h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The New York Yankees are one of the most sucessful baseball teams in the history of the world. Playing at Yankee stadium, often against the other New York team, The Mets.

Lou Gehrig was best known for his farewell to baseball speech at a Yankee game in July 4, 1939. He had to say leave due to his development of a rare disease that was later named after him. But besides that, Lou Gehrig holds the second place record for consecutive games played, at 2,130. His lifetime batting average was .340, 15th all time highest. Gehrig made a lot of records for his time, including highest RBI rating and most bases in a season. Many of these records have since been broken, fading him into history. But he was an all around great player.

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Babe Ruth was an all around great baseball player. Traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Yankees in 1920, he did many things for the first time, like hitting a home run out of Yankee Stadium, and many firsts for his time. Only recently has have his records for home runs and batting averages been broken, by Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds.

To be added- Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle