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Charlie Gehringer

Charles Leonard Gehringer (The Mechanical Man)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 11, 1903 in Fowlerville, MI
High School: Fowlersville HS (Fowlersville, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1924. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1924
Team: Tigers 1924-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA in Runoff Election as Player in 1949 (159/187 ballots).
   View Charlie Gehringer Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: January 21, 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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Hall of Fame

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1924 21 DET AL 5 14 13 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .462 .462 .462 .923 140 6 0 0 /4
1925 22 DET AL 8 20 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .167 .250 .167 .417 8 3 0 0 /4
1926 23 DET AL 123 517 459 62 127 19 17 1 48 9 7 30 42 .277 .322 .399 .721 87 183 1 27 *4/5
1927 24 DET AL 133 571 508 110 161 29 11 4 61 17 8 52 31 .317 .383 .441 .824 112 224 2 9 *4
1928 25 DET AL 154 691 603 108 193 29 16 6 74 15 9 69 22 .320 .395 .451 .846 120 272 6 13 *4 MVP-8
1929 26 DET AL 155 717 634 131 215 45 19 13 106 27 10 64 19 .339 .405 .532 .936 139 337 6 11 *4
1930 27 DET AL 154 700 610 144 201 47 15 16 98 19 15 69 17 .330 .404 .534 .938 134 326 7 13 *4
1931 28 DET AL 101 414 383 67 119 24 5 4 53 13 4 29 15 .311 .359 .431 .790 104 165 0 2 4/3 MVP-17
1932 29 DET AL 152 692 618 112 184 44 11 19 107 9 8 68 34 .298 .370 .497 .867 119 307 3 3 *4 MVP-9
1933 30 DET AL 155 705 628 103 204 42 6 12 105 5 4 68 27 .325 .393 .468 .862 126 294 3 6 *4 AS,MVP-6
1934 31 DET AL 154 708 601 134 214 50 7 11 127 11 8 99 25 .356 .450 .517 .967 149 311 3 5 *4 AS,MVP-2
1935 32 DET AL 150 709 610 123 201 32 8 19 108 11 4 79 16 .330 .409 .502 .911 138 306 3 17 *4 AS,MVP-6
1936 33 DET AL 154 731 641 144 227 60 12 15 116 4 1 83 13 .354 .431 .555 .987 142 356 4 3 *4 AS,MVP-4
1937 34 DET AL 144 662 564 133 209 40 1 14 96 11 4 90 25 .371 .458 .520 .978 144 293 1 5 *4 AS,MVP-1
1938 35 DET AL 152 688 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 14 1 113 21 .306 .425 .486 .911 121 276 4 3 *4 AS,MVP-10
1939 36 DET AL 118 487 406 86 132 29 6 16 86 4 3 68 16 .325 .423 .544 .967 139 221 7 1 11 *4 MVP-14
1940 37 DET AL 139 629 515 108 161 33 3 10 81 10 0 101 17 .313 .428 .447 .875 119 230 9 3 10 *4 MVP-23
1941 38 DET AL 127 537 436 65 96 19 4 3 46 1 2 95 26 .220 .363 .303 .666 71 132 11 3 3 *4
1942 39 DET AL 45 52 45 6 12 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 4 .267 .365 .333 .699 91 15 0 0 0 /4
19 Yrs 2323 10244 8860 1774 2839 574 146 184 1427 181 90 1186 372 .320 .404 .480 .884 124 4257 27 50 141
162 Game Avg. 162 714 618 124 198 40 10 13 100 13 6 83 26 .320 .404 .480 .884 124 297 3 10
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1924 21 DET AL 5 14 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .513 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /4
1925 22 DET AL 8 20 -2 -0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ /4
