Sunday marked the fourth annual Lou Gehrig Day in MLB. READ MORE: Does MLB have a salary cap? Major League Baseball’s Luxury Tax explained Lou Gehrig started as the first baseman for the New ...

1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did not play ... the culmination of a swift decline for a player who was one of baseball’s best second basemen only a few years ago.

Gehrig told reporters he believed DiMaggio would become one of baseball’s all-time greats. In his autobiography, DiMaggio notes Lou’s generous nature: "The fact that he was being taken for ...