Charlie Gehringer
Charlie Gehringer | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: May 11, 1903 Fowlerville , United States |
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Died on: January 21, 1993 Bloomfield Hills , United States |
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Suggested: Left | Threw: Right |
Debut in Major League Baseball | |
September 22, 1924 with the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB assignment | |
September 29, 1942 with the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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Batting average | .320 |
Hits | 2,839 |
Home runs | 184 |
Runs Batted In | 1,427 |
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Awards | |
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Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Recorded | 1949 |
Quota | 85.03% |
Charles "Charlie" Leonard Gehringer (born May 11, 1903 in Fowlerville , Michigan , † January 21, 1993 in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). His nickname was The Mechanical Man .
biography
Charlie Gehringer made his debut in the American League with the Detroit Tigers on September 22, 1924. The second baseman is still considered one of the best players in his position. Gehringer was a very calm and introverted contemporary. His manager Mickey Cochrane said of him: "Charlie says hello on the first day of the season, goodbye on the last day of the season and has a batting average of 35% in between". He spent his entire career with the Tigers. In a total of 13 seasons he came over a batting average of 30%. In 1937 he had the best batting average in the league with 37.1% and was elected MVP of the American League. He competed three times in the World Series with the Detroit Tigers (1934, 1935 and 1940). In 1934 and 1940 the Tigers were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games each, in 1935 they were able to defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games. Gehringer was voted All Star six times .
After his career as a player, he worked as a coach for the Tigers, later (from 1953 to 1958) as a club official. He was also a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee from 1953 to 1990 .
In 1949 he had already become a member of the Hall of Fame himself. Since June 12, 1983, the Tigers no longer award his jersey number 2. He died on January 21, 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, at the age of 89.
Web links
- Player information and statistics Baseball Reference or FanGraphs (English)
- Charlie Gehringer in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gehringer, Charlie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gehringer, Charles Leonard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Fowlerville , Michigan |
DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1993 |
Place of death | Bloomfield Hills , Michigan |