1926 23 DET AL 123 517 -12 -0 0 -4 4 -12 -1.2 16 4 0.4 .490 .493 0.9 0.0 8 $ *4/5
1927 24 DET AL 133 571 10 1 0 5 4 20 1.9 18 38 3.7 .514 .512 3.2 0.9 32 $ *4
1928 25 DET AL 154 691 20 0 0 -6 5 20 1.9 22 42 4.1 .512 .512 4.6 -0.1 48 $ *4 MVP-8
1929 26 DET AL 155 717 38 3 0 -11 5 35 3.2 23 58 5.5 .521 .520 6.5 -0.6 69 $ *4
1930 27 DET AL 154 700 35 -2 0 7 5 45 4.0 22 67 6.2 .526 .525 5.5 1.1 60 $ *4
1931 28 DET AL 101 414 3 2 0 -4 2 2 0.2 13 15 1.5 .502 .501 1.9 -0.1 19 $ 4/3 MVP-17
1932 29 DET AL 152 692 17 -1 0 4 5 26 2.3 22 47 4.5 .516 .515 4.1 0.9 43 $ *4 MVP-9
1933 30 DET AL 155 705 26 0 0 18 5 50 4.8 22 72 7.0 .531 .529 5.2 2.3 54 $ *4 AS,MVP-6
1934 31 DET AL 154 708 50 -1 0 11 5 66 6.0 22 88 8.1 .539 .537 7.2 1.5 77 $ *4 AS,MVP-2
1935 32 DET AL 150 709 39 1 0 14 5 59 5.4 22 81 7.6 .537 .534 6.3 1.8 67 $ *4 AS,MVP-6
1936 33 DET AL 154 731 47 1 0 6 5 59 5.1 22 82 7.3 .533 .531 6.8 1.0 76 $25,000 *4 AS,MVP-4
1937 34 DET AL 144 662 46 1 0 6 5 58 5.2 20 79 7.3 .536 .532 6.7 1.1 73 $18,500 *4 AS,MVP-1
1938 35 DET AL 152 688 25 3 0 -3 6 31 2.8 22 53 5.0 .518 .517 5.2 0.3 56 $ *4 AS,MVP-10
1939 36 DET AL 118 487 28 -0 0 4 4 36 3.2 15 51 4.8 .527 .520 4.4 0.8 47 $18,500 *4 MVP-14
1940 37 DET AL 139 629 22 3 0 -11 6 20 1.9 16 35 3.4 .513 .511 4.4 -0.5 46 $ *4 MVP-23
1941 38 DET AL 127 537 -14 -0 0 -3 5 -13 -1.3 13 1 0.1 .490 .492 0.4 0.2 4 $ *4
1942 39 DET AL 45 52 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /4
19 Seasons 2323 10244 379 9 0 34 77 499 45.4 313 812 76.6 .520 .515 73.3 10.7 778 $62,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1924 21 DET AL 14 8 3 10.0 110 .545 .462 .295 .462 .365 .462 .405 .923 .770 140 .788 0.7 0.1 .750 .000 .000 .0
1925 22 DET AL 20 16 1 1.7 114 .167 .167 .297 .250 .367 .167 .416 .417 .784 8 .114 -2.6 -0.2 .250 .056 .000
1926 23 DET AL 517 366 58 4.2 110 .303 .277 .291 .322 .363 .399 .408 .721 .771 87 .452 -12.4 -1.2 .637 .192 .122 1.8
1927 24 DET AL 571 364 85 6.2 111 .332 .317 .294 .383 .362 .441 .413 .824 .776 112 .613 9.3 0.9 .808 .244 .124 6.5
1928 25 DET AL 691 432 106 6.6 110 .325 .320 .291 .395 .356 .451 .414 .846 .770 120 .644 18.5 1.8 .842 .255 .131 8.6
1929 26 DET AL 717 440 136 8.3 112 .336 .339 .292 .405 .359 .532 .422 .936 .780 139 .718 36.8 3.4 .988 .320 .192 17.6
1930 27 DET AL 700 437 126 7.7 117 .321 .330 .298 .404 .362 .534 .438 .938 .800 134 .666 32.4 2.9 .958 .325 .205 17.4
1931 28 DET AL 414 270 60 6.0 111 .316 .311 .290 .359 .358 .431 .415 .790 .773 104 .586 1.8 0.2 .757 .219 .120 6.1
1932 29 DET AL 692 445 111 6.7 114 .292 .298 .290 .370 .361 .497 .426 .867 .788 119 .629 16.6 1.6 .857 .311 .199 12.2
1933 30 DET AL 705 434 114 7.1 107 .326 .325 .282 .393 .353 .468 .406 .862 .760 126 .673 25.4 2.4 .855 .253 .143 7.1
1934 31 DET AL 708 400 138 9.2 112 .359 .356 .288 .450 .362 .517 .415 .967 .777 149 .752 49.9 4.6 1.053 .331 .161 11.0
1935 32 DET AL 709 430 125 7.8 108 .317 .330 .282 .409 .354 .502 .408 .911 .763 138 .690 36.1 3.4 .956 .313 .172 13.9
1936 33 DET AL 731 418 153 9.7 121 .346 .354 .299 .431 .374 .555 .439 .987 .813 142 .737 44.9 4.0 1.075 .335 .201 6.3
