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 (Jul 18)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	23	6.0	3	2	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
6	6	Apr 21	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
7	7	Apr 22	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	4	4	1	9	0
8	8	Apr 23	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	2	2	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
12	12	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
15	15	Apr 30	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	DET	@	PHA	L,2-19	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	17	May 2	DET	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	18	May 3	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 4	DET		PHA	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
20	20	May 5	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
21	21	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	22	May 7	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	23	May 8	DET	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
24	24	May 9	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	25	May 10	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
26	26	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
27	27	May 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	28	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
29	29	May 17	DET		SLB	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
30	30	May 19 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	5	5	0	10	3
31	31	May 19 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
32	32	May 20	DET		SLB	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	33	May 21	DET	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
35	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	36	May 25	DET	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
37	37	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
38	38	May 27	DET	@	SLB	W,16-11	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
39	39	May 28	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	40	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
41	41	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
42	42	May 31	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 3	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 4	DET		WSH	L,8-11	CG	45	10.0	1	1	1	3	1
46	46	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	47	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 9	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 10	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
51	51	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,13-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
52	52	Jun 12	DET		NYY	L,2-14	CG	50	9.0	5	7	1	13	2
53	53	Jun 13	DET		NYY	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
54	54	Jun 14	DET		PHA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
55	55	Jun 15	DET		PHA	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
58	58	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
59	59	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
60	60	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	0
62	62	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	63	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	65	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
66	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jun 28	DET	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
69	69	Jun 29	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	70	Jun 30	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	18	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
72	72	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
73	73	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	5	0	6	2
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	8	0	10	0
76	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
77	77	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
78	78	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	79	Jul 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 9	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
82	82	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 11	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
84	84	Jul 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 12 (2)	DET		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
86	86	Jul 13	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
87	87	Jul 14	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
88	88	Jul 15	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	89	Jul 16	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
90	90	Jul 17	DET		BOS	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	91	Jul 18	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	92	Jul 19	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	93	Jul 20	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
94	94	Jul 21	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
95	95	Jul 22	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
96	96	Jul 23	DET		PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
97	97	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
98	98	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,7-14	CG	46	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
99	99	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
100	100	Jul 27	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
101	101	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	7	4	0	11	2
102	102	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	L,7-14	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	103	Jul 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	104	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	8.2	4	6	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	105	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
106	106	Aug 2	DET		CHW	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
107	107	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	108	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	48	12.0	7	4	0	11	2
109	109	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
110	110	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
111	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
112	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
113	113	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	6	6	0	12	0
114	114	Aug 11	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	115	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
116	116	Aug 13	DET	@	NYY	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
117	117	Aug 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
118	118	Aug 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
119	119	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	W,15-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
120	120	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
121	121	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
122	122	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
123	123	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	4	4	0	8	0
124	124	Aug 22	DET	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
125	125	Aug 23	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
126	126	Aug 24	DET		SLB	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
127	127	Aug 25	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	6	4	0	10	4
128	128	Aug 27	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
129	129	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
130	130	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
131	131	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	55	12.1	5	5	0	10	0
132	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
134	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
135	135	Sep 4	DET		SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
136	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
138	138	Sep 9	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
139	139	Sep 10	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
140	140	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	141	Sep 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
142	142	Sep 13 (2)	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	24	6.0	2	3	0	5	0
143	143	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
144	144	Sep 15	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
145	145	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
146	146	Sep 17	DET		BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
147	147	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
148	148	Sep 19	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
149	149	Sep 20	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	150	Sep 21	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
151	151	Sep 26	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
152	152	Sep 27 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
153	153	Sep 27 (2)	DET		CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
154	154	Sep 28	DET		CHW	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							154gm		1349.0	399	501	19	919	97