Days after Jackie Mitchell (center) struck out Yankee superstars (from left) Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, the duo watched the female phenom demonstrate her fastball during spring training in ...

1927 — Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in major league history when the Yankees announce he will earn $70,000 per season for the next three years. 1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees ...

788 slugging and 1.286 OPS. In any 162-game span, only four players have ever totaled 205+ hits, 138+ runs, 159+ RBIs and 134+ walks: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams and Aaron Judge.

There were no page-topping headlines in newspapers around the world announcing that on May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig of the New ... and talented as teammate Babe Ruth, retired in 1939.

1917 — Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs pitched a double no-hitter for nine innings, but the Reds won 1-0 on two hits in the 10th. Jim Thorpe drove in the ...

Shea Langeliers hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and drove in five runs as the Athletics overcame two home runs by ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 1927 — Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid ... per season for the next three years. 1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did not play against ...

OptaSTATS shared on social media that aside from Chourio, the only other three players to reach these thresholds in a three-game stretch are Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Shohei Ohtani. "The Brewers ...

When it’s the very bat Babe Ruth used to blast balls ... backed by Cobb’s personal bat orders and photo-matched to a 1928 image. Long before Lou Gehrig was smashing records in pinstripes ...

Babe Ruth did play in Marysville, alongside Yankee teammate LOU GEHRIG, in a 1927 exhibition game, but Bryant Field did not exist then. The game was played at Marysville Municipal Stadium (yes ...

1927 — Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in major league history when the Yankees announce he will earn $70,000 per season for the next three years. 1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York ...