1937 34 DET AL 662 364 135 9.8 119 .371 .371 .292 .458 .368 .520 .436 .978 .804 144 .758 44.1 4.0 1.089 .321 .149 12.3
1938 35 DET AL 688 398 119 7.9 124 .292 .306 .299 .425 .379 .486 .445 .911 .824 121 .675 23.2 2.1 1.028 .401 .180 16.5
1939 36 DET AL 487 295 93 8.4 120 .310 .325 .295 .423 .371 .544 .436 .967 .807 139 .714 25.9 2.4 1.025 .389 .219 6.4
1940 37 DET AL 629 373 100 7.1 119 .309 .313 .290 .428 .364 .447 .440 .875 .804 119 .660 20.7 1.9 .948 .350 .134 10.0
1941 38 DET AL 537 356 47 3.5 115 .229 .220 .287 .363 .366 .303 .423 .666 .789 71 .369 -15.7 -1.5 .649 .298 .083 1.5
1942 39 DET AL 52 33 5 4.1 101 .275 .267 .275 .365 .350 .333 .385 .699 .735 91 .494 -0.4 -0.0 .667 .222 .067 .0
19 Yrs 10244 6279 1715 7.3 114 .320 .320 .291 .404 .363 .480 .424 .884 .787 124 .665 355.4 32.6 .910 .304 .160 182.5
162 Game Avg. 714 438 120 7.3 114 .320 .320 .291 .404 .363 .480 .424 .884 .787 124 .665 25 2 .910 .304 .160 13
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 31 DET AL WS STL L 7 33 29 5 11 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 .379 .438 .517 .955 15 0 0 1 0 0
1935 32 DET AL WS CHC W 6 27 24 4 9 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 .375 .423 .500 .923 12 0 0 1 0 0
1940 37 DET AL WS CIN L 7 30 28 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .214 .267 .214 .481 6 3 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 20 90 81 12 26 4 0 1 7 2 0 7 1 .321 .375 .407 .782 33 3 0 2 0 0
3 WS 20 90 81 12 26 4 0 1 7 2 0 7 1 .321 .375 .407 .782 33 3 0 2 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 DET AL 30 as 2B 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 DET AL 31 as 2B 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .667 .833 .667 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 1
1935 DET AL 32 as 2B 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.000 1.750 3 0 0 0 0 0
1936 DET AL 33 as 2B 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 .800 1.000 1.800 3 0 0 0 0 0
1937 DET AL 34 as 2B 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 3 0 0 0 0 0
1938 DET AL 35 as 2B 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 GP) 29 20 2 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 .500 .655 .600 1.255 12 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1924 21 DET AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.5 13.0 79%
1925 22 DET AL 20 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 90%
1926 23 DET AL 517 0.2% 8.1% 5.8% 7.2% 29% 1.40 10.9 459.0 9.6 80%
1927 24 DET AL 571 0.7% 5.4% 9.1% 7.7% 27% 0.60 16.4 127.0 8.3 83%
1928 25 DET AL 691 0.9% 3.2% 10.0% 7.4% 26% 0.32 27.4 100.5 8.1 83%
1929 26 DET AL 717 1.8% 2.7% 8.9% 10.7% 36% 0.30 33.4 48.8 6.0 84%
1930 27 DET AL 700 2.3% 2.4% 9.9% 11.1% 39% 0.25 35.9 38.1 6.2 82%
1931 28 DET AL 414 1.0% 3.6% 7.0% 8.0% 28% 0.52 25.5 95.8 7.2 88%
1932 29 DET AL 692 2.8% 4.9% 9.8% 10.7% 40% 0.50 18.2 32.5 5.8 82%
1933 30 DET AL 705 1.7% 3.8% 9.7% 8.5% 29% 0.40 23.3 52.3 6.0 84%
1934 31 DET AL 708 1.6% 3.5% 14.0% 9.6% 32% 0.25 24.0 54.6 4.7 80%
1935 32 DET AL 709 2.7% 2.3% 11.1% 8.3% 29% 0.20 38.1 32.1 5.6 81%
