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Charlie Gehringer
Full name Charles Leonard Gehringer Born May 11, 1903, Fowlerville, Michigan Died January 21, 1993, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan (Section 118W- Mausoleum- Crypt D-4) First Game: September 22, 1924 ; Final Game: September 27, 1942 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180 Cousin of John Smoltz Related to Casey Parsons Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1949 Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1937) Named AL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1937) Named second baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1933 to 1938) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1924 DET A Daily Splits 5 13 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .462 .462 .462 0.3 1924 DET A
1925 DET A Daily Splits 8 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .167 .250 .167 0.2 1925 DET A
1926 DET A Daily Splits 123 459 62 127 19 17 1 48 30 0 42 1 19 8 0 8 11 9 7 .277 .317 .399 -1.6 1926 DET A
1927 DET A Daily Splits 133 508 110 161 29 11 4 61 52 0 31 2 2 7 0 12 6 17 11 .317 .378 .441 2.9 1927 DET A
1928 DET A Daily Splits 154 603 107 193 29 16 6 74 69 1 22 6 4 9 0 17 7 15 9 .320 .390 .451 2.2 1928 DET A
1929 DET A Daily Splits 155 634 131 215 45 19 13 106 64 3 19 6 1 10 0 16 9 27 10 .339 .399 .532 3.4 1929 DET A
1930 DET A Daily Splits 154 610 144 201 47 15 16 98 69 3 17 7 3 10 0 17 7 19 15 .330 .398 .534 3.6 1930 DET A
1931 DET A Daily Splits 101 383 67 119 24 5 4 53 29 1 15 0 2 0 6 6 13 4 .311 .359 .431 0.5 1931 DET A
1932 DET A Daily Splits 152 618 112 184 44 11 19 104 68 3 34 3 3 0 19 4 9 8 .298 .370 .497 2.5 1932 DET A
1933 DET A Daily Splits 155 628 104 204 42 6 12 108 68 0 27 3 6 0 15 8 5 4 .325 .393 .468 3.6 1933 DET A
1934 DET A Daily Splits 154 601 135 214 50 7 11 127 99 9 25 3 5 0 10 8 11 8 .356 .450 .517 5.9 1934 DET A
1935 DET A Daily Splits 150 610 123 201 32 8 19 108 79 3 16 3 17 0 12 5 11 4 .330 .409 .502 4.5 1935 DET A
1936 DET A Daily Splits 154 641 144 227 60 12 15 116 83 4 13 4 3 0 13 11 4 1 .354 .431 .555 6.1 1936 DET A
1937 DET A Daily Splits 144 564 133 209 40 1 14 96 90 4 25 1 5 0 9 10 11 4 .371 .458 .520 4.9 1937 DET A
1938 DET A Daily Splits 152 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 113 5 21 4 3 0 10 20 14 1 .306 .425 .486 3.2 1938 DET A
1939 DET A Daily Splits 118 406 86 132 29 6 16 86 68 2 16 1 6 5 0 7 7 4 3 .325 .419 .544 2.8 1939 DET A
1940 DET A Daily Splits 139 515 108 161 33 3 10 81 101 0 17 3 10 0 10 9 10 0 .313 .428 .447 1.1 1940 DET A
1941 DET A Daily Splits 127 436 65 96 19 4 3 46 95 5 26 3 3 0 10 11 1 2 .220 .363 .303 -0.7 1941 DET A
1942 DET A Daily Splits 45 45 6 12 0 0 1 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .267 .365 .333 0.2 1942 DET A
Total (19 Years) Splits 2323 8860 1775 2839 574 146 184 1427 1186 43 372 50 92 49 0 195 139 181 93 .320 .402 .480 45.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1934 DET A Daily Splits 7 29 5 11 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 .379 .438 .517 1934 DET A
1935 DET A Daily Splits 6 24 4 9 3 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .423 .500 1935 DET A
1940 DET A Daily Splits 7 28 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .214 .267 .214 1940 DET A
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 20 81 12 26 4 0 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 3 2 0 .321 .375 .407 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .400 .000 1933 AL
1934 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .833 .667 1934 AL
1935 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.000 1935 AL
1936 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .800 1.000 1936 AL
1937 AL Daily Splits 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1937 AL
1938 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 1938 AL
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 20 2 10 2 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .655 .600 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1924 DET A Daily Splits 2B 5 2 2 32 12 17 1 2 0 .967
1925 DET A Daily Splits 2B 6 2 2 29 8 20 0 5 0 1.000
1926 DET A Daily Splits 2B 112 107 102 953 255 323 16 56 0 .973
1926 DET A 3B 6 6 5 53 9 17 0 0 0 1.000
1927 DET A Daily Splits 2B 121 121 121 1079 304 438 27 84 1 .965
1928 DET A Daily Splits 2B 154 154 154 1370.2 377 507 35 101 0 .962
1929 DET A Daily Splits 2B 154 152 151 1355.1 404 501 23 93 0 .975
1930 DET A Daily Splits 2B 154 154 154 1349.1 399 501 19 97 1 .979
1931 DET A Daily Splits 2B 78 77 73 694.1 224 236 10 54 1 .979
1931 DET A 1B 9 8 7 67 68 6 1 3 0 .987
1932 DET A Daily Splits 2B 152 152 152 1352.2 396 495 30 110 0 .967
1933 DET A Daily Splits 2B 155 155 154 1395 358 542 17 111 0 .981
1934 DET A Daily Splits 2B 154 154 152 1366.1 355 516 17 100 0 .981
1935 DET A Daily Splits 2B 149 148 146 1326 349 489 13 99 0 .985
1936 DET A Daily Splits 2B 154 154 153 1359 397 524 25 116 1 .974
1937 DET A Daily Splits 2B 142 142 141 1256.1 331 485 12 102 0 .986
1938 DET A Daily Splits 2B 152 152 148 1311.1 393 455 21 115 0 .976
1939 DET A Daily Splits 2B 107 106 100 913 245 312 13 67 0 .977
1940 DET A Daily Splits 2B 138 138 118 1185 276 374 19 72 1 .972
1941 DET A Daily Splits 2B 116 115 104 996.1 279 324 11 59 0 .982
1942 DET A Daily Splits 2B 3 1 1 15 7 9 0 1 0 1.000
Total (19 Years) Splits 2B 2206 2186 2128 19338.2 5369 7068 309 1444 5 .976
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 9 8 7 67 68 6 1 3 0 .987
Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 6 6 5 53 9 17 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1934 DET A Daily Splits 2B 7 7 7 65 18 26 3 3 0 .936
1935 DET A Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 55 14 25 0 6 0 1.000
1940 DET A Daily Splits 2B 7 7 7 60 16 21 0 3 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 2B 20 20 20 180 48 72 3 12 0 .976
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1933 AL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1934 AL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1935 AL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1936 AL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 1.000
1937 AL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1938 AL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 8 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 2B 6 6 6 52 10 15 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1942 DET A 4-14 9-27
Total ( 1 Year )
Transaction Information
Signed as a free agent by Detroit Tigers (1924).
Released by Detroit Tigers (February 4, 1942 ).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (May 22, 1942 ).
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