Cardinal Goldschmidt wins Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals has won this year’s Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, sponsored by the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity, headquartered in Oxford, Ohio.

Phi Delta Theta presents the award annually to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the giving character of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig, who was a member of the Fraternity’s Columbia University chapter. The award was first presented in 1955 and is permanently maintained at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Goldschmidt is the seventh member of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award following Stan Musial (1957), Ken Boyer (1964), Lou Brock (1977), Ozzie Smith (1989), Mark McGwire (1999), and Albert Pujols (2009).

He will receive the award on Tuesday, June 11, prior to the Cardinals’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Goldschmidt and the Cardinals will also present a special gift from the Live Like Lou Foundation and Permobil Foundation to an individual battling ALS in the community.

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