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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 12	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	2	6	1
3	3	Apr 13	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
5	5	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 16	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
7	7	Apr 17	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
9	9	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
10	10	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
14	14	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 25	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
16	16	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	17	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,6-10	CG	49	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
18	18	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
19	19	Apr 29	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
20	20	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
22	22	May 2	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
23	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	24	May 5	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	May 6	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
26	26	May 7	DET	@	PHA	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
27	27	May 8	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
28	28	May 10	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
29	29	May 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
30	30	May 12	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
31	31	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	32	May 14	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
33	33	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
34	34	May 16	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	50	10.1	1	1	1	3	1
35	35	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
36	36	May 20	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	May 22	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
38	38	May 23	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	52	12.0	6	5	0	11	0
40	40	May 25	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
41	41	May 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
42	42	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
43	43	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	2	7	1	10	1
44	44	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	7	1	11	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	10.0	5	4	0	9	2
47	47	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
48	48	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
49	49	Jun 9 (1)	DET		BOS	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 9 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
51	51	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
52	52	Jun 11	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 12	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 13	DET		PHA	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 15	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	0	1	1	2	1
57	57	Jun 16	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
58	58	Jun 17	DET		WSH	L,0-12	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	59	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	60	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	61	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
63	63	Jun 23	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
64	64	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
65	65	Jun 25	DET		CHW	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	4	4	2	10	0
66	66	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
67	67	Jun 28	DET		SLB	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
68	68	Jun 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
69	69	Jun 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	71	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
72	72	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	52	12.0	5	3	0	8	1
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
75	75	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,20-8	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	3	7	0	10	1
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	79	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
82	82	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 16 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
84	84	Jul 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 18	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	3
86	86	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
87	87	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
88	88	Jul 20	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
89	89	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	2
90	90	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
91	91	Jul 25 (1)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	92	Jul 25 (2)	DET		NYY	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
93	93	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-12	CG	54	12.0	4	5	0	9	1
94	94	Jul 26 (2)	DET		NYY	W,13-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
95	95	Jul 28 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
96	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	97	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	98	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
99	99	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	DET		WSH	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
101	101	Aug 2	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	4	3	0	7	0
102	102	Aug 3	DET		WSH	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	103	Aug 4	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
104	104	Aug 5	DET		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	105	Aug 6	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
106	106	Aug 7	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
107	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
108	108	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
109	109	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	2	3	0	5	1
110	110	Aug 13	DET	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
111	111	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
112	112	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
113	113	Aug 16	DET	@	PHA	L,6-18	CG	48	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
114	114	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
115	115	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
116	116	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	117	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
119	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
120	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
121	121	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	3	4	0	7	2
122	122	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
123	123	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	34	7.0	3	4	0	7	1
124	124	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
125	125	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	126	Aug 28	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	127	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
128	128	Aug 30	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
129	129	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
131	131	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
132	132	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
133	133	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	8	4	1	13	0
134	134	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	3	2	0	5	1
135	135	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	3	3	0	6	1
136	136	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
137	137	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
138	138	Sep 9	DET		SLB	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
139	139	Sep 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
140	140	Sep 11	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
142	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	2
143	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
144	144	Sep 18	DET		WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	145	Sep 20	DET		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
146	146	Sep 21	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
147	147	Sep 22	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
148	148	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
149	149	Sep 24	DET		BOS	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
150	150	Sep 27 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
151	151	Sep 27 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
152	152	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
153	153	Sep 29	DET		NYY	W,19-10	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
154	154	Sep 30	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
							154gm		1370.0	377	507	35	919	101