Monument Park is an open-air museum located in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City. It contains a collection of monuments, plaques, and retired numbers honoring distinguished members of the New
Monument Park at Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium in the 1950s, with the monuments and flag pole in the field of play
The original Monument Park consisted of a row of monuments with plaques lining the wall behind them
The second Monument Park
Lou Gehrig
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Henry Louis Gehrig was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for
Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)
…retired. An additional honor, a monument mounted on a large red granite block, has only been awarded to six Yankees: manager Miller Huggins, players Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio, and owner George Steinbrenner. The original Yankee Stadium was built in 1923. As with many other jewel box…
Gehrig with the New York Yankees in 1923
Gehrig on the Columbia baseball team, 1921
Gehrig on the Columbia football team, 1922
Gehrig, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, and Babe Ruth in 1928