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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	54	13.0	4	4	0	8	1
2	2	Apr 13	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,8-5	CG	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 18	DET		CHW	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
7	7	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 22	DET		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 23	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
11	11	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	50	11.0	7	3	0	10	0
12	12	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
13	13	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	14	Apr 29	DET	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	3	6	0	9	0
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	10	0	14	1
18	18	May 4	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 6	DET		WSH	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
20	20	May 7 (1)	DET		WSH	W,10-9	CG	52	10.0	1	1	1	3	1
21	21	May 7 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	22	May 10 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
23	23	May 10 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
24	24	May 14 (1)	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
25	25	May 14 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
27	27	May 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	7	0	9	1
28	28	May 19	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
30	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
31	31	May 22	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	32	May 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
33	33	May 24	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 25	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	43	11.1	2	4	0	6	1
35	35	May 26	DET	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	36	May 27	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	37	May 28	DET		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
38	38	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
39	39	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
41	41	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,14-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
42	42	Jun 3	DET		CHW	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
43	43	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
45	45	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
46	46	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
47	47	Jun 7	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
48	48	Jun 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
49	49	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	59	13.0	3	7	0	10	2
50	50	Jun 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
52	52	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
53	53	Jun 13	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
54	54	Jun 14	DET		CLE	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
55	55	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
57	57	Jun 18 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
59	59	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
60	60	Jun 21 (1)	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 21 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
62	62	Jun 22	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
63	63	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
64	64	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,16-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
65	65	Jun 25 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	66	Jun 25 (2)	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	0	6.0	2	4	0	6	1
67	67	Jun 27	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	68	Jun 28	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
69	69	Jun 29	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jun 30	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	DET		WSH	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	72	Jul 3	DET	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.1	2	5	0	7	0
75	75	Jul 5	DET	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	76	Jul 7	DET	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	10	0	10	0
77	77	Jul 8	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
78	78	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
79	79	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
80	80	Jul 10	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
81	81	Jul 11	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	10.2	3	1	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	84	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
85	85	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	5	2	0	7	2
86	86	Jul 18	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
87	87	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
88	88	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,10-5	GS	21	6.0	1	4	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 20	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	90	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	3	3	0	6	1
92	92	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	93	Jul 25	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
94	94	Jul 26	DET		SLB	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
95	95	Jul 27	DET		SLB	L,9-10	CG	64	12.0	3	4	0	7	0
96	96	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
97	97	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
98	98	Jul 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 2 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
100	100	Aug 2 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
101	101	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	7	0	10	1
102	102	Aug 5 (1)	DET		CLE	L,6-15	CG	58	13.0	2	7	1	10	2
103	103	Aug 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	104	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
105	105	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
106	106	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
107	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
108	108	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	3
109	109	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
110	110	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	70	17.0	2	5	1	8	1
111	111	Aug 14	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 15	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	113	Aug 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	114	Aug 17	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
115	115	Aug 18	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
116	116	Aug 19	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
117	117	Aug 20 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
118	118	Aug 20 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
119	119	Aug 21	DET		PHA	L,7-12	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
120	120	Aug 22	DET		WSH	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
121	121	Aug 23 (1)	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	122	Aug 23 (2)	DET		WSH	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
123	123	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,6-13	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
124	124	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
125	125	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
126	126	Aug 27 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	127	Aug 27 (2)	DET		NYY	L,2-12	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
128	128	Aug 28	DET		NYY	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	129	Aug 29	DET		NYY	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
131	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
132	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,5-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	133	Sep 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
134	134	Sep 4 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
135	135	Sep 6	DET	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
136	136	Sep 8 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
137	137	Sep 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
138	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
139	139	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
140	140	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	8	0	11	2
141	141	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
142	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
143	143	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
144	144	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
145	145	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	2	0	3	1
146	146	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
147	147	Sep 18	DET	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
148	148	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
149	149	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
150	150	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
151	151	Sep 23	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
152	152	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
153	153	Sep 24 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
154	154	Sep 30	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
155	155	Oct 1	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
							155gm		1396.0	358	542	17	917	111