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Lifetime Statistics Understanding The Iron Horse Gehrig Ruth Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth had about the same Seasons 17 22 batting average (Ruth was two points higher). Ruth hit At Bats 8,001 8,399 more home runs, but Gehrig actually drove in more Hits 2,721 2,873 runs per season, on average. But there is one key Batting Average .340 .342 difference in the statistics of these two players: one Home Runs 493 714 made his career "swinging for the fence" and one Runs Batted In 1,995 2,214 Strike Outs 790 1,330 made his career playing every day and putting the ball Fielding Percentage .991 .968 in play. In fact, Ruth was 60% more likely to strike out than Gehrig. Ruth struck out once every 6 at bats Quotes About Lou Gehrig (about average for the top 50 home run hitters), compared to once every 10 at bats for Gehrig. "Gehrig certainly is one of the Amongst the top 50 all-time home run leaders, only Yanks' prize locomotives - a Stan Musial and Ted Williams struck out less than veritable Iron Horse to pull the Lou Gehrig. team along over the grades." - Will Wedge of The Sun (1931) "He was a symbol of "Letsfaceit.I'mnotaheadlineguy.I indestructibility - a Gibraltar in always knew that as long as I was cleats.“ - Jim Murray following Babe to the plate I could have gone up there and stood on my "Gehrig had one advantage over head. No one would have noticed the me. He was a better ballplayer.“ difference.WhentheBabewas - Gil Hodges through swinging, whether he hit one "He just went out and did his job or fanned, nobody paid any attention every day.“ - Bill Dickey to the next hitter. They all were talking about what the Babe had done." -LouGehrig The Infamous Rift Although they roomed together in Strong-Silent Type the early years of their careers, Gehrig and Ruth were not “pals” off There was one other major difference in these the field. Their rift actually involved players: their personalities. One was an the women in their lives (a 1932 entertainer at heart, who seemingly enjoyed off- feud between Gehrig’s mother and the-fieldanticsasmuchasthegameitself.He Ruth’s second wife). partied every night and often showed up late for batting practice. The other was a family man who played in every game of his career. He had a reputation of strength and reliability, and his record of consecutive games played earned him the nickname “Iron Horse.”

Whowouldyouwantonyourteam?BabeRuthis arguably the most famous baseball player of all time, and one of the greatest. But we’d take the “Iron Horse." Despitetherift,Ruthwasthereby Gehrig’s side at his famous Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Rational “farewell” speech in 1939. He Funds. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be showed up fashionably late. obtained by calling (800) 253-0412 or at www.RationalMF.com. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. The Rational Funds are distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC member FINRA/SIPC. Rational Advisors, Inc. is not affiliated with Northern Lights Distributors, LLC. 4678-NLD-7/27/2017

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