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Charlie Gehringer played 19 major-league seasons (1924-1942) as a 2B (2,206), 1B (9), 3B (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 21 | DET | 5 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .462 | .923 | 146 |
| 1925 | 22 | DET | 8 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .417 | 10 |
| 1926 | 23 | DET | 123 | 459 | 62 | 127 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 30 | 42 | .277 | .721 | 94 |
| 1927 | 24 | DET | 133 | 508 | 110 | 161 | 4 | 61 | 17 | 52 | 31 | .317 | .824 | 119 |
| 1928 | 25 | DET | 154 | 603 | 108 | 193 | 6 | 74 | 15 | 69 | 22 | .320 | .846 | 129 |
| 1929 | 26 | DET | 155 | 634 | 131 | 215 | 13 | 106 | 27 | 64 | 19 | .339 | .936 | 146 |
| 1930 | 27 | DET | 154 | 610 | 144 | 201 | 16 | 98 | 19 | 69 | 17 | .330 | .938 | 142 |
| 1931 | 28 | DET | 101 | 383 | 67 | 119 | 4 | 53 | 13 | 29 | 15 | .311 | .790 | 113 |
| 1932 | 29 | DET | 152 | 618 | 112 | 184 | 19 | 107 | 9 | 68 | 34 | .298 | .867 | 130 |
| 1933 | 30 | DET | 155 | 628 | 103 | 204 | 12 | 105 | 5 | 68 | 27 | .325 | .862 | 135 |
| 1934 | 31 | DET | 154 | 601 | 134 | 214 | 11 | 127 | 11 | 99 | 25 | .356 | .967 | 158 |
| 1935 | 32 | DET | 150 | 610 | 123 | 201 | 19 | 108 | 11 | 79 | 16 | .330 | .911 | 141 |
| 1936 | 33 | DET | 154 | 641 | 144 | 227 | 15 | 116 | 4 | 83 | 13 | .354 | .987 | 151 |
| 1937 | 34 | DET | 144 | 564 | 133 | 209 | 14 | 96 | 11 | 90 | 25 | .371 | .978 | 154 |
| 1938 | 35 | DET | 152 | 568 | 133 | 174 | 20 | 107 | 14 | 113 | 21 | .306 | .911 | 136 |
| 1939 | 36 | DET | 118 | 406 | 86 | 132 | 16 | 86 | 4 | 68 | 16 | .325 | .967 | 154 |
| 1940 | 37 | DET | 139 | 515 | 108 | 161 | 10 | 81 | 10 | 101 | 17 | .313 | .875 | 135 |
| 1941 | 38 | DET | 127 | 436 | 65 | 96 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 95 | 26 | .220 | .666 | 84 |
| 1942 | 39 | DET | 45 | 45 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .267 | .699 | 104 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 1925 | 2B | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 1926 | 2B | 112 | 0 | 255 | 323 | 16 | 56 |
| 1926 | 3B | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | 2B | 121 | 0 | 304 | 438 | 27 | 84 |
| 1928 | 2B | 154 | 0 | 377 | 507 | 35 | 101 |
| 1929 | 2B | 154 | 0 | 404 | 501 | 23 | 93 |
| 1930 | 2B | 154 | 0 | 399 | 501 | 19 | 97 |
| 1931 | 2B | 78 | 0 | 224 | 236 | 10 | 54 |
| 1931 | 1B | 9 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 1932 | 2B | 152 | 0 | 396 | 495 | 30 | 110 |
| 1933 | 2B | 155 | 0 | 358 | 542 | 17 | 111 |
| 1934 | 2B | 154 | 0 | 355 | 516 | 17 | 100 |
| 1935 | 2B | 149 | 0 | 349 | 489 | 13 | 99 |
| 1936 | 2B | 154 | 0 | 397 | 524 | 25 | 116 |
| 1937 | 2B | 142 | 0 | 331 | 485 | 12 | 102 |
| 1938 | 2B | 152 | 0 | 393 | 455 | 21 | 115 |
| 1939 | 2B | 107 | 0 | 245 | 312 | 13 | 67 |
| 1940 | 2B | 138 | 0 | 276 | 374 | 19 | 72 |
| 1941 | 2B | 116 | 0 | 279 | 324 | 11 | 59 |
| 1942 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Charlie Gehringer won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1929 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1930 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1932 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1932 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1933 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1933 (ML), TSN All-Star 1933 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (ML), TSN All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1935 (ML), TSN All-Star 1935 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (ML), TSN All-Star 1936 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (ML), MVP 1937 (AL), TSN All-Star 1937 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (ML), TSN All-Star 1938 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1928.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 12 / 64 | 0 |
| 1931 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 4 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 13 / 80 | 0 |
| 1933 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 32 / 80 | 0 |
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 65 / 80 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 26 / 80 | 0 |
| 1936 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 39 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 78 / 80 | 6 |
| 1938 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 27 / 336 | 0 |
| 1939 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1940 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
Charlie Gehringer ranks on 6 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #56 | second basemen | 1934 | 158 OPS+ |
| #72 | second basemen | 1937 | 154 OPS+ |
| #73 | second basemen | 1939 | 154 OPS+ |
| #78 | second basemen | 1936 | 151 OPS+ |
| #106 | second basemen | 1929 | 146 OPS+ |
| #126 | second basemen | 1930 | 142 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.