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Charlie Gehringer

Birthdate:

5/11/1903

Died:

1/21/1993

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Fowlerville, MI, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Charlie Gehringer is rated as one of baseballs' best all-around second baseman. During his long, 19 year career with the Detroit Tigers, Gehringer participated in more double plays and had the highest fielding average of any second baseman in baseball history. He led all second baseman in 25 various fielding categories in various years. Gehringer was also an outstanding hitter and had a .320 career batting average. From 1927 to the end of 1940, he scored over a 100 runs every year; except in 1931 when injuries kept him on the disabled list. 1929, he scored 129 runs, he scored a career high of 144 runs in 1930, and repeated this total in 1936. This great hitter won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1937, when he had 209 hits, led the league with his .371 batting average, scored 133 runs. Charlie Gehringer drove in over 100 runs in seven different years.

This great Detroit Tiger, played in three world series and pounded out 26 hits, while batting .321. Gehringer was tough for pitchers to strikeout; in his career average he fanned only 20 times per/season as an average. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1949; he ranks 11th. in career doubles with 574. Charlie Gehringer career totals; Batting Average .320; At Bats - 8,860, 2,839 hits, 146 triples, 184 homers, scored 1,774 runs, 1,427 RBI's, walked 1,185 times and only struckout 372 times. Gehringer, you were one of the best of all-times; pounding game winning hits and game saving fielding gems. You deserve our loud cheers. baseballhistorian.com archives Detroit Tigers History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1924	DET (AL)	5	13	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.462	.462	SLG
1925	DET (AL)	8	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	SLG
1926	DET (AL)	123	459	62	127	19	17	1	48	30	42	9	7	0	1	27	0	.277	.322	SLG
1927	DET (AL)	133	508	110	161	29	11	4	61	52	31	17	8	0	2	9	0	.317	.383	SLG
1928	DET (AL)	154	603	108	193	29	16	6	74	69	22	15	9	0	6	13	0	.320	.395	SLG
1929	DET (AL)	155	634	131	215	45	19	13	106	64	19	27	9	0	6	11	0	.339	.405	SLG
1930	DET (AL)	154	610	144	201	47	15	16	98	69	17	19	15	0	7	13	0	.330	.404	SLG
1931	DET (AL)	101	383	67	119	24	5	4	53	29	15	13	4	0	0	2	0	.311	.359	SLG
1932	DET (AL)	152	618	112	184	44	11	19	107	68	34	9	8	0	3	3	0	.298	.370	SLG
1933	DET (AL)	155	628	103	204	42	6	12	105	68	27	5	4	0	3	6	0	.325	.393	SLG
1934	DET (AL)	154	601	134	214	50	7	11	127	99	25	11	8	0	3	5	0	.356	.450	SLG
1935	DET (AL)	150	610	123	201	32	8	19	108	79	16	11	4	0	3	17	0	.330	.409	SLG
1936	DET (AL)	154	641	144	227	60	12	15	116	83	13	4	1	0	4	3	0	.354	.431	SLG
1937	DET (AL)	144	564	133	209	40	1	14	96	90	25	11	4	0	1	5	0	.371	.458	SLG
1938	DET (AL)	152	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	113	21	14	1	0	4	3	0	.306	.425	SLG
1939	DET (AL)	118	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	68	16	4	3	0	1	11	0	.325	.423	SLG
1940	DET (AL)	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	101	17	10	0	0	3	10	0	.313	.428	SLG
1941	DET (AL)	127	436	65	96	19	4	3	46	95	26	1	2	0	3	3	0	.220	.363	SLG
1942	DET (AL)	45	45	6	12	0	0	1	7	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.365	SLG
19 years		2323	8860	1774	2839	574	146	184	1427	1186	372	181	89	0	50	141	0	.320	.404	.SLG

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