looking over Lou Gehrig's stats.. i noticed that (1 Viewer)

[Righetti]

Some years they played less than 154 others they played more.

I guess that years ago they would just not make-up rain-outs because they already had double-headers scheduled and the travelling took so much longer.. but there are also a bunch of years where he played 157 games which might have been extra games to decide the pennant but I'm not sure. Did they play 3 games to decide the pennant back them (I think they only play one today)

Obviously he's an easy one to look at since he played every-game, so that should be the total amount of games the yanks played those years

1926 155

1927 155

1928 154

1929 154

1930 154

1931 155

1932 156

1933 152

1934 154

1935 149

1936 155

1937 157

1938 157

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...o01.shtml?redir

 

[Eephus]

Some years they played less than 154 others they played more.

I guess that years ago they would just not make-up rain-outs because they already had double-headers scheduled and the travelling took so much longer.. but there are also a bunch of years where he played 157 games which might have been extra games to decide the pennant but I'm not sure. Did they play 3 games to decide the pennant back them (I think they only play one today)

Obviously he's an easy one to look at since he played every-game, so that should be the total amount of games the yanks played those years

1926 155

1927 155

1928 154

1929 154

1930 154

1931 155

1932 156

1933 152

1934 154

1935 149

1936 155

1937 157

1938 157

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...o01.shtml?redir

If you check the AL page for those years, the number of games Gehrig played is often greater than the number of games listed for the Yankees. E.g. the 1938 Yanks went 99-53 (152 games), yet Gehrig's year line on his player page shows 157 games played.

 

[Wrigley]

Some years they played less than 154 others they played more.

I guess that years ago they would just not make-up rain-outs because they already had double-headers scheduled and the travelling took so much longer.. but there are also a bunch of years where he played 157 games which might have been extra games to decide the pennant but I'm not sure. Did they play 3 games to decide the pennant back them (I think they only play one today)

Obviously he's an easy one to look at since he played every-game, so that should be the total amount of games the yanks played those years

1926 155

1927 155

1928 154

1929 154

1930 154

1931 155

1932 156

1933 152

1934 154

1935 149

1936 155

1937 157

1938 157

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...o01.shtml?redir

If you check the AL page for those years, the number of games Gehrig played is often greater than the number of games listed for the Yankees. E.g. the 1938 Yanks went 99-53 (152 games), yet Gehrig's year line on his player page shows 157 games played.

99-53-and 5 ties

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Them old dudes were just lazy slackers.

 

[This_Guy]

This is interesting. My guess is that it has something to do with ties. The season was 154 games long. If there was a tie ended by weather or darkness they replayed the entire game. In 1938 they had 5 ties. Possible they replayed 3 of those games but didn't have a chance or a need to replay the other 2 games. So they ended up playing 157 games, 3 over the 154 schedule. Not sure how these tie games effect statistics.

 

[Righetti]

This is interesting. My guess is that it has something to do with ties. The season was 154 games long. If there was a tie ended by weather or darkness they replayed the entire game. In 1938 they had 5 ties. Possible they replayed 3 of those games but didn't have a chance or a need to replay the other 2 games. So they ended up playing 157 games, 3 over the 154 schedule. Not sure how these tie games effect statistics.

interesting question about the statsin 27 which is the year Ruth hit 60 there were apparantly 155 games that Gehrig appeared in, so Ruth would have had the same amount of games available.still not 162 when Marris broke his record but I guess the difference between 162-155 is less than 162-154