1936 33 DET AL 731 2.1% 1.8% 11.4% 11.9% 38% 0.16 49.3 42.7 5.5 84%
1937 34 DET AL 662 2.1% 3.8% 13.6% 8.3% 26% 0.28 22.6 40.3 5.9 79%
1938 35 DET AL 688 2.9% 3.1% 16.4% 8.3% 33% 0.19 27.0 28.4 5.3 77%
1939 36 DET AL 487 3.3% 3.3% 14.0% 10.5% 39% 0.24 25.4 25.4 4.7 77%
1940 37 DET AL 629 1.6% 2.7% 16.1% 7.3% 29% 0.17 30.3 51.5 6.4 78%
1941 38 DET AL 537 0.6% 4.8% 17.7% 4.8% 27% 0.27 16.8 145.3 9.5 76%
1942 39 DET AL 52 1.9% 7.7% 13.5% 1.9% 8% 0.57 11.3 45.0 6.4 77%
19 Yrs 10244 1.8% 3.6% 11.6% 8.8% 32% 0.31 23.8 48.2 6.2 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.2% 8.3% 6.8% 27% 0.98 10.9 68.5 7.8 80%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 21 5 14 13 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .462 .462 .462 .923 140 6 0 0
1925 22 13 34 31 5 9 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 .290 .333 .290 .624 62 9 0 0
1926 23 136 551 490 67 136 19 17 1 49 10 9 32 44 .278 .323 .392 .715 85 192 1 27
1927 24 269 1122 998 177 297 48 28 5 110 27 17 84 75 .298 .354 .417 .771 99 416 3 36
1928 25 423 1813 1601 285 490 77 44 11 184 42 26 153 97 .306 .370 .430 .800 107 688 9 49
1929 26 578 2530 2235 416 705 122 63 24 290 69 36 217 116 .315 .380 .459 .838 116 1025 15 60
1930 27 732 3230 2845 560 906 169 78 40 388 88 51 286 133 .318 .385 .475 .860 120 1351 22 73
1931 28 833 3644 3228 627 1025 193 83 44 441 101 55 315 148 .318 .382 .470 .852 118 1516 22 75
1932 29 985 4336 3846 739 1209 237 94 63 548 110 63 383 182 .314 .380 .474 .854 118 1823 25 78
1933 30 1140 5041 4474 842 1413 279 100 75 653 115 67 451 209 .316 .382 .473 .855 119 2117 28 84
1934 31 1294 5749 5075 976 1627 329 107 86 780 126 75 550 234 .321 .390 .478 .869 123 2428 31 89
1935 32 1444 6458 5685 1099 1828 361 115 105 888 137 79 629 250 .322 .392 .481 .873 125 2734 34 106
1936 33 1598 7189 6326 1243 2055 421 127 120 1004 141 80 712 263 .325 .396 .488 .885 126 3090 38 109
1937 34 1742 7851 6890 1376 2264 461 128 134 1100 152 84 802 288 .329 .402 .491 .893 128 3383 39 114
1938 35 1894 8539 7458 1509 2438 493 133 154 1207 166 85 915 309 .327 .404 .491 .894 127 3659 43 117
1939 36 2012 9026 7864 1595 2570 522 139 170 1293 170 88 983 325 .327 .405 .493 .898 128 3880 7 44 128
1940 37 2151 9655 8379 1703 2731 555 142 180 1374 180 88 1084 342 .326 .406 .491 .897 127 4110 16 47 138
1941 38 2278 10192 8815 1768 2827 574 146 183 1420 181 90 1179 368 .321 .404 .481 .885 125 4242 27 50 141
1942 39 2323 10244 8860 1774 2839 574 146 184 1427 181 90 1186 372 .320 .404 .480 .884 124 4257 27 50 141

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1924 21 5 14 14 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 5
1925 22 8 23 20 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .200 .304 .200 .504 1 8
1926 23 129 535 476 60 127 19 17 1 46 9 30 44 .267 .312 .384 .696 57 123
1927 24 139 582 520 103 157 28 11 4 57 17 51 32 .302 .366 .421 .788 79 133
1928 25 162 712 623 104 192 29 16 6 71 15 69 23 .308 .383 .435 .818 102 154
1929 26 164 736 655 123 211 44 19 13 99 26 63 20 .322 .387 .507 .894 126 155
1930 27 162 699 615 122 185 43 14 15 83 17 64 18 .301 .372 .489 .862 109 154
