MLB / Players

Charlie Gehringer

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb

BornMay 11, 1903 · Fowlerville, MI, USA

MLB debutSeptember 22, 1924

Final gameSeptember 27, 1942

Seasons19 (1924–1942)

Detroit Tigers 1924–1942

Percentile snapshot

1941 season — qualified batters

127

43.9

537

47.5

436

36.7

52.5

35.3

39.6

41.7

32.4

RBI

43.9

92.8

55.4

8.6

25.9

.220

5.8

OBP

.363

59.7

SLG

.303

10.8

OPS

.666

26.6

wRC+

78.5

OPS+

71.3

15.1

wOBA

.331

36.7

sWAR

0.5

24.5

of 140 qualified 1941 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

125.8

86.5

OPS+

124.8

85.3

sWAR

69.3

99.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1924	5	13	13	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	.462	.462	.462	.923	141.2	138.8	.435	0.1
1925	8	20	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.167	.250	.167	.417	10.6	7.6	.217	-0.2
1926	123	517	459	62	127	19	17	1	48	30	42	9	7	.277	.322	.399	.721	81.8	85.8	.335	0.7
1927	133	571	508	110	161	29	11	4	61	52	31	17	8	.317	.383	.441	.824	111.1	110.8	.383	2.9
1928	154	691	603	108	193	29	16	6	74	69	22	15	9	.320	.395	.451	.846	120.7	118.8	.391	4.4
1929	155	715	634	131	215	45	19	13	106	64	19	27	9	.339	.405	.532	.936	136.7	137.2	.421	5.9
1930	154	699	610	144	201	47	15	16	98	69	17	19	15	.330	.404	.534	.938	131.2	132.7	.417	5.3
1931	101	414	383	67	119	24	5	4	53	29	15	13	4	.311	.359	.431	.790	102.8	103.9	.363	1.5
1932	152	692	618	112	184	44	11	19	107	68	34	9	8	.298	.370	.497	.867	120.9	123.1	.390	4.3
1933	155	705	628	103	204	42	6	12	105	68	27	5	4	.325	.393	.468	.862	126.7	126.9	.396	4.9
1934	154	708	601	134	214	50	7	11	127	99	25	11	8	.356	.450	.517	.967	151.9	151.1	.446	7.2
1935	150	709	610	123	201	32	8	19	108	79	16	11	4	.330	.409	.502	.911	139.0	139.5	.416	5.9
1936	154	731	641	144	227	60	12	15	116	83	13	4	1	.354	.431	.555	.987	140.5	142.5	.444	6.3
1937	144	660	564	133	209	40	1	14	96	90	25	11	4	.371	.458	.520	.978	148.3	144.9	.446	6.4
1938	152	688	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	113	21	14	1	.306	.425	.486	.911	124.5	122.1	.419	4.6
1939	118	486	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	68	16	4	3	.325	.423	.544	.967	139.8	140.2	.436	4.2
1940	139	629	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	101	17	10	0	.313	.428	.447	.875	125.8	120.0	.404	4.3
1941	127	537	436	65	96	19	4	3	46	95	26	1	2	.220	.363	.303	.666	78.5	71.3	.331	0.5
1942	45	52	45	6	12	0	0	1	7	7	4	0	0	.267	.365	.333	.699	96.1	91.6	.343	0.2

Career totals

2,323

108th-most career G

10,237

72nd-most career PA

8,860

82nd-most career AB

1,774

22nd-most career R

2,839

51st-most career H

574

25th-most career 2B

146

58th-most career 3B

184

455th-most career HR

RBI

1,427

69th-most career RBI

1,186

68th-most career BB

372

181

434th-most career SB

.3204

62nd-highest career batting average

OBP

.4036

57th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4805

222nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8841

97th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1937-08-14	BAL @ DET Gameday	5	3	5	1	0	2	6	1	12
1932-05-30	DET @ BAL Gameday	5	3	5	2	0	1	5	1	10
1930-08-04	CWS @ DET Gameday	6	2	4	0	0	2	6	0	10
1939-05-27	BAL @ DET Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	1	5	0	10
1934-05-30	DET @ BAL Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	2	4	0	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1924-04-15	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-16	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-18	CLE @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-19	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1924-04-20	BAL @ DET Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1949 (Run Off)

1× Most Valuable Player6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.