Charles Leonard Gehringer (May 11, 1903 – January 21, 1993), nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, general manager, and team vice president, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons (–). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949. Overview Widely regarded as one of the greatest second basemen of all time, Gehringer compiled a .320 batting average and had seven seasons with more than 200 hits. The left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing star was the American League batting champion in 1937 with a .371 average and was also named the American League's Most Valuable Player. He was among the Top 10 vote recipients in the Most Valuable Player voting for seven straight years from 1932 to 1938. He was the starting second baseman and played every inning of the first six All Star Games. Gehringer was the only one to play every inning of the first 6 MLB all-star games, batted .500, didn't strike out and didn't make an error. In 81 AB in 3 World Series he struck out once. Perhaps the greatest 2-way player of all-time Gehringer was the first MLB middle infielder to turn 100 DPs in 6 seasons and is still the only middle IF ever to handle 900 chances in as many as 6 seasons. Only 4 players in MLB history have more seasons of 200 runs produced (Runs+RBI-HR) than Gehringer and only 3 did it more times consecutively. He is the only player since 1900 to accomplish all of the following in more than 2 seasons and he did 4 times: Play at least 150 games, at least .300 BA, at least .400 OB%, at least .500 SL% AND strike out fewer than 20 times. Gehringer is the only player since 1900 to finish among the top 10 in his league in both offensive AND defensive WAR as many as 6 consecutive seasons. In the 1930s, Babe Ruth called Gehringer "the greatest player in the game" and Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, and Mel Ott were all in their prime. Gehringer had career totals of 2,839 hits and 574 doubles. He was among the team's stars leading the Tigers to three American League pennants (1934, 1935, and 1940) and one World Series Championship (1935). Gehringer hit .379 in the 1934 World Series, and .375 in the 1935 Series. Gehringer had