4. Lou Gehrig
The fact that Gehrig made this list just shows how talented he was.
Before he was struck with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he was one heck of a baseball talent. He averaged a video game like 37 home runs and 149 RBI over an 162 game span. He slapped over 2,700 hits and smashed 483 home runs in his shortened career. He did this all batting behind legend Babe Ruth, only adding to his unquestioned greatness.
That’s a hall of fame career in itself, and I haven’t even mentioned the streak yet.
Yes, the streak. The original iron man played 2,130 consecutive games in his career before he retired from baseball due to his disease, calling himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
He sits at number four and that’s only because of his illness. Imagine what Gehrig could have done if he continued another four to five years of tearing the cover off the ball. He would have certainly found himself higher on the list, possibly at the top.
