It’s been 80 years to the day that MLB lost a legend of the game. Lou Gehrig died on June 2, 1941 at the young age of 37 after a 2-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It was also just 2 years after he was forced to walk away from the game of baseball with a historic career.
Gehrig won just about every award a big leaguer could ever hope for. The Yankees first baseman took home 2 MVP awards, a Triple Crown, a batting title, 6 World Series championships, and was eventually voted to the MLB Hall of Fame.