Charlie Gehringer

Charles Leonard Gehringer (May 11, 1903 – January 21, 1993), nicknamed “The Mechanical Man,” was a German-American Major League Baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons (1924–42) for the Detroit Tigers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

1998

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Himself - interviewee

1991

When It Was a Game (TV Movie)

Himself

1986

1986 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Honorary Captain

Thanks Credits

1998

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Self

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Dating History

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Charlie Gehringer.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1924	DET	5	13	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.462	0.462	0.462
1925	DET	8	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.167	0.250	0.167
1926	DET	123	459	62	127	19	17	1	48	9	30	42	0.277	0.322	0.399
1927	DET	133	508	110	161	29	11	4	61	17	52	31	0.317	0.383	0.441
1928	DET	154	603	108	193	29	16	6	74	15	69	22	0.320	0.395	0.451
1929	DET	155	634	131	215	45	19	13	106	27	64	19	0.339	0.405	0.532
1930	DET	154	610	144	201	47	15	16	98	19	69	17	0.330	0.404	0.534
1931	DET	101	383	67	119	24	5	4	53	13	29	15	0.311	0.359	0.431
1932	DET	152	618	112	184	44	11	19	107	9	68	34	0.298	0.370	0.497
1933	DET	155	628	103	204	42	6	12	105	5	68	27	0.325	0.393	0.468
1934	DET	154	601	134	214	50	7	11	127	11	99	25	0.356	0.450	0.517
1935	DET	150	610	123	201	32	8	19	108	11	79	16	0.330	0.409	0.502
1936	DET	154	641	144	227	60	12	15	116	4	83	13	0.354	0.431	0.555
1937	DET	144	564	133	209	40	1	14	96	11	90	25	0.371	0.458	0.520
1938	DET	152	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	14	113	21	0.306	0.425	0.486
1939	DET	118	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	4	68	16	0.325	0.423	0.544
1940	DET	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	101	17	0.313	0.428	0.447
1941	DET	127	436	65	96	19	4	3	46	1	95	26	0.220	0.363	0.303
1942	DET	45	45	6	12	0	0	1	7	0	7	4	0.267	0.365	0.333
Career		2323	8860	1774	2839	574	146	184	1427	181	1186	372	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Charlie Gehringer.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1924	DET	5	-	12	17	1	2	0.967
1925	DET	8	-	8	20	0	5	1.000
1926	DET	123	-	264	340	16	56	0.974
1927	DET	133	-	304	438	27	84	0.965
1928	DET	154	-	377	507	35	101	0.962
1929	DET	155	-	404	501	23	93	0.975
1930	DET	154	-	399	501	19	97	0.979
1931	DET	101	-	292	242	11	57	0.980
1932	DET	152	-	396	495	30	110	0.967
1933	DET	155	-	358	542	17	111	0.981
1934	DET	154	-	355	516	17	100	0.981
1935	DET	150	-	349	489	13	99	0.985
1936	DET	154	-	397	524	25	116	0.974
1937	DET	144	-	331	485	12	102	0.986
1938	DET	152	-	393	455	21	115	0.976
1939	DET	118	-	245	312	13	67	0.977
1940	DET	139	-	276	374	19	72	0.972
1941	DET	127	-	279	324	11	59	0.982
1942	DET	45	-	7	9	0	1	1.000
Career		2323	-	5446	7091	310	1447	-

First Name	Charles
Middle Name	Leonard
Last Name	Gehringer
Full Name at Birth	Charles Leonard Gehringer
Other Names	The Mechanical Man
Age	89 (age at death)
Date of Birth	May 11, 1903
Birthplace	Fowlerville, MI
Date of Death	January 21, 1993
Location of Death	Bloomfield Hills, MI
Buried	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81.6 kg)
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
High School	Fowlerville (Fowlerville, MI)
University	University of Michigan
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Second Baseman
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	22 September 1924
Last MLB Game	27 September 1942
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA in Runoff Election as Player in 1949 (159/187 ballots).