Charlie Gehringer
name: label: Associated Name
content: Gehringer, Charles
label: Associated Name
content: Detroit Tigers
notes: label: Description
content: Charlie Gehringer (1903-1993) played the entirety of his Major League Baseball career with the Detroit Tigers, manning second base for the club from 1924-1942. A six-time All-Star, Gehringer was the 1937 American League Most Valuable Player, leading the League in hitting for the season (.371.)
label: Description
content: After 19 years in the big leagues, Gehringer finished with a lifetime batting average of .320, accompanied by 2,839 hits, 184 home runs and 1,427 runs batted in. He was equally productive on the defensive end, leading the AL in assists and putouts seven times. With Gehringer manning the middle, the Tigers reached the World Series three times, winning it all in 1935.
label: Description
content: From 1942-1945, Gehringer served in the United States Navy. In 1949 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. From 1950-1953 he rejoined the Tigers as the team's General Manager. .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.034.19
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.19
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm