Baseball Legend Lou Gehrig’s Final Job: New York City Parole Officer

<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrilo01.shtml" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Lou Gehrig</a> was one of the finest baseball players to ever grace a diamond. His Hall-of-Fame career with the New York Yankees was cut short after he developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS- later renamed after him) that killed him in 1941 when he was just 37. The illness forced him to end his playing career, but he forged forward in the last years of his life working one final job as a parole officer for New York City. The Iron Horse accomplished the impossible. Although the first baseman was teammates with the legendary Babe Ruth for much of his career, he was talented enough to not be overshadowed, hitting .340 with 493 home runs and 1,995 RBIs in 17 seasons. He also won two MVP awards and finished in the top five in voting on six other occasions. <a href="https://medium.com/sportsraid/baseball-legend-lou-gehrigs-final-job-new-york-city-parole-officer-ad6f17f5b4e6">Website</a>