Lou Gehrig Career Hits Overview

During Lou Gehrig's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 2721 hits, an average of 160 hits per season. 1930 was his best season with 220 hits and his worst season was 1939 when he had 4 hits. Lou Gehrig outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (582.834), Y (2274.55), mlb (581.433), and 1B (742.748) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Base hits (H), commonly referred to as hits, is credited to a player when they reach or pass first without the benifit of a feilding error or fielders choice during an at bat. Generally, for Hits, higher is better. (Source)

Lou Gehrig Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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Extra Base Hits
Career27211190
Season Avg.16070
162 Game Avg.20489
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Lou Gehrig Hits By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Lou Gehrig's yearly Hits for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Lou Gehrig Cumulative Hits by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Lou Gehrig's career Hits progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Lou Gehrig's career Hits at the end of that season.
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Lou Gehrig Hits By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Lou Gehrig and related player groups by summarizing Hits for each season played by Lou Gehrig. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Lou Gehrig Hits Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Lou Gehrig Hits stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Lou Gehrig career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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