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Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig

Looks at the friendship between baseball players Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

The baseball adventure of Jackie Mitchell, girl pitcher, vs. Babe Ruth

In graphic novel format, relates the story of Jackie Mitchell, a female baseball player on the minor-leaguemen's team, the Chattanooga Lookouts, and the day in 1931 when she pitched against the New York Yankees in an exhibition game, striking out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

The big fella

Babe Ruth and the world he created
2018
Looks at Babe Ruth's three-week tour with Lou Gehrig after he hit his sixtieth home run.
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Lou Gehrig, courageous star

1979
A biography of the "Iron Horse", remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games for the New York Yankees.

Lou Gehrig

iron man of baseball
1970
The life of the Yankee player voted "the greatest first baseman of all time" by the Baseball Writers' Association.

Lou Gehrig

2009
Discusses the personal life and baseball career of the famous first baseman of the New York Yankees, Lou Gehrig.

Hitting glory

2001
When eleven-year-old Lou Gibson discovers an old wooden baseball bat in his school's basement, he sets off to determine if the bat's original owner was the school's most famous graduate, Yankee great Lou Gehrig.

Lou Gehrig, one of baseball's greatest

1982
A biography focusing on the childhood of one of the greatest professional baseball players who is remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games in 14 seasons with the New York Yankees.

Mighty Jackie

the strike-out queen
2004
In 1931, seventeen-year-old Jackie Mitchell pitches against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game, becoming the first professional female pitcher in baseball history.

Lou Gehrig

2005
Tells the life story of baseball star Lou Gehrig, chronicling his years with the New York Yankees and his battle with ALS.

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