Close<\/a>Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.<\/p>\nLou Gehrig’s uniform from his final Yankee Stadium appearance has sold for $2.712 million at auction, the most ever paid for a piece of Gehrig memorabilia.<\/p>\n
The uniform, which was worn by Gehrig at Game 2 of the 1939 World Series, was part of an auction of Dr. G.B. Espy’s Collection, presented by Christie’s and Hunt Auctions. The winning bid included a buyer’s premium.<\/p>\n
Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — which would later be known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — in 1939 and played only eight games that season before being forced to retire. His then-record streak of 2,130 consecutive games played would end, but he stayed with the Yankees and delivered lineup cards to umpires. The uniform sold at auction was photo-matched by MeiGray Authenticated to Oct. 5, 1939, the last time Gehrig wore a Yankees uniform at home.<\/p>\n
He died June 2, 1941.<\/p>\n
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The uniform worn by Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig at Game 2 of the 1939 World Series — Gehrig’s final appearance at Yankee Stadium — sold for $2.712 million at auction.\u00a0Courtesy of Christie’s & Hunt Auctions<\/p>\n
“The jersey had been originally preserved by a dry cleaner who was tasked with cleaning the uniforms for the [Yankees’ affiliate] Newark Bears,” the lot description reads. “Noticing that Lou Gehrig’s jersey was among those headed for Minor League use[,] the cleaner coveted the final home shirt worn by the Iron Horse and retained it for over 50 years.”<\/p>\n
Espy — whom Hunt Auctions president David Hunt called “a pioneering collector of historic memorabilia during the formative years of the medium” — purchased the jersey in 1991 for $115,000. It is not the same jersey Gehrig wore during his “Luckiest Man” speech on July 4, 1939. The whereabouts of that jersey are unknown.<\/p>\n
In the same auction, a bat that was described by PSA’s John Taube as “very likely” used during Gehrig’s final World Series in 1938 sold for $1.197 million, and Jackie Robinson’s Baseball Hall of Fame ring sold for $693,000. Both prices included a buyer’s premium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan HajduckyOct 22, 2025, 05:59 PM ET CloseDan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-232966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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