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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	3	1	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
4	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 21	DET	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
7	7	Apr 22	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 23	DET	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 24	DET		CLE	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 25	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	8	0	13	3
11	11	Apr 26	DET		CLE	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
12	12	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 28	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
14	14	Apr 29	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	9	3	0	12	1
15	15	Apr 30	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	17	May 4	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
18	18	May 5	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
19	19	May 6	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
20	20	May 7	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	21	May 8	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	22	May 9	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 10	DET		NYY	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	24	May 11	DET		NYY	W,13-7	CG	45	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
25	25	May 12	DET		NYY	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 13	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
27	27	May 14	DET		PHA	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
28	28	May 15	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
29	29	May 16	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	30	May 17	DET		CHW	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
31	31	May 18	DET		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	32	May 19	DET		CHW	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
33	33	May 21	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	49	13.0	4	5	1	10	1
34	34	May 22	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
35	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	83	21.0	6	5	0	11	0
36	36	May 25 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	38	May 26	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	May 27 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
40	40	May 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	13.1	4	4	0	8	1
41	41	May 28	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
42	42	May 29	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
43	43	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
44	44	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,9-13	CG	51	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
45	45	May 31	DET	@	PHA	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	DET	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
47	47	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	55	12.1	3	5	0	8	1
48	48	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	50	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
51	51	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	W,17-11	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
52	52	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
55	55	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
56	56	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-15	CG	46	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	57	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
58	58	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
59	59	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	61	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	62	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
63	63	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
64	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
65	65	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
66	66	Jun 25	DET		CHW	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	67	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
68	68	Jun 27	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
69	69	Jun 28	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	70	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
71	71	Jun 30	DET		CLE	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 2	DET	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
73	73	Jul 3	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
76	76	Jul 7	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	77	Jul 8 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	78	Jul 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,16-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 9	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
80	80	Jul 10	DET		BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
81	81	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,8-15	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 12	DET		BOS	W,13-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
83	83	Jul 14	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
84	84	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
85	85	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	86	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,9-8	CG	51	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
87	87	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
88	88	Jul 19	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	6	1	12	1
89	89	Jul 20	DET		PHA	L,2-6	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	90	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,7-10	CG	57	11.0	5	5	0	10	2
91	91	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	4	4	1	9	2
92	92	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
93	93	Jul 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
94	94	Jul 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
95	95	Jul 28	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	96	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	2	6	0	8	0
97	97	Jul 31	DET	@	PHA	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
99	99	Aug 2	DET	@	PHA	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
100	100	Aug 4 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
101	101	Aug 4 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,13-11	CG	0	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
102	102	Aug 5	DET	@	WSH	L,5-21	CG	51	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	103	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
104	104	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	4	6	1	11	0
105	105	Aug 8	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	107 (1)	Aug 11	DET		PHA	W,9-8	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	108	Aug 12	DET		PHA	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
108	109	Aug 13	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	110	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,17-13	CG	51	9.0	4	7	1	12	2
110	111	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
111	112	Aug 16	DET		NYY	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	113	Aug 17	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
113	114	Aug 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
114	115	Aug 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
115	116	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
116	117	Aug 20	DET		BOS	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
117	118	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	119	Aug 22	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
120	121	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
121	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
122	123	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	124	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	125	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	126	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
126	127	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	128	Sep 4	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
128	129	Sep 5	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
129	130	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	131	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
131	132	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
132	133	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
133	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	45	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
134	135	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	48	9.1	2	0	0	2	1
135	136	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
136	137	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	138	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
138	139	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	140	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,9-10	CG	0	7.2	0	3	0	3	0
140	141	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
141	142	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
142	143	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
143	144	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
144	145	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	5	5	0	10	1
145	146	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	6	3	1	10	1
146	147	Sep 22	DET		SLB	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
147	148	Sep 24	DET		SLB	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
148	149	Sep 25	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
149	150	Sep 28	DET		CHW	W,11-10	CG	50	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
150	151	Sep 29	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	56	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
151	152	Oct 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
152	153	Oct 4	DET	@	CHW	L,6-14	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
153	154	Oct 5	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
154	155	Oct 6	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	2	5	1	8	1
							154gm		1358.0	404	501	23	928	93