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Lou Gehrig played 17 major-league seasons (1923-1939) as a 1B (2,137), OF (9), SS (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 20 | NYA | 13 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .423 | 1.234 | 231 |
| 1924 | 21 | NYA | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .500 | 1.122 | 198 |
| 1925 | 22 | NYA | 126 | 437 | 73 | 129 | 20 | 68 | 6 | 46 | 49 | .295 | .896 | 132 |
| 1926 | 23 | NYA | 155 | 572 | 135 | 179 | 16 | 112 | 6 | 105 | 73 | .313 | .969 | 160 |
| 1927 | 24 | NYA | 155 | 584 | 149 | 218 | 47 | 175 | 10 | 109 | 84 | .373 | 1.240 | 227 |
| 1928 | 25 | NYA | 154 | 562 | 139 | 210 | 27 | 142 | 4 | 95 | 69 | .374 | 1.115 | 199 |
| 1929 | 26 | NYA | 154 | 553 | 127 | 166 | 35 | 126 | 4 | 122 | 68 | .300 | 1.015 | 167 |
| 1930 | 27 | NYA | 154 | 581 | 143 | 220 | 41 | 174 | 12 | 101 | 63 | .379 | 1.194 | 206 |
| 1931 | 28 | NYA | 155 | 619 | 163 | 211 | 46 | 184 | 17 | 117 | 56 | .341 | 1.108 | 197 |
| 1932 | 29 | NYA | 156 | 596 | 138 | 208 | 34 | 151 | 4 | 108 | 38 | .349 | 1.072 | 184 |
| 1933 | 30 | NYA | 152 | 593 | 138 | 198 | 32 | 139 | 9 | 92 | 42 | .334 | 1.030 | 179 |
| 1934 | 31 | NYA | 154 | 579 | 128 | 210 | 49 | 165 | 9 | 109 | 31 | .363 | 1.172 | 210 |
| 1935 | 32 | NYA | 149 | 535 | 125 | 176 | 30 | 119 | 8 | 132 | 38 | .329 | 1.049 | 178 |
| 1936 | 33 | NYA | 155 | 579 | 167 | 205 | 49 | 152 | 3 | 130 | 46 | .354 | 1.174 | 197 |
| 1937 | 34 | NYA | 157 | 569 | 138 | 200 | 37 | 159 | 4 | 127 | 49 | .351 | 1.116 | 188 |
| 1938 | 35 | NYA | 157 | 576 | 115 | 170 | 29 | 114 | 6 | 107 | 75 | .295 | .932 | 141 |
| 1939 | 36 | NYA | 8 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .143 | .416 | 13 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 1B | 9 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1924 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | 1B | 114 | 0 | 1126 | 53 | 13 | 72 |
| 1925 | OF | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1926 | 1B | 155 | 0 | 1566 | 73 | 15 | 87 |
| 1927 | 1B | 155 | 0 | 1662 | 88 | 15 | 108 |
| 1928 | 1B | 154 | 0 | 1488 | 79 | 18 | 112 |
| 1929 | 1B | 154 | 0 | 1458 | 82 | 9 | 135 |
| 1930 | 1B | 153 | 0 | 1298 | 89 | 15 | 109 |
| 1930 | OF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | 1B | 154 | 0 | 1352 | 58 | 13 | 120 |
| 1931 | OF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1932 | 1B | 156 | 0 | 1293 | 75 | 18 | 101 |
| 1933 | 1B | 152 | 0 | 1290 | 64 | 9 | 102 |
| 1934 | 1B | 153 | 0 | 1284 | 80 | 8 | 126 |
| 1934 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | 1B | 149 | 0 | 1337 | 82 | 15 | 96 |
| 1936 | 1B | 155 | 0 | 1377 | 82 | 9 | 128 |
| 1937 | 1B | 157 | 0 | 1370 | 74 | 16 | 113 |
| 1938 | 1B | 157 | 0 | 1483 | 100 | 14 | 157 |
| 1939 | 1B | 8 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Lou Gehrig won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (ML), MVP 1927 (AL), TSN All-Star 1927 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1928 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1928 (ML), TSN All-Star 1928 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1930 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1931 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1931 (ML), TSN All-Star 1931 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (ML), Triple Crown 1934 (AL), TSN All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (ML), MVP 1936 (AL), TSN All-Star 1936 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (ML), TSN All-Star 1937 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1927, 1926, 1925.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 2 / 64 | 0 |
| 1926 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 7 / 64 | 0 |
| 1927 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 56 / 64 | 7 |
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 59 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 55 / 80 | 0 |
| 1933 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 39 / 80 | 0 |
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 54 / 80 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 29 / 80 | 0 |
| 1936 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 73 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 42 / 80 | 0 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
Lou Gehrig ranks on 7 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | first basemen | 1927 | 227 OPS+ |
| #12 | first basemen | 1934 | 210 OPS+ |
| #15 | first basemen | 1930 | 206 OPS+ |
| #25 | first basemen | 1928 | 199 OPS+ |
| #28 | first basemen | 1931 | 197 OPS+ |
| #29 | first basemen | 1936 | 197 OPS+ |
| #54 | first basemen | 1937 | 188 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.