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Lou Gehrig's Last Game
If you went to Yankee Stadium on April 30, 1939,
you could expect to see the great Lou Gehrig continue
his incredible streak of consecutive-played games.
Lou hadn't missed a game since June 1, 1925, a total
of 2129 in a row! It was the 8th game of the young
season and that day the Yankees faced the Washington
Senators. It proved to be Lou's last game.
His worsening condition due to his yet undiagnosed
ALS (a degenerative muscle disease that would tragically
take his life within two years) made it extremely
difficult for him to play. He went 0 for 4 that
day and only a sympathetic official scorer saved
him from recording his third error of the new season.
This is a very rare ticket stub and scorecard from
Gehrig's last game (and obviously, the last game
of his streak). Neither Gehrig nor the fans knew
it was to be his final game. He took himself out
of the line-up before the Yankees' next game in
Detroit. On the back of this ticket, in period black
ink is written: "Yanks-2 Senators-3 1939".
If you held this ticket, you saw the last of The
Iron Horse. 
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