5 Best Remembered baseball players in history
Babe Ruth
Jackie Robinson
- On April 5th 1947 he became the first black man to play Major league baseball on an all white team
- Robinson was being harassed by the crowed when Pee Wee Reese a player on his team put his arm around Robinson which was legendary in baseball history
- Jackies brother Matthew Robinson was the one to persuade his brother to keep playing and Matthew won a silver medal in the 200 meter dash in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
- A song was written about Jackie Robinson called "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?"
Hank Aaron
- His nickname "Hammerin Hank"
- His career home runs (755) passed those of Babe Ruth but his score was later beaten by Barry Bonds
- His annual pay in 1959 was around $30,000
- Aaron was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002
Ted William
- His nickname "The Kid"
- Williams was said to have captured the Triple Crown awarded to a batter that has a good batting average, home run average, and runs batted in
- He served as a Navy pilot in World War II and a Marine pilot in the Korean War
- September 1960 Williams hangs up his cleats and ends his baseball career
Lou Gehrig
- Nicknamed the "Iron Horse" this man could play through incredible pain which was respected by his teammates the Yankees
- Working next to Babe Ruth, Ruth and Gehrig were an unstoppable hitting force
- Gehrigs record was playing 2130 games which was eventually beaten by Oriole Cal Ripken Jr.
- In 1939 after seeing many doctors they told Gehrig he was suffering amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- In May 1939 Gehrig willingly took himself out of the lineup and a while later he chose it was time to retire and he did