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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 30	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	47	10.0	3	5	0	8	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	DET		CHW	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
8	8	May 2	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
9	9	May 3	DET		CHW	W,12-9	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	10	May 4	DET		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
11	11	May 5	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	May 6	DET		NYY	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
13	13	May 7	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 8	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	15	May 9	DET		PHA	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
16	16	May 10	DET		PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 11	DET		PHA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	18	May 13	DET		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 14	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
20	20	May 15	DET	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
21	21	May 16	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	22	May 18	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 19	DET	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	24	May 20	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	25	May 21	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	44	11.0	1	7	0	8	2
26	26	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	GS	38	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	29 (2)	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	41 (11)	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
29	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
31	44	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
33	46	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	47	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	3
35	48	Jun 12 (1)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
36	49	Jun 12 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	50	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	51	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	63	15.0	3	7	0	10	4
39	52	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	48	11.2	6	3	0	9	0
40	53	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
41	54	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	7	0	12	2
42	55	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
43	56	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
44	57	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	58	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
46	59	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
47	60	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	46	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
48	61	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	62	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	63	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,8-15	CG	49	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
51	64	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	65	Jul 4	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	66	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
54	67	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	68	Jul 9	DET		CLE	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
56	69	Jul 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,12-11	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
57	70	Jul 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
58	71	Jul 11	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
59	72	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
60	73	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
61	74	Jul 16	DET		NYY	W,14-7	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
62	75	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	76	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
64	77	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
65	78	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	79	Jul 21	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	80	Jul 22	DET		BOS	W,17-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	3
68	81	Jul 23 (1)	DET		PHA	L,4-16	CG	52	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
69	82	Jul 23 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-8	CG	51	11.0	5	4	0	9	2
70	83	Jul 25	DET		PHA	W,12-9	CG	35	6.0	5	5	1	11	1
71	84	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	3	3	0	6	1
72	85	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
73	86	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	4	6	0	10	3
74	87	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	3	3	0	6	2
75	88	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	2	2	1	5	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	89	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	90	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
78	91	Aug 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
79	92	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
80	93	Aug 5	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
81	94	Aug 6	DET	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	95	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	96	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	0	5	1	6	1
84	97	Aug 8	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
85	98	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	4
86	99	Aug 12 (1)	DET		CHW	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
87	100	Aug 12 (2)	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
88	101	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
89	102	Aug 14 (1)	DET		SLB	W,16-1	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
90	103	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,20-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
91	104	Aug 15	DET		SLB	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
92	105	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	106	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	107	Aug 19	DET	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	29	6.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	108	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
96	109	Aug 21	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
97	110	Aug 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
98	111	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	112	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
100	113	Aug 24 (2)	DET		PHA	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
101	114	Aug 25	DET		PHA	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
102	115	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
103	116	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	117	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	118	Aug 29	DET		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
106	119	Aug 30	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
107	120	Aug 31	DET		WSH	W,12-3	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	121	Sep 1	DET		WSH	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
109	122	Sep 2	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
110	123	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	9	0	12	1
111	124	Sep 4	DET		CHW	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	125	Sep 5	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
113	126	Sep 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	127	Sep 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	9	0	10	1
115	128	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	129	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	2
117	130	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,10-9	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	131	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
119	132	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	133	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
121	134	Sep 12	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	135	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
123	136	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
124	137	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
125	138	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
126	139	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	140	Sep 19	DET	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
128	141	Sep 20	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	142	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	4	4	1	9	2
130	143	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
131	144	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	145	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
133	146	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	147	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
135	148	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
136	149	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
137	150	Sep 28	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	151	Sep 29	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	152	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	153	Oct 1	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
141	154	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
142	155	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							142gm		1256.0	331	485	12	828	102