Charlie Gehringer
1924–1942 · bats L / throws R · ALS, ASG, Detroit Tigers, MLS
2,323G
.320AVG
.404OBP
.480SLG
More career statistics
2,839H
184HR
1,427RBI
181SB
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 8,860 | 8,859 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 89 | 95 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 50 | 51 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 372 | 375 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,237 | 10,244 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,427 | 1,443 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 181 | 182 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,186 | 1,194 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,323 | 10,237 | 8,860 | 1,775 | 2,839 | 574 | 146 | 184 | 1,427 | 1,186 | 372 | 181 | 89 | 50 | 0 | 4,257 | .320 | .404 | .480 | .884 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1927-09-05 to 1927-09-26
41longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Natural Cycle | 1939-05-27 | 1 in 17,361 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Three Triples | 1929-08-05 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1941-07-20 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1176 | 5102 | 1417 | 92 | 763 | 619 | 178 | .323 | .399 | .482 |
| Away | 1147 | 5142 | 1422 | 92 | 680 | 575 | 197 | .318 | .388 | .479 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 195 | 861 | 235 | 15 | 121 | 93 | 34 | .312 | .381 | .470 |
| May | 405 | 1801 | 481 | 33 | 233 | 226 | 63 | .313 | .393 | .489 |
| June | 405 | 1819 | 502 | 40 | 293 | 222 | 53 | .323 | .398 | .490 |
| July | 447 | 1978 | 553 | 34 | 267 | 231 | 67 | .324 | .396 | .483 |
| August | 443 | 1976 | 566 | 41 | 308 | 213 | 82 | .326 | .394 | .497 |
| September | 413 | 1743 | 488 | 20 | 213 | 202 | 71 | .322 | .396 | .448 |
| October | 15 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | .237 | .318 | .424 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 344 | 1509 | 420 | 33 | 193 | 194 | 71 | .323 | .407 | .491 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 342 | 1498 | 412 | 13 | 195 | 193 | 44 | .323 | .404 | .460 |
| boston-red-sox | 339 | 1506 | 390 | 19 | 196 | 167 | 46 | .298 | .370 | .426 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 331 | 1451 | 414 | 29 | 221 | 156 | 60 | .327 | .393 | .493 |
| st-louis-browns | 331 | 1478 | 421 | 32 | 224 | 179 | 55 | .331 | .406 | .515 |
| chicago-white-sox | 322 | 1417 | 385 | 27 | 199 | 152 | 55 | .312 | .379 | .478 |
| cleveland-guardians | 314 | 1385 | 397 | 31 | 215 | 153 | 44 | .329 | .397 | .503 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  Detroit Tigers | 5 | 13 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .462 | – | – |
| 1925 | Detroit Tigers | 8 | 18 | 3 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1926 | Detroit Tigers | 123 | 458 | 127 | 1 | 51 | 9 | .277 | – | – |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 133 | 508 | 161 | 4 | 63 | 16 | .317 | – | – |
| 1928 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 603 | 193 | 6 | 77 | 15 | .320 | – | – |
| 1929 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 633 | 215 | 13 | 108 | 27 | .340 | – | – |
| 1930 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 611 | 201 | 16 | 99 | 19 | .329 | – | – |
| 1931 | Detroit Tigers | 101 | 383 | 119 | 4 | 53 | 13 | .311 | – | – |
| 1932 | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 618 | 184 | 19 | 104 | 10 | .298 | – | – |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 628 | 204 | 12 | 108 | 5 | .325 | – | – |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 601 | 214 | 11 | 127 | 11 | .356 | – | – |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 150 | 610 | 201 | 19 | 107 | 11 | .330 | – | – |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 641 | 227 | 15 | 117 | 4 | .354 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 144 | 564 | 209 | 14 | 97 | 11 | .371 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 568 | 174 | 20 | 108 | 14 | .306 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 118 | 406 | 132 | 16 | 88 | 4 | .325 | – | – |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 139 | 515 | 161 | 10 | 81 | 11 | .313 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 127 | 436 | 96 | 3 | 47 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 45 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 7 | – | .267 | – | – |