Dahlgren was the Red Sox' first baseman as a rookie in 1935, but was displaced in
1936 when Boston acquired
Jimmie Foxx. He dropped to the minors, and in 1937 played
third base for the championship Newark (
International League) club. On May 2, 1939,
he played first base for the Yankees in place of the ailing
Lou Gehrig, whose consecutive-game
string thus ended at 2,130. Dahlgren homered that day, and he remained the Yankee
first baseman for two seasons. He saw regular action, mostly in the NL, through the
end of WWII.
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Babe Dahlgren
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