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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 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	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	49	14.0	4	5	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	4	3	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
8	8	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
9	9	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 29	DET	@	SLB	W,18-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
14	14	Apr 30	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
16	16	May 7	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	17	May 8	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 10	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	19	May 11	DET		WSH	L,7-10	CG	60	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
20	20	May 13	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
21	21	May 14	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
22	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	24	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
25	25	May 18	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
26	26	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	27	May 20	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	50	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
28	28	May 22	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
29	29	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	30	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
31	31	May 25	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
32	32	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
34	34	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
37	37	May 31	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
39	39	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
40	40	Jun 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
41	41	Jun 5 (2)	DET		CLE	T,4-4	CG	28	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	42	Jun 6	DET		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	2	6	1	9	0
43	43	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	44	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
44	44	Jun 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
45	45	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
48	48	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	49	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
50	50	Jun 14	DET		BOS	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 15 (1)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 15 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
54	54	Jun 19 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
55	55	Jun 19 (2)	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
56	56	Jun 20	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
57	57	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
60	60	Jun 23	DET		WSH	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
61	61	Jun 24	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	63	14.0	0	3	0	3	2
62	62	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
63	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
64	64	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	65	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	66	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	67	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,18-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
68	68	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
70	70	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 3	DET		CLE	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
74	74	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,16-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
75	75	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
76	76	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,12-5	GS	0		5	4	0	9	2
77	77	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,11-12	CG	45	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
79	79	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
80	80	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-18	CG	54	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
82	82	Jul 14	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	3	2	0	5	1
83	83	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
84	84	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
85	85	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
86	86	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
87	87	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	3	2	0	5	3
88	88	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
89	89	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
90	90	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
91	91	Jul 26	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	92	Jul 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
93	93	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	94	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
95	95	Jul 30	DET		SLB	L,6-8	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
96	96	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 1	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	98	Aug 3 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
99	99	Aug 3 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
100	100	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
101	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	4
102	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
103	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	104	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
105	107 (2)	Aug 15	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	109 (1)	Aug 17	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	1	5	1	7	0
107	110	Aug 18	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
108	111	Aug 19	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
109	112	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	113	Aug 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
111	114	Aug 21 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
112	115	Aug 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
113	116	Aug 23	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
114	117	Aug 24	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	118	Aug 25	DET		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
116	119	Aug 26 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
117	120	Aug 26 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
118	121	Aug 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
119	122	Aug 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
120	123	Aug 28	DET		PHA	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
121	124	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
122	125	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	126	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	127	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
125	128	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
126	129	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
127	130	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,15-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
128	131	Sep 8	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	3	2	0	5	2
129	132	Sep 9	DET	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	30	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
130	133	Sep 10	DET	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
131	134	Sep 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	52	11.0	2	6	0	8	1
132	135	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
133	136	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
134	137	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
135	138	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
136	139	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
137	140	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
138	141	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
139	142	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
140	143	Sep 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
141	144	Sep 21 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
142	145	Sep 21 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
143	146	Sep 22	DET		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
144	147	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	L,7-14	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
145	148	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
146	149	Sep 28 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
147	150	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
148	151	Sep 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	1	0	3	1
149	152	Sep 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS	30	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
							149gm		1325.0	349	489	13	851	99