Lou Gehrig's Three "Lost" Columbia Home Runs.

This article focuses on Lou Gehrig’s early baseball career at Columbia University, revealing three previously overlooked home runs he hit in non-collegiate games before his official 1923 college season. These “lost” home runs occurred while Gehrig was still a high school student playing against professional minor league teams, including a Brooklyn Negro League team. The article also details Gehrig’s record-setting “longest” and “last” home run at Columbia’s South Field in 1923, which became part of his enduring legend. It contextualizes South Field’s historical layout and the mythology surrounding Gehrig’s feats, emphasizing that his total Columbia home runs number ten rather than the officially recorded seven. The piece concludes with a call for commemorating Gehrig’s achievements at Columbia as a tribute to his legacy and the fight against ALS, also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.”