Pair of Portraits of Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb - Americana - Each measures 5.75" wide by 8" tall

Pair of portrait cards of Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb. Each measures 5.75" wide by 8" tall.

Henry Louis Gehrig, originally named Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig, was an American professional baseball first baseman who played for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons from 1923 to 1939. He was celebrated for his exceptional hitting ability and remarkable durability, which earned him the nickname 'the Iron Horse.' Gehrig was selected as an All-Star seven times, won the Triple Crown once, was named the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player on two occasions, and was part of six World Series championship teams. Over his career, he achieved a batting average of .340, a slugging percentage of .632, and an on-base percentage of .447. He recorded 493 home runs and 1,995 runs batted in (RBI). Notably, he holds the highest ratio of runs scored plus runs batted in per 100 plate appearances (35.08) and per 100 games (156.7) among Hall of Fame players. In 1939, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and became the first MLB player to have his uniform number (4) retired by a team.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), known as 'the Georgia Peach', was a prominent American center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in the rural area of Narrows, Georgia. Cobb dedicated 22 seasons to the Detroit Tigers, serving as the team's player-manager for the final six seasons of his career, which concluded with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936, he garnered the highest number of votes on the first-ever Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, achieving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%); this record for the highest percentage of votes remained unbroken until Tom Seaver in 1992. In 1999, Sporting News placed Ty Cobb third on their list of 'Baseball's 100 Greatest Players.’

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