Lou Gehrig, a man who made us forget Wally Pipp ... who had remained with the Yankees as the team captain, was elected to the Hall of Fame after the Baseball Writers Association of America ...

In the first ever Hall of Fame ballot, 50 players were put on the ... VEB 1B - Jeff Bagwell, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Harmon ...

Hall of Fame ... for the Hall of Fame but baseball makes an exception for players who die during their careers. Kile is the fourth player thus affected -- the others were Lou Gehrig (who died ...