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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	57	14.0	3	4	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
7	7	Apr 25	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	54	12.1	7	4	0	11	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	CG	56	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
13	13	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 5	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
16	16	May 6	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	18	May 8	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
19	19	May 10	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
20	20	May 11	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
21	21	May 12	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
26	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
27	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	2	1	5	0
28	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
29	29	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	7	0	7	2
30	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
32	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
34	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
36	36	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
40	40	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
41	41	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
42	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 7	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
47	47	Jun 10 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
48	48	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
50	50	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
51	51	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
52	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	3
53	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
56	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
57	57	Jun 20	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
58	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	47	8.2	3	1	1	5	0
59	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
60	60	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
62	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	75 (12)	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	79 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
65	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
66	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	GS	35	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	114 (32)	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	4	4	0	8	2
69	116	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
70	117	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
71	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	119	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
73	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	GS	38	7.0	3	4	1	8	3
74	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
75	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GS	0		2	3	1	6	1
76	123	Aug 31	DET		BOS	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	124	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
78	125	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	128 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	129	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	130	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
82	131	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
83	132	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
84	133	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
86	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	136	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
88	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	49	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
91	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	2
92	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
93	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	6	0	0	6	0
95	144	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
96	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	1
97	146	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
98	147	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
99	148	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
100	149	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
101	150	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
102	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
104	153	Sep 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	154	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							107gm		920.0	245	312	13	570	67