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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 23)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	33 (32)	May 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
2	34	May 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
3	35	May 25	DET	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	2	8	0	10	0
4	36	May 26	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	56	12.0	3	3	1	7	2
5	37	May 27	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
6	38	May 28	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
7	39	May 29	DET		CHW	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
8	40	May 30 (1)	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	49	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
9	41	May 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	42	May 31	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,1-14	CG	51	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
12	44	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	6	0	9	3
13	45	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
14	46	Jun 5	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	3
15	47	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
16	48	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
18	50	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	0	12.0	3	7	0	10	2
19	51	Jun 11	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	52	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,11-10	CG	47	10.0	2	0	2	4	1
21	53	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
22	54	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	55	Jun 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	56	Jun 18	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	4	1	9	0
25	57	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	58	Jun 23	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	5	1	7	0
27	59	Jun 24	DET	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
28	60	Jun 25	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
29	61	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
30	62	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
31	63	Jun 28 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
32	64	Jun 28 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	65	Jun 29	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	66	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	67	Jul 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	68	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
37	69	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	70	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	71	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
40	72	Jul 5	DET	@	SLB	L,8-17	CG	52	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
41	73	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
42	74	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
43	75	Jul 8 (1)	DET		NYY	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
44	76	Jul 8 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
45	77	Jul 9 (1)	DET		NYY	L,7-19	CG	55	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
46	78	Jul 9 (2)	DET		NYY	W,14-4	CG	35	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
47	79	Jul 10	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
48	80	Jul 11	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
49	81	Jul 12	DET		WSH	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
50	82	Jul 13 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	45	9.0	3	4	2	9	3
51	83	Jul 13 (2)	DET		WSH	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	84	Jul 16	DET		PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
53	85	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
54	86	Jul 18	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
55	87	Jul 19	DET		PHA	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	88	Jul 21	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
57	89	Jul 23	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
58	90	Jul 24	DET		BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
59	91	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	5	5	0	10	2
60	92	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
61	93	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	94	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	95	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
64	96	Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	3	5	0	8	1
65	97	Jul 30	DET	@	WSH	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	98	Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	99	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
68	100	Aug 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
69	101	Aug 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	102	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
71	103	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
72	104	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
73	105	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
74	106	Aug 10	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
75	107	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
76	108	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
77	109	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
78	110	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	7	0	11	0
79	111	Aug 16	DET		BOS	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	112	Aug 17	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	113	Aug 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
82	114	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	115	Aug 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	116	Aug 20 (2)	DET		WSH	T,6-6	CG	58	15.0	1	4	0	5	3
85	117	Aug 21	DET		WSH	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
87	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	3
88	120	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	121	Aug 25	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
90	122	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	5	7	0	12	4
91	123	Aug 27	DET		PHA	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
92	124	Aug 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
93	125	Aug 29	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
94	126	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
95	127	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	131 (3)	Sep 4	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
97	132	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
98	133	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
99	134	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	135	Sep 8	DET	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
101	136	Sep 9	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
102	137	Sep 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	138	Sep 12	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
104	139	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	3
105	140	Sep 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	141	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	142	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
108	143	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
109	144	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	145	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
111	146	Sep 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
112	147	Sep 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	148	Sep 21	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
114	149	Sep 22	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	3	3	2	8	0
115	150	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
116	151	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
117	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
118	153	Sep 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	49	12.2	4	6	1	11	0
119	154	Sep 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
120	155	Oct 2 (1)	DET		CLE	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
121	156	Oct 2 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
							121gm		1079.0	304	438	27	769	84