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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 24)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,7-14	CG	47	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 17	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
5	5	Apr 20	DET		SLB	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 22	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
8	8	Apr 24	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
9	9	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	47	10.0	6	3	0	9	2
10	10	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	3
12	12	Apr 29	DET	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
15	15	May 2	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 3	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	1	6	2
17	17	May 5	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
18	18	May 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-14	CG	43	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	19	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
20	20	May 9	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 10	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	65	15.0	6	3	0	9	0
22	22	May 11	DET		CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	23	May 12	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
24	24	May 13	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	25	May 14	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
26	26	May 15	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
27	27	May 16	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
28	28	May 17	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
29	29	May 18	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
30	30	May 19	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	31	May 20	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 21	DET		NYY	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	33	May 22	DET	@	CLE	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
34	34	May 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,13-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	35	May 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	9	0	10	0
36	36	May 24	DET	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
37	37	May 26 (1)	DET		CHW	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	5	4	1	10	3
38	38	May 26 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
39	39	May 27	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
40	40	May 28	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	48	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
41	41	May 29	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
42	42	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
43	43	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
44	44	May 31	DET		SLB	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	46	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
47	47	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,18-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
49	49	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
51	51	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	2	9	1
53	53	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
54	54	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	47	9.1	2	5	0	7	1
56	56	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
57	57	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,8-9	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 17	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 18	DET		WSH	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
60	60	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
61	61	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
62	62	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 22	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
64	64	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
65	65	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	66	Jun 25	DET		PHA	W,13-1	CG	28	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
67	67	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
68	68	Jun 28	DET		PHA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,21-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
70	70	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	71	Jul 3	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	2
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-13	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
74	74	Jul 5	DET	@	SLB	W,18-9	GS	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 9	DET	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
76	76	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	78	Jul 12	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
79	79	Jul 13	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 14	DET	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	0	3	2	5	0
81	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
82	82	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
84	84	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
85	85	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
86	86	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	87	Jul 21 (1)	DET		PHA	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	88	Jul 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
89	89	Jul 22	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
90	90	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
91	91	Jul 24	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	47	10.0	5	0	1	6	0
92	92	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,3-18	CG	52	9.0	5	3	2	10	2
93	93	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
94	94	Jul 27	DET		NYY	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
95	95	Jul 28	DET		NYY	L,6-16	CG	52	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
96	96	Jul 29	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	97	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
98	98	Jul 31	DET		WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	DET		WSH	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	100	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
101	101	Aug 3	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
102	102	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
103	103	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
104	104	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
105	105	Aug 8 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
106	106	Aug 8 (2)	DET		SLB	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
107	107	Aug 9	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
108	108	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
109	109	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	110	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
111	111	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	7	0	12	1
112	112	Aug 15 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
113	113	Aug 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
114	114	Aug 16 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
115	115	Aug 18 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
116	116	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
117	117	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	L,8-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	118	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
119	119	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
120	120	Aug 22	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	121	Aug 23	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
122	122	Aug 24	DET		CHW	L,4-8	CG	50	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
123	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	124	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
125	125	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
126	126	Aug 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	47	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
127	127	Aug 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-19	CG	46	6.0	4	3	0	7	0
128	128	Aug 29	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
129	129	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
130	130	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	131	Sep 1	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
132	132	Sep 2	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
133	133	Sep 3	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
134	134	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
135	135	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
136	136	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
137	137	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
138	138	Sep 9	DET		WSH	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
139	139	Sep 10	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
140	140	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
141	141	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
142	142	Sep 13	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
143	143	Sep 14	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
144	144	Sep 15	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
145	145	Sep 16	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
146	146	Sep 17	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
147	147	Sep 18	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
148	148	Sep 19	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
149	149	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
150	150	Sep 22 (1)	DET		SLB	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
151	151	Sep 22 (2)	DET		SLB	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
152	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	8	5	0	13	2
153	153	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2
154	154	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	31	5.1	3	1	0	4	1
							154gm		1358.0	397	524	25	946	116