1931 28 106 416 387 58 111 22 5 4 46 12 27 16 .287 .333 .401 .734 51 101
1932 29 160 697 628 96 171 41 10 18 92 8 63 36 .272 .341 .455 .797 97 152
1933 30 165 729 653 96 201 41 6 12 98 5 67 29 .308 .375 .444 .819 108 155
1934 31 162 715 612 122 205 48 7 11 115 11 95 26 .335 .427 .490 .917 126 154
1935 32 159 731 632 117 199 32 8 19 103 11 78 17 .315 .393 .481 .874 119 150
1936 33 161 717 636 117 203 54 11 13 95 4 74 14 .319 .394 .500 .894 124 154
1937 34 150 650 561 114 192 37 1 13 83 10 83 26 .342 .428 .481 .909 115 144
1938 35 161 683 574 109 157 29 5 18 88 13 102 22 .274 .387 .436 .822 95 152
1939 36 124 483 408 72 120 26 5 15 72 4 62 17 .294 .389 .493 .881 78 118
1940 37 145 624 518 92 148 30 3 9 69 9 93 18 .286 .397 .407 .805 84 139
1941 38 132 538 443 57 90 18 4 3 40 1 89 27 .203 .340 .282 .622 42 127
1942 39 48 54 47 6 12 0 0 1 7 0 7 4 .255 .352 .319 .671 5 45
19 Yrs 2442 10338 9022 1574 2692 541 142 175 1265 173 1120 391 .298 .379 .448 .827 1521 2323
162 Game Avg. 162 686 599 104 179 36 9 12 84 11 74 26 .298 .379 .448 .827 101 2323
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ()
1945 BBWAA ( 4.0%)
1946 Final Ballot ( 8.7%)
1946 Nominating Vote (21.3%)
1947 BBWAA (65.2%)
1948 BBWAA (43.0%)
1949 BBWAA (66.7%)
1949 Run Off (85.0%)
Selected to HOF in 1949
by BBWAA in Runoff Election

All-Star Games
1933 (2B)
1934 (2B)
1935 (2B)
1936 (2B)
1937 (2B)
1938 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1937 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1928 AL (8, 19%)
1931 AL (17, 5%)
1932 AL (9, 16%)
1933 AL (6, 40%)
1934 AL (2, 81%)
1935 AL (6, 32%)
1936 AL (4, 49%)
1937 AL (1, 98%)
1938 AL (10, 8%)
1939 AL (14, 6%)
1940 AL (23, 1%)
1 MVP
3.55 Career Shares (20th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1930 AL  6.2 (10th)
1933 AL  7.0 (3rd)
1934 AL  8.1 (3rd)
1935 AL  7.6 (5th)
1936 AL  7.3 (4th)
1937 AL  7.3 (6th)
1938 AL  5.0 (9th)
Career  76.6 (61st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1929 AL  5.5 (6th)
1930 AL  6.2 (6th)
1932 AL  4.5 (8th)
1933 AL  7.0 (3rd)
1934 AL  8.1 (3rd)
1935 AL  7.6 (3rd)
1936 AL  7.3 (2nd)
1937 AL  7.3 (4th)
1938 AL  5.0 (7th)
Career  76.6 (38th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1928 AL  4.6 (5th)
1929 AL  6.5 (5th)
1930 AL  5.5 (6th)
1932 AL  4.1 (10th)
1933 AL  5.2 (6th)
1934 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1935 AL  6.3 (5th)
1936 AL  6.8 (2nd)
1937 AL  6.7 (4th)
1938 AL  5.2 (5th)
1940 AL  4.4 (7th)
Career  73.3 (38th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1927 AL  0.9 (4th)
1930 AL  1.1 (3rd)
1932 AL  0.9 (4th)
1933 AL  2.3 (2nd)
1934 AL  1.5 (2nd)
1935 AL  1.8 (3rd)
1936 AL  1.0 (5th)
1937 AL  1.1 (6th)
1939 AL  0.8 (7th)
Career  10.7 (176th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 AL  .325 (5th)
1934 AL  .356 (2nd)
1935 AL  .330 (5th)
1936 AL  .354 (4th)
1937 AL  .371 (1st)
1939 AL  .325 (9th)
Career  .320 (52nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1933 AL  .393 (8th)
1934 AL  .450 (2nd)
1935 AL  .409 (7th)
1936 AL  .431 (5th)
1937 AL  .458 (2nd)
1938 AL  .425 (6th)
1939 AL  .423 (8th)
1940 AL  .428 (4th)
