wally pipp may be the only baseball player who's famous riding the bench...ow he ended up there is quite a story in itself. he was the new york yankees long time first baseman, when, as popular legend goes, on june 2, 1925, he had a headache... and his skipper recommended he take a seat to let "the kid" - lou gehrig - play ... an easy decision at the time with the yanks struggling... and his end... proved to be the unbelievablean theak - and career - for young mr. gehrig... he was 22 years old, and while 1923,ned the yankees in he'd seen limited playing time his first two seasons, mostly a pinch hitter... but that all changed on that memorable in june of 1925... once gehrig stepped foot on the field to replace pipp at 1st, didn't miss a game for the next 14 years... starting a streak that spanned 2,130 games... the numbers he put up along the way were astounding... the left handed slugger had more seasons with 150 or rbi, eight seasons with 200 or more hits, and five seasons with more than 40 home runs. he was a seven time all star, two time a.l, mvp, a tripl