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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 21)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 16	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	4	3	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
6	6	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	5	3	1	9	2
7	7	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	6	4	0	10	2
8	8	Apr 23	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
10	10	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17 (5)	May 3	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
13	25 (7)	May 12	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	26	May 13	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
15	27	May 14	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
16	28	May 15	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	8	0	12	2
17	29	May 16	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
18	30	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
19	31	May 18	DET		NYY	L,8-20	CG	60	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	72 (40)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
21	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	74	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	30	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
23	75	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	76	Jul 8	DET		SLB	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
25	77	Jul 9	DET		SLB	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	78	Jul 11 (1)	DET		SLB	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
27	79	Jul 11 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	80	Jul 12	DET		SLB	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
29	81	Jul 14	DET	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	82	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
31	83	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
32	84	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
33	85	Jul 17	DET	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	86	Jul 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	87	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	88	Jul 20	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	89	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	90	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
39	91	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
40	92	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	55	12.1	6	2	0	8	1
41	93	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	2	2	0	4	1
42	94	Jul 25	DET	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	10.1	2	5	0	7	1
43	95	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	96	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
45	97	Jul 27	DET	@	BOS	L,4-13	GS	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
46	98	Jul 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
47	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	3	2	0	5	2
48	100	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	101	Aug 1	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	102	Aug 2	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
51	103	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	104	Aug 4	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
53	105	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
54	106	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
55	107	Aug 8	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
56	108	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
57	109	Aug 11	DET		PHA	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
58	110	Aug 12	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	6	4	0	10	2
59	111	Aug 13	DET		PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
60	112	Aug 15	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	16.0	4	7	0	11	1
61	113	Aug 16	DET		NYY	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
62	114	Aug 17	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	115	Aug 18	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	2	6	0	8	1
64	116	Aug 19	DET		BOS	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
65	117	Aug 20	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
66	118	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
67	119	Aug 22	DET		BOS	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
68	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
69	121	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
71	123	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	124	Aug 27	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
73	125	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
74	126	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,8-10	CG	0	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	144 (17)	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	145	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	11.2	2	4	0	6	0
77	146	Sep 19	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	56	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	147	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
79	148	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
80	149	Sep 22	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
81	150	Sep 23 (1)	DET		CLE	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
82	151	Sep 23 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	152	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
84	153	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	154	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
							87gm		760.0	292	242	11	545	57