Charlie Gehringer

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: May 11, 1903 in Fowlerville, MI us

Died: January 21, 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: Fowlerville HS (Fowlerville, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: September 22, 1924 (Age 21-134d, 6,071st in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 39-139d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1949. (Voted by BBWAA in Runoff Election on 159/187 ballots)
View Charlie Gehringer's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1926 season

Full Name: Charles Leonard Gehringer

Nicknames: The Mechanical Man

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

84.7

8860

2839

184

.320

1775

RBI

1427

181

OBP

.404

SLG

.481

OPS

.884

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
2	14	Apr 29	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	15	Apr 30	DET	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16	May 1	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
5	17	May 2	DET	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	18	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
7	19	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
8	20	May 5	DET	@	CHW	W,14-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	21	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	53	10.1	4	7	0	11	0
10	22	May 8	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	23	May 9	DET	@	NYY	W,14-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	24	May 10	DET	@	NYY	L,9-13	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	25	May 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
14	26	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,13-10	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
15	27	May 14	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	28	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	29	May 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
18	30	May 17	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	31	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
20	32	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	33	May 20	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
22	34	May 21	DET	@	WSH	L,10-13	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	35	May 22	DET	@	WSH	T,6-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	36	May 23	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	37	May 24	DET		CHW	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
26	38	May 25	DET		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	39	May 26	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	40	May 27	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	52	11.2	2	4	0	6	0
29	41	May 28	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
30	42	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
31	43	May 30	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	5	1	9	2
32	44	May 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	45	May 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	46	Jun 1	DET	@	SLB	L,7-9	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	47	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	48	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
37	49	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
38	50	Jun 4	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	51	Jun 5	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	52	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
41	53	Jun 8	DET		NYY	L,9-11	CG	52	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
42	54	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
43	55	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	56	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
45	57	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
46	58	Jun 13	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	60	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	61	Jun 17	DET		PHA	L,9-12	GS	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
50	65 (3)	Jun 21	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	71 (5)	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,3-11	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	73 (1)	Jul 1	DET		CLE	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
53	83 (9)	Jul 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
54	84	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	86 (1)	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	49	11.1	4	4	0	8	0
56	87	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
57	88	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
58	89	Jul 17	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	90	Jul 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	6	1	12	2
60	91	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
61	92	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
62	93	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	5	2	11	0
63	94	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
64	95	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,9-13	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	96	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
66	97	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	98	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	99	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	100	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
70	101	Jul 29	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	102	Jul 30	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
72	103	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,6-9	GS	31	7.0	3	4	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	104	Aug 2 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
74	106 (1)	Aug 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
75	107	Aug 4 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	108	Aug 4 (2)	DET		WSH	L,7-11	CG	55	11.0	2	4	1	7	1
77	109	Aug 5	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
78	110	Aug 6	DET		WSH	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
79	111	Aug 7	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
80	112	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	113	Aug 9	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
82	114	Aug 10	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
83	115	Aug 11	DET	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
84	116	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
85	117	Aug 14	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
86	118	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	119	Aug 16	DET		CHW	T,0-0	CG	35	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
88	120	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
89	121	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
90	122	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
91	123	Aug 23	DET	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
92	124	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
93	125	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
94	126	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
95	127	Aug 28	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	128	Aug 29	DET	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
97	129	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
98	130	Aug 31 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-19	CG	61	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
99	131	Aug 31 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	132	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
101	133	Sep 2	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
102	134	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
103	143 (8)	Sep 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	144	Sep 13 (2)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	145	Sep 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	146	Sep 15 (2)	DET		WSH	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
107	147	Sep 16 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
108	148	Sep 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,4-5	GS	0		1	3	0	4	0
109	149	Sep 17	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	5	2	1	8	2
110	150	Sep 18	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	151	Sep 19	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
112	152	Sep 20 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	153	Sep 20 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
114	154	Sep 21	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	155	Sep 22	DET		PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
116	156	Sep 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
117	157	Sep 26 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
							118gm		1001.0	264	340	16	620	56