Career  .404 (48th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1930 AL  .534 (9th)
1932 AL  .497 (10th)
1935 AL  .502 (8th)
1936 AL  .555 (7th)
1939 AL  .544 (7th)
Career  .480 (184th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 AL  .862 (9th)
1934 AL  .967 (7th)
1935 AL  .911 (5th)
1936 AL  .987 (6th)
1937 AL  .978 (8th)
1939 AL  .967 (8th)
Career  .884 (83rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1928 AL  154 (3rd)
1929 AL  155 (1st)
1930 AL  154 (1st)
1932 AL  152 (8th)
1933 AL  155 (1st)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1935 AL  150 (9th)
1936 AL  154 (6th)
1938 AL  152 (5th)
Career  2,323 (99th)

At Bats s c a p y
1928 AL  603 (5th)
1929 AL  634 (2nd)
1930 AL  610 (5th)
1932 AL  618 (6th)
1933 AL  628 (3rd)
1934 AL  601 (6th)
1935 AL  610 (10th)
1936 AL  641 (3rd)
Career  8,860 (75th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1928 AL  691 (4th)
1929 AL  717 (1st)
1930 AL  700 (3rd)
1932 AL  692 (7th)
1933 AL  705 (2nd)
1934 AL  708 (2nd)
1935 AL  709 (4th)
1936 AL  731 (3rd)
1938 AL  688 (8th)
Career  10,244 (65th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1927 AL  110 (4th)
1928 AL  108 (5th)
1929 AL  131 (1st)
1930 AL  144 (3rd)
1932 AL  112 (10th)
1933 AL  103 (7th)
1934 AL  134 (1st)
1935 AL  123 (2nd)
1936 AL  144 (3rd)
1937 AL  133 (5th)
1938 AL  133 (3rd)
1940 AL  108 (7th)
Career  1,774 (21st)

Hits s c a p y
1928 AL  193 (5th)
1929 AL  215 (1st)
1930 AL  201 (8th)
1932 AL  184 (10th)
1933 AL  204 (2nd)
1934 AL  214 (1st)
1935 AL  201 (5th)
1936 AL  227 (2nd)
1937 AL  209 (5th)
Career  2,839 (46th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1928 AL  272 (7th)
1929 AL  337 (4th)
1930 AL  326 (8th)
1932 AL  307 (6th)
1933 AL  294 (4th)
1934 AL  311 (6th)
1935 AL  306 (6th)
1936 AL  356 (6th)
Career  4,257 (61st)

Doubles s c a p y
1929 AL  45 (1st)
1930 AL  47 (3rd)
1932 AL  44 (2nd)
1933 AL  42 (4th)
1934 AL  50 (2nd)
1936 AL  60 (1st)
Career  574 (20th)

Triples s c a p y
1926 AL  17 (2nd)
1927 AL  11 (7th)
1928 AL  16 (3rd)
1929 AL  19 (1st)
1930 AL  15 (5th)
1936 AL  12 (7th)
Career  146 (58th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1930 AL  16 (10th)
1932 AL  19 (7th)
1935 AL  19 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1929 AL  106 (8th)
1933 AL  105 (7th)
1934 AL  127 (5th)
1935 AL  108 (9th)
Career  1,427 (63rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 AL  69 (10th)
1930 AL  69 (9th)
1934 AL  99 (5th)
1935 AL  79 (9th)
1937 AL  90 (6th)
1938 AL  113 (4th)
1940 AL  101 (3rd)
1941 AL  95 (5th)
Career  1,186 (60th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 AL  42 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1929 AL  27 (1st)
1930 AL  19 (2nd)
1931 AL  13 (10th)
1934 AL  11 (9th)
1938 AL  14 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1928 AL  142 (5th)
1929 AL  138 (5th)
1933 AL  144 (5th)
1934 AL  146 (3rd)
1935 AL  142 (4th)
1936 AL  140 (10th)
1937 AL  154 (2nd)
Career  1,935 (58th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 AL  126 (10th)
1934 AL  149 (7th)
1935 AL  138 (5th)
1936 AL  142 (7th)
