Charlie Gehringer

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.

Read more about Charlie Gehringer:  Overview, Early Years: 1903–26, Gehringer Becomes A Star: 1927–33, A Quiet Man, Back-to-back Pennants (1934 and 1935), 1934 Tour of Japan, Life in The Off-season, MVP Award and Batting Crown, Rogell and Gehringer, Final Years and Hall of Fame, Gehringer and His Mother, Life After Baseball