LOU GEHRIG·1927

The summer of 1927 belonged to Lou Gehrig, who played all 155 games for the Yankees' Murderers' Row and won the American League's MVP award. He collected 218 hits, including 52 doubles and 18 triples, scored 149 runs, drew 109 walks, and stole 10 bases. His .373 average, 47 home runs, and 175 runs batted in stood as the summer's three loudest numbers, each one carrying its own weight in the record books and its own legend in the telling.

.373 AVG

In 1927 he hit .373.

47 HOME RUNS

In 1927 he hit 47 home runs.

175 RBI

In 1927 he drove in 175 runs.

Lou Gehrig. Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).