while the other boys were 7th and 8th graders. -
Highschool
Lou starts high school, he makes the soccer team and the baseball team. As a 9th grader he plays 1st base.h -
Neighbor ball club.
During the summer, Lou was paid five dollars for every game he pitched for a neighborhood club. -
High school championship/Columbia College
Lou is a senior in high school and his team wins the High School Championship of New York. This enables Lou's team to play the Champion from Chicago High school team. Lou hits a grand slam home run to help his team win. Lou starts Columbia College one month later. -
Major league career.
Lou starts his major league career with the Yankees. -
World Series.
Lou set a record by hitting 4 home runs in a game to help the Yankee's win the World Series. -
Triple Crown
Lou Gehrig won the Triple Crown with a .363 average, 49 homers, and 165 RBI -
Lou wins the MVP.
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Lou Gehrig retires.
Lou Gehrig retires from baseball, because the doctors told him to stop. Lou becomes a member of the New York City parole board so that he can help young boys to give back to his community. -
Lou Gehrig died.
Lour Gehrig dies of ALS. He died in his house in Bronx, New York on June 2, 1941.
