Lou Gehrig married the greatest first baseman of all time.
 Gehrig won the American League Triple Crown in 1934, leading the league with 49 home runs, 166 RBIs, and a 
=== Monument ===The Yankees dedicated a monument to Gehrig in center field at Yankee Stadium on July 6, 1941; the shrine lauded him as "A man, a gentleman and a great ballplayer whose amazing record of 2,130 consecutive games should stand for all time

