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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 26	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
9	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	7	5	1	13	2
10	10	Apr 30	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
12	12	May 2	DET		SLB	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
13	13	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
14	14	May 5	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	15	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
16	16	May 7	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
18	18	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	19	May 10	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	20	May 11	DET	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
21	21	May 12	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
22	22	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	24	May 17	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	25	May 18	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	26	May 19	DET		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
27	27	May 20	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
28	28	May 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
29	29	May 22	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
30	30	May 23	DET		PHA	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
31	31	May 24	DET		PHA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
32	32	May 25	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
33	33	May 26	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	34	May 27	DET		BOS	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 28	DET		BOS	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
36	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	2
39	39	May 31	DET	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	3	6	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
41	41	Jun 2	DET	@	CHW	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 3	DET	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	3
43	43	Jun 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,20-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
44	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
45	45	Jun 6	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	47	Jun 8	DET		CHW	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
48	48	Jun 9	DET		CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
49	49	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	51	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,13-15	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
53	53	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
56	56	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
57	57	Jun 20	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	CG	53	11.0	5	5	0	10	0
58	58	Jun 21	DET	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	61	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	62	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	63	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,11-13	CG	43	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
64	64	Jun 26	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
65	65	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
66	66	Jun 30	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.1	1	6	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
70	70	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	2	4	0	6	2
71	71	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
74	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	21	5.0	1	5	0	6	0
75	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 11	DET		WSH	W,13-7	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
78	78	Jul 12	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
79	79	Jul 13	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	80	Jul 14	DET		NYY	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
81	81	Jul 15	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
82	82	Jul 16	DET		WSH	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
83	83	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
84	84	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 20	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 21	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	87	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
88	88	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,17-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
89	89	Jul 23	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
90	90	Jul 24	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
91	91	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
92	92	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	4	8	1	13	3
93	93	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
94	94	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,16-15	CG	50	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
95	95	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
96	96	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
97	97	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	99	Aug 2	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
100	100	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,14-0	GS	26	7.0	4	3	0	7	0
101	101	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,16-4	CG	43	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
102	102	Aug 5	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	103	Aug 7	DET		SLB	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
104	104	Aug 8	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	4	5	1	10	0
105	105	Aug 9	DET		SLB	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	106	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	107	Aug 11	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
108	108	Aug 12	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
109	109	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
110	110	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
111	111	Aug 15	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
112	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
113	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
114	114	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
115	115	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
116	116	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
117	117	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
118	118	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
119	119	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
120	120	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
121	121	Aug 25	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	122	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
123	123	Aug 27	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
124	124	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
125	125	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-13	CG	41	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
126	126	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
128	128	Sep 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
129	129	Sep 5	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
130	130	Sep 7 (1)	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	131	Sep 7 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
132	132	Sep 8 (1)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
133	133	Sep 8 (2)	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
134	134	Sep 9	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	2	1	6	2
135	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
136	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
137	137	Sep 12	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
138	138	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	139	Sep 14	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	2	6	1	9	0
140	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
141	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
142	142	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
143	143	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
144	144	Sep 19	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
145	145	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	146	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
147	147	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-1	CG	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
148	148	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
149	149	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
150	150	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CHW	W,12-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
151	151	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CHW	W,10-3	GS	26	6.0	0	5	0	5	0
152	152	Sep 27	DET		CHW	L,0-11	CG	49	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
153	153	Sep 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
154	154	Sep 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
							154gm		1365.0	355	516	17	888	100