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Charlie Gehringer
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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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