1937 AL  144 (8th)
1939 AL  139 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1928 AL  106 (7th)
1929 AL  136 (6th)
1930 AL  126 (7th)
1932 AL  111 (7th)
1933 AL  114 (4th)
1934 AL  138 (6th)
1935 AL  125 (5th)
1936 AL  153 (4th)
1937 AL  135 (4th)
1938 AL  119 (9th)
Career  1,715 (46th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  36 (8th)
1930 AL  32 (10th)
1933 AL  25 (7th)
1934 AL  50 (3rd)
1935 AL  36 (6th)
1936 AL  45 (4th)
1937 AL  44 (4th)
Career  355 (92nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 AL  3.4 (8th)
1930 AL  2.9 (10th)
1933 AL  2.4 (7th)
1934 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1935 AL  3.4 (6th)
1936 AL  4.0 (4th)
1937 AL  4.0 (4th)
Career  32.6 (105th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  77 (4th)
1930 AL  78 (7th)
1932 AL  74 (4th)
1933 AL  60 (7th)
1934 AL  68 (6th)
1936 AL  87 (4th)
Career  904 (61st)

Times On Base s c a p y
1928 AL  268 (5th)
1929 AL  285 (4th)
1930 AL  277 (5th)
1933 AL  275 (3rd)
1934 AL  316 (2nd)
1935 AL  283 (5th)
1936 AL  314 (2nd)
1937 AL  300 (3rd)
1938 AL  291 (3rd)
1940 AL  265 (6th)
Career  4,075 (40th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1929 AL  .719 (10th)
1933 AL  .673 (7th)
1934 AL  .752 (4th)
1935 AL  .690 (6th)
1936 AL  .737 (6th)
1937 AL  .758 (4th)
1939 AL  .714 (8th)
1940 AL  .660 (9th)
Career  .665 (156th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1928 AL  6 (5th)
1929 AL  6 (5th)
1930 AL  7 (3rd)
1933 AL  3 (6th)
1934 AL  3 (9th)
1936 AL  4 (10th)
1938 AL  4 (7th)
1940 AL  3 (8th)
1941 AL  3 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1926 AL  27 (7th)
1935 AL  17 (2nd)
1940 AL  10 (7th)
Career  141 (199th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1928 AL  9 (9th)
1930 AL  15 (1st)
1932 AL  8 (10th)
1934 AL  8 (6th)
Career  90 (166th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1928 AL  8.6 (9th)
1929 AL  17.6 (1st)
1930 AL  17.4 (4th)
1932 AL  12.2 (7th)
1934 AL  11.0 (8th)
1935 AL  13.9 (4th)
1937 AL  12.3 (7th)
1938 AL  16.5 (1st)
Career  182.5 (103rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1928 AL  27.4 (9th)
1929 AL  33.4 (4th)
1930 AL  35.9 (3rd)
1931 AL  25.5 (7th)
1933 AL  23.3 (8th)
1934 AL  24.0 (3rd)
1935 AL  38.1 (2nd)
1936 AL  49.3 (2nd)
1937 AL  22.6 (8th)
1938 AL  27.0 (5th)
1939 AL  25.4 (3rd)
1940 AL  30.3 (2nd)
Career  23.8 (68th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1928 AL  432 (5th)
1929 AL  440 (8th)
1930 AL  437 (5th)
1932 AL  445 (7th)
1933 AL  434 (5th)
1935 AL  430 (8th)
Career  6,279 (111th)

Oldest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1903-05-11 (7th)
1941 AL  born 1903-05-11 (5th)
1942 AL  born 1903-05-11 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1924 AL  born 1903-05-11 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 27 (68), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 191 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 277 (17), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 72 (15), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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