Charlie Gehringer

Charles " Charlie" Leonard Gehringer (May 11, 1903 in Fowlerville, Michigan, † January 21, 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball. 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 regarded as one of the best players at his position. Gehringer was a very quiet and introverted fellow. 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 therebetween a batting average of 35 % ." He spent his entire career with the Tigers. In a total of 13 seasons, he came across a batting average of 30%. In 1937 he was elected with 37.1 % the best batting average in the league and was named MVP of the American League. Three times he played with the Detroit Tigers to the World Series (1934, 1935, and 1940). 1934 and 1940 were subject to the Tigers the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games in 1935 they were able to defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games. A total of six times Gehringer was elected to the All Star.

After his playing career, he worked as a coach with the Tigers, and later ( 1953-1958 ) as a club official. He was from 1953 - 1990 is committed in the Veterans Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In 1949, he was already itself become a member of the Hall of Fame. Since 12 June 1983, the Tigers awarded his jersey number 2 no longer. At the age of 89 years he died in 1993 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

His positions as a player

1924 - 1942 Detroit Tigers