THIS AUCTION IS FOR A VERY HISTORIC MAY 15TH, 1939 PROGRAM FEATURING THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS. THE GAME WAS PLAYED AT SHIBE PARK IN PHILADELPHIA. THIS PROGRAM WAS THE LAST PROGRAM EVER THAT LOU GEHRIG WAS LISTED AS A POSSIBLE STARTER ALONG WITH BABE DAHLGREN, BATTING 8TH IN THE YANKEES LINE-UP. GEHRIG WAS UNABLE TO PLAY IN THIS GAME BUT IT WAS THE FINAL PROGRAM EVER WITH HIM LISTED AS A POSSIBLE STARTER. HE HAD TO RETIRE IN JUNE OF THE 1939 SEASON AS ALS WAS ALREADY AFFECTING HIS ABILITY TO PLAY, SUCH A SAD STORY!
THE YANKEES WON THIS GAME 3-0 AS WES FERRELL GOT THE WIN AND BUCK ROSS TOOK THE LOSS. DAHLGREN AND GEORGE SELKIRK LED THE YANKEES WITH 2 HITS EACH WHILE TOMMY HENRICH, BILL DICKEY, CHARLIE KELLER, JOE GORDON AND FERRELL ADDED A HIT EACH. BOB JOHNSON LED THE ATHLETICS WITH 2 HITS EHILE DEE MILES, NICK ETTEN AND BILL NAGEL ADDED A HIT EACH. THIS PROGRAM HAS CREASING AND SOME BORDER NICKS BUT IT IS STILL A VERY HISTORIC PROGRAM!
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On June 21, 1939, the Yankees announced Gehrig’s retirement. On July 4, they held Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium.[fn]James Lincoln Ray, “Lou Gehrig.”[/fn] This was when Gehrig gave his “Luckiest Man” speech. Later in 1939, he was selected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, which waived its five-year waiting period. On June 2, 1941, 14 years to the date after Lou Gehrig began his consecutive game streak, he died, at only 37 years old.
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