Lou Gehrig hit 493 home runs during a career that spanned from 1923-1939. Through 2010, Lou Gehrig is tied with Fred McGriff for 26th in career home runs. read more
During the 10 seasons (1925–1934) in which Gehrig and Ruth were teammates and next to each other in the batting order and played a majority of the games, Gehrig had more home runs than Ruth only once, in 1934 (which was Ruth's last year with the Yankees), when he hit 49 to Ruth's 22 (Ruth played 125 games that year). read more