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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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1924	DET	AL	21	2B	5	2	2		30	12	17	1	2	.967		5.80	.966		5.76
1925	DET	AL	22	2B	6	2	2		28	8	20	0	5	1.000		4.67	.962		5.77
1926	DET	AL	23	2B	112	107	102		594	255	323	16	56	.973		5.16	.967		5.63
1926	DET	AL	23	3B	6	6	5		26	9	17	0	0	1.000		4.33	.951		3.37
1927	DET	AL	24	2B	121	121	121		769	304	438	27	84	.965		6.13	.961		5.69
1928	DET	AL	25	2B	154	154	154		919	377	507	35	101	.962		5.74	.963		5.67	MVP-8
1929	DET	AL	26	2B	154	152	151		928	404	501	23	93	.975		5.88	.968		5.91
1930	DET	AL	27	2B	154	154	154		919	399	501	19	97	.979		5.84	.969		5.95
1931	DET	AL	28	2B	78	77	73		470	224	236	10	54	.979		5.90	.965		5.84	MVP-17
1931	DET	AL	28	1B	9	8	7		75	68	6	1	3	.987		8.22	.991		10.03	MVP-17
1932	DET	AL	29	2B	152	152	152		921	396	495	30	110	.967		5.86	.968		5.92	MVP-9
1933	DET	AL	30	2B	155	155	154		917	358	542	17	111	.981		5.81	.971		5.99	AS,MVP-6
1934	DET	AL	31	2B	154	154	152		888	355	516	17	100	.981		5.66	.969		5.87	AS,MVP-2
1935	DET	AL	32	2B	149	148	146		851	349	489	13	99	.985		5.62	.969		5.86	AS,MVP-6
1936	DET	AL	33	2B	154	154	153		946	397	524	25	116	.974		5.98	.972		5.78	AS,MVP-4
1937	DET	AL	34	2B	142	142	141		828	331	485	12	102	.986		5.75	.972		5.64	AS,MVP-1
1938	DET	AL	35	2B	152	152	148		869	393	455	21	115	.976		5.58	.967		5.52	AS,MVP-10
1939	DET	AL	36	2B	107	106	100		570	245	312	13	67	.977		5.21	.965		5.56	MVP-14
1940	DET	AL	37	2B	138	138	118		669	276	374	19	72	.972		4.71	.969		5.39	MVP-23
1941	DET	AL	38	2B	116	115	104		614	279	324	11	59	.982		5.20	.967		5.47
1942	DET	AL	39	2B	3	1	1		16	7	9	0	1	1.000		5.33	.969		5.63
	19 Seasons			2B	2206	2186	2128		12746	5369	7068	309	1444	.976		5.64	.968		5.74
	1 Season			1B	9	8	7		75	68	6	1	3	.987		8.22	.991		10.03
	1 Season			3B	6	6	5		26	9	17	0	0	1.000		4.33	.951		3.37
	19 Seasons			TOT	2221	2200	2140		12847	5446	7091	310	1447	.976		5.64	.968		5.75
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1924	DET	AL	21	5	2	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925	DET	AL	22	8	2	8	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1926	DET	AL	23	123	113	123	117	0	0	0	112	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1927	DET	AL	24	133	121	133	121	0	0	0	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
1928	DET	AL	25	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929	DET	AL	26	155	152	155	154	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1930	DET	AL	27	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931	DET	AL	28	101	85	101	85	0	0	9	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1932	DET	AL	29	152	152	152	152	0	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	DET	AL	30	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1934	DET	AL	31	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	DET	AL	32	150	148	150	149	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1936	DET	AL	33	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1937	DET	AL	34	144	142	144	142	0	0	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1938	DET	AL	35	152	152	152	152	0	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	DET	AL	36	118	106	118	107	0	0	0	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1940	DET	AL	37	139	138	139	138	0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1941	DET	AL	38	127	115	127	116	0	0	0	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1942	DET	AL	39	45	1	45	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0
	19 Seasons			2323	2200	2323	2218	0	0	9	2206	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	1
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)
Assists† s c a p y 1927 AL 438 (4th) 1928 AL 507 (1st) 1929 AL 501 (2nd) 1930 AL 501 (4th) 1932 AL 495 (3rd) 1933 AL 542 (1st) 1934 AL 516 (2nd) 1935 AL 489 (3rd) 1936 AL 524 (1st) 1937 AL 485 (4th) 1938 AL 455 (3rd) Career 7,091 (12th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1926 AL 112 (5th) 1927 AL 121 (3rd) 1928 AL 154 (1st) 1929 AL 154 (1st) 1930 AL 154 (1st) 1932 AL 152 (2nd) 1933 AL 155 (1st) 1934 AL 154 (1st) 1935 AL 149 (2nd) 1936 AL 154 (1st) 1937 AL 142 (2nd) 1938 AL 152 (1st) 1939 AL 107 (4th) 1940 AL 138 (4th) Career 2,206 (6th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1926 AL 255 (5th) 1927 AL 304 (2nd) 1928 AL 377 (2nd) 1929 AL 404 (1st) 1930 AL 399 (2nd) 1932 AL 396 (1st) 1933 AL 358 (2nd) 1934 AL 355 (4th) 1935 AL 349 (2nd) 1936 AL 397 (2nd) 1937 AL 331 (2nd) 1938 AL 393 (1st) 1939 AL 245 (4th) 1940 AL 276 (5th) Career 5,369 (6th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1927 AL 438 (1st) 1928 AL 507 (1st) 1929 AL 501 (2nd) 1930 AL 501 (3rd) 1932 AL 495 (2nd) 1933 AL 542 (1st) 1934 AL 516 (1st) 1935 AL 489 (1st) 1936 AL 524 (1st) 1937 AL 485 (2nd) 1938 AL 455 (1st) 1939 AL 312 (4th) Career 7,068 (2nd)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1927 AL 27 (3rd) 1928 AL 35 (2nd) 1929 AL 23 (3rd) 1932 AL 30 (1st) 1933 AL 17 (5th) 1936 AL 25 (1st) 1937 AL 12 (5th) 1938 AL 21 (5th) 1940 AL 19 (5th) Career 309 (31st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1927 AL 6.13 (1st) 1928 AL 5.74 (3rd) 1929 AL 5.88 (3rd) 1930 AL 5.84 (4th) 1931 AL 5.90 (2nd) 1932 AL 5.86 (4th) 1933 AL 5.81 (5th) 1935 AL 5.62 (5th) 1936 AL 5.98 (2nd) 1937 AL 5.75 (2nd) 1938 AL 5.58 (2nd) 1939 AL 5.21 (4th) 1941 AL 5.20 (4th) Career 5.64 (38th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1926 AL .973 (2nd) 1927 AL .965 (5th) 1929 AL .975 (1st) 1930 AL .979 (1st) 1931 AL .979 (3rd) 1932 AL .967 (5th) 1933 AL .981 (2nd) 1934 AL .981 (2nd) 1935 AL .985 (1st) 1936 AL .974 (3rd) 1937 AL .986 (1st) 1938 AL .976 (2nd) 1939 AL .977 (2nd) 1940 AL .972 (5th) 1941 AL .982 (1st)	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)

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