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Charlie Gehringer

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American baseball player (1903-1993)

United StatesLived 1903 to 1993 · aged 89
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Charles Leonard Gehringer, nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. 320 career batting average with 2,839 hits and 1,427 runs batted in (RBIs).

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1937Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

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Charles Leonard Gehringer, nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. He compiled a .320 career batting average with 2,839 hits and 1,427 runs batted in (RBIs). He had seven seasons with more than 200 hits and was the starting second baseman and played every inning of the first six All Star Games. He won the American League batting title in 1937 with a .371 average and won the American League Most Valuable Player Award. He helped lead the Tigers to three American League pennants and the 1935 World Series championship.

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Lived 1903 to 1993 · aged 89
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