Charlie Gehringer
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
First Game: September 22, 1924; Final Game: September 27, 1942
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180
Related to Casey Parsons
Cousin of John Smoltz
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1949
AL MVP (1937)
TSN AL MVP (1937)
2B on TSN All-Star Team (1933 to 1938)
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Charlie Gehringer
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1924 DET A 5 13 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .462 .462 .462 0.3 1924 DET A
1925 DET A 8 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .250 .167 0.0 1925 DET A
1926 DET A 123 459 62 127 19 17 1 48 30 42 1 27 9 7 .277 .322 .399 -1.5 1926 DET A
1927 DET A 133 508 110 161 29 11 4 61 52 31 2 9 17 8 .317 .383 .441 2.9 1927 DET A
1928 DET A 154 603 108 193 29 16 6 74 69 22 6 13 15 9 .320 .395 .451 2.2 1928 DET A
1929 DET A 155 634 131 215 45 19 13 106 64 19 6 11 27 9 .339 .405 .532 3.3 1929 DET A
1930 DET A 154 610 144 201 47 15 16 98 69 17 7 13 19 15 .330 .404 .534 3.6 1930 DET A
1931 DET A 101 383 67 119 24 5 4 53 29 15 0 2 13 4 .311 .359 .431 0.3 1931 DET A
1932 DET A 152 618 112 184 44 11 19 107 68 34 3 3 9 8 .298 .370 .497 2.4 1932 DET A
1933 DET A 155 628 103 204 42 6 12 105 68 27 3 6 5 4 .325 .393 .468 3.6 1933 DET A
1934 DET A 154 601 134 214 50 7 11 127 99 25 3 5 11 8 .356 .450 .517 6.0 1934 DET A
1935 DET A 150 610 123 201 32 8 19 108 79 16 3 17 11 4 .330 .409 .502 4.6 1935 DET A
1936 DET A 154 641 144 227 60 12 15 116 83 13 4 3 4 1 .354 .431 .555 6.1 1936 DET A
1937 DET A 144 564 133 209 40 1 14 96 90 25 1 5 11 4 .371 .458 .520 4.8 1937 DET A
1938 DET A 152 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 113 21 4 3 14 1 .306 .425 .486 3.2 1938 DET A
1939 DET A 118 406 86 132 29 6 16 86 68 16 1 11 7 4 3 .325 .423 .544 3.1 1939 DET A
1940 DET A 139 515 108 161 33 3 10 81 101 17 3 10 9 10 0 .313 .428 .447 1.0 1940 DET A
1941 DET A 127 436 65 96 19 4 3 46 95 26 3 3 11 1 2 .220 .363 .303 -0.8 1941 DET A
1942 DET A 45 45 6 12 0 0 1 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .365 .333 0.0 1942 DET A
Total 2323 8860 1774 2839 574 146 184 1427 1186 372 50 141 27i 181 89 .320 .404 .480 45.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record 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 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 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 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
1924 DET A 2B 5 12 17 1 2 .967
1925 DET A 2B 6 8 20 0 5 1.000
1926 DET A 2B 112 255 323 16 56 .973
1926 DET A 3B 6 9 17 0 0 1.000
1927 DET A 2B 121 304 438 27 84 .965
1928 DET A 2B 154 377 507 35 101 .962
1929 DET A 2B 154 404 501 23 93 .975
1930 DET A 2B 154 399 501 19 97 .979
1931 DET A 2B 78 224 236 10 54 .979
1931 DET A 1B 9 68 6 1 3 .987
1932 DET A 2B 152 396 495 30 110 .967
1933 DET A 2B 155 358 542 17 111 .981
1934 DET A 2B 154 355 516 17 100 .981
1935 DET A 2B 149 349 489 13 99 .985
1936 DET A 2B 154 397 524 25 116 .974
1937 DET A 2B 142 331 485 12 102 .986
1938 DET A 2B 152 393 455 21 115 .976
1939 DET A 2B 107 245 312 13 67 .977
1940 DET A 2B 138 276 374 19 72 .972
1941 DET A 2B 116 279 324 11 59 .982
1942 DET A 2B 3 7 9 0 1 1.000
Total 2B 2206 5369 7068 309 1444 .976
Total 1B 9 68 6 1 3 .987
Total 3B 6 9 17 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1934 DET A Daily 2B 7 7 7 65 18 26 3 3 0 .936
1935 DET A Daily 2B 6 6 6 55 14 25 0 6 0 1.000
1940 DET A Daily 2B 7 7 7 60 18 18 0 3 0 1.000
Total 2B 20 20 20 180 50 69 3 12 0 .975
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1933 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 1.000
1934 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1935 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1936 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 1.000
1937 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 9 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1938 AL Daily 2B 1 1 1 8 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 6 6 6 52 10 16 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Released by Detroit Tigers (February 4, 1942 ).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (May 22, 1942 ).
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