On October 1, 2006, in front of a record crowd at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Tim Salmon played his final game. A few days after announcing he would retire at the conclusion of the season, Salmon, who spent all of his 15 years in the majors with the Angels, went 0-for-4 with a walk in an 11-10 loss to the Aās.
On a chilly Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig comes to the plate in the fourth inning and singles off Washington hurler Ken Chase for his 2,721st and last hit, the most ever in franchise history. The āIron Horseāsā record will stand for over 70 years until Derek Jeter, another 35 year-old team captain, surpasses the mark in 2009.
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April 29, 1939
