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Charlie Gehringer
Charles Leonard Gehringer (The Mechanical Man)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 11, 1903 in Fowlerville, MI
High School: Fowlerville (Fowlerville, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1924. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1924
Final Game: September 27, 1942
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA in Runoff Election as Player in 1949 (159/187 ballots).
Died: January 21, 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Standard Batting

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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 13 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 86 183 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 .846 121 272 6 13 *4 MVP-8
1929 26 DET AL 155 715 634 131 215 45 19 13 106 27 9 64 19 .339 .405 .532 .936 139 337 6 11 *4
1930 27 DET AL 154 699 610 144 201 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 .911 137 306 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 144 660 564 133 209 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 118 486 406 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 Seasons 2323 10237 8860 1774 2839 574 146 184 1427 181 89 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1924 DET AL 21 2B 5 30 12 17 1 2 .967 5.80 .967 5.40
1925 DET AL 22 2B 6 28 8 20 0 5 1.000 4.67 .961 5.32
1926 DET AL 23 2B 112 594 255 323 16 56 .973 5.16 .967 5.33
1926 DET AL 23 3B 6 26 9 17 0 0 1.000 4.33 .950 3.13
1927 DET AL 24 2B 121 769 304 438 27 84 .965 6.13 .961 5.33
1928 DET AL 25 2B 154 919 377 507 35 101 .962 5.74 .963 5.31 MVP-8
1929 DET AL 26 2B 154 928 404 501 23 93 .975 5.88 .968 5.48
1930 DET AL 27 2B 154 919 399 501 19 97 .979 5.84 .969 5.66
1931 DET AL 28 2B 78 470 224 236 10 54 .979 5.90 .964 5.48 MVP-17
1931 DET AL 28 1B 9 75 68 6 1 3 .987 8.22 .991 9.70 MVP-17
1932 DET AL 29 2B 152 921 396 495 30 110 .967 5.86 .968 5.67 MVP-9
1933 DET AL 30 2B 155 917 358 542 17 111 .981 5.81 .971 5.63 AS,MVP-6
1934 DET AL 31 2B 154 888 355 516 17 100 .981 5.66 .969 5.67 AS,MVP-2
1935 DET AL 32 2B 149 851 349 489 13 99 .985 5.62 .969 5.61 AS,MVP-6
1936 DET AL 33 2B 154 946 397 524 25 116 .974 5.98 .972 5.58 AS,MVP-4
1937 DET AL 34 2B 142 828 331 485 12 102 .986 5.75 .972 5.28 AS,MVP-1
1938 DET AL 35 2B 152 869 393 455 21 115 .976 5.58 .967 5.32 AS,MVP-10
1939 DET AL 36 2B 107 570 245 312 13 67 .977 5.21 .965 5.14 MVP-14
1940 DET AL 37 2B 138 669 276 374 19 72 .972 4.71 .969 5.22 MVP-23
1941 DET AL 38 2B 116 614 279 324 11 59 .982 5.20 .966 5.18
1942 DET AL 39 2B 3 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 5.33 .969 5.40
19 Seasons 2B 2206 12746 5369 7068 309 1444 .976 5.64 .968 5.44
1 Season 1B 9 75 68 6 1 3 .987 8.22 .991 9.70
1 Season 3B 6 26 9 17 0 0 1.000 4.33 .950 3.13
19 Seasons TOT 2221 12847 5446 7091 310 1447 .976 5.64 .944 5.46
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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)

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 (50th)

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 (174th)

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 (87th)

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  2323 (94th)

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  8860 (72nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1928 AL  691 (4th)
1929 AL  715 (1st)
1930 AL  699 (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  10237 (60th)

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  1774 (19th)

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  2839 (43rd)

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  4257 (58th)

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  1427 (62nd)

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  1186 (59th)

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  1935 (57th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1929 AL  139 (10th)
1934 AL  149 (7th)
1935 AL  137 (6th)
1936 AL  142 (6th)
1937 AL  144 (8th)
1939 AL  139 (8th)
Career  124 (245th)

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  1715 (44th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1929 AL  37 (7th)
1930 AL  32 (10th)
1933 AL  25 (7th)
1934 AL  50 (3rd)
1935 AL  35 (6th)
1936 AL  45 (4th)
1937 AL  44 (4th)
Career  355 (89th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1929 AL  3.5 (7th)
1930 AL  3.0 (10th)
1933 AL  2.4 (7th)
1934 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1935 AL  3.3 (6th)
1936 AL  4.0 (4th)
1937 AL  4.0 (4th)
Career  32.6 (103rd)

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 (56th)

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  4075 (36th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1929 AL  .718 (10th)
1933 AL  .673 (7th)
1934 AL  .751 (4th)
1935 AL  .690 (6th)
1936 AL  .737 (6th)
1937 AL  .758 (4th)
1939 AL  .714 (8th)
1940 AL  .660 (9th)
Career  .664 (159th)

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 (196th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1928 AL  9 (8th)
1930 AL  15 (1st)
1932 AL  8 (10th)
1934 AL  8 (6th)
Career  89 (158th)

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 (102nd)

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 (59th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1928 AL  432 (5th)
1929 AL  439 (8th)
1930 AL  437 (5th)
1932 AL  445 (7th)
1933 AL  434 (5th)
1935 AL  430 (8th)
Career  6278 (107th)

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 27 (68), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 191 (47), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 277 (15), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 72 (15), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1924 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

February 4, 1942: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May 22, 1942: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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