The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record

by John Eisenberg

Book Overview

The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played

When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one, he had no idea he would someday beat the historic record of playing 2,130 games in a row, a record set forty-two years before by the fabled "Iron Horse" of the New York...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544107675
• ISBN13: 9780544107670
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"