Lou Gehrig Career Stats | Key MLB Metrics (1923

Lou Gehrig made their MLB debut in 1923 and appeared in 2,164 games over 17 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.340, OPS of 1.079, hit 493 HRs, and recorded 113.8 WAR. They rank 29th all-time in HRs and 13th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Lou Gehrig made their MLB debut in 1923 and played in 2,164 games over 17 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G	2,164 (MLB Rank: 165)
AB	8,001 (MLB Rank: 153)
H	2,721 (MLB Rank: 64)
BA	0.340 (MLB Rank: 626)
2B	534 (MLB Rank: 43)
3B	163 (MLB Rank: 33)
HR	493 (MLB Rank: 29)
RBI	1995 (MLB Rank: 7)
R	1888 (MLB Rank: 13)
BB	1508 (MLB Rank: 17)
OBP	0.447 (MLB Rank: 629)
SLG	0.632 (MLB Rank: 296)
OPS	1.079 (MLB Rank: 298)
SB	102 (MLB Rank: 905)
SO	790 (MLB Rank: 667)
GIDP	2 (MLB Rank: 6,162)
CS	102 (MLB Rank: 127)
Rbat+	178 (MLB Rank: 526)
WAR	113.8 (MLB Rank: 13)

Lou Gehrig Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Lou Gehrig's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

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📊 Last Season Summary (1939)

In 1939, Lou Gehrig played in 8 games and posted the following stats:

G	8
AB	28
H	4
BA	0.143
2B	0
3B	0
HR	0
RBI	1
R	2
BB	5
OBP	0.273
SLG	0.143
OPS	0.416
SB	0
SO	1
GIDP	2
Rbat+	19
WAR	−0.3

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Lou Gehrig's best seasons by category:

Most HR in a season: 1934, 49 HR
Most H in a season: 1930, 220 H
Most RBI in a season: 1931, 185 RBI
Most SB in a season: 1931, 17 SB
Best BA in a season: 1924, 0.500 BA
Best OBP in a season: 1924, 0.538 OBP
Best SLG in a season: 1923, 0.769 SLG
Best OPS in a season: 1927, 1.240 OPS
Best WAR in a season: 1927, 11.9 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Lou Gehrig appeared in 34 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.361, OBP of 0.483, SLG of 0.731, and OPS of 1.214. They also tallied 10 HR, 43 H, 35 RBI, and 0 SB.

Lou Gehrig Career Stat Summary

season	H	HR	RBI	BA	R	OPS	WAR	OBP	SLG	PA	BB	SO	2B	3B	TB	rOBA	Rbat+	OPS+	G	GIDP	HBP	IBB	SB	CS	SH	AB
1923	11	1	8	0.423	6	1.234	0.4	0.464	0.769	29	2	5	4	1	20	0.548	222	218	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	26
1924	6	0	5	0.5	2	1.122	0.2	0.538	0.583	13	1	3	1	0	7	0.52	197	189	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
1925	129	20	68	0.295	73	0.896	3.2	0.365	0.531	497	46	49	23	10	232	0.402	122	127	126	0	2	3	6	3	12	437
1926	179	16	109	0.313	135	0.969	6.9	0.42	0.549	697	105	73	47	20	314	0.44	155	153	155	0	1	0	6	5	18	572
1927	218	47	173	0.373	149	1.24	11.9	0.474	0.765	717	109	84	52	18	447	0.533	219	220	155	0	3	9	10	10	21	584
1928	210	27	147	0.374	139	1.115	9.5	0.467	0.648	678	95	69	47	13	364	0.487	197	193	154	0	4	3	4	11	17	562
1929	166	35	125	0.3	127	1.015	7.5	0.431	0.584	694	122	68	32	10	323	0.446	166	166	154	0	5	9	4	3	12	553
1930	220	41	173	0.379	143	1.194	9.6	0.473	0.721	703	101	63	42	17	419	0.505	203	203	154	0	3	3	12	14	18	581
1931	211	46	185	0.341	163	1.108	8.6	0.446	0.662	738	117	56	31	15	410	0.479	189	194	155	0	0	14	17	12	2	619
1932	208	34	151	0.349	138	1.072	8.2	0.451	0.621	708	108	38	42	9	370	0.466	181	181	156	0	3	7	4	11	1	596
1933	198	32	140	0.334	138	1.03	7.2	0.424	0.605	687	92	42	41	12	359	0.454	176	177	152	0	1	4	9	13	1	593
1934	210	49	166	0.363	128	1.172	10	0.465	0.706	690	109	31	40	6	409	0.509	205	207	154	0	2	13	9	5	0	579
1935	176	30	120	0.329	125	1.049	8.3	0.466	0.583	673	132	38	26	10	312	0.462	177	175	149	0	5	21	8	7	0	535
1936	205	49	152	0.354	167	1.174	9.7	0.478	0.696	719	130	46	37	7	403	0.504	189	190	155	0	7	9	3	4	3	579
1937	200	37	158	0.351	138	1.116	8.2	0.473	0.643	700	127	49	37	9	366	0.486	180	176	157	0	4	13	4	3	0	569
1938	170	29	114	0.295	115	0.932	4.7	0.41	0.523	689	107	75	32	6	301	0.418	132	132	157	0	5	6	6	1	1	576
1939	4	0	1	0.143	2	0.416	-0.3	0.273	0.143	33	5	1	0	0	4	0.231	19	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	28

Lou Gehrig Career Stats & Summary