Charles Gehringer collection

Collection

Identifier: BA MSS 181

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

A collection of souvenir programs, correspondence and telegrams relating to Charlie Gehringer. Collection also has Gehringer's high school diploma, an Ontario League boxscore from 1924, and sheet music titled "The Tiger team song". Multiple telegrams related to Gehringer's MVP dinner in 1937, including one from Gov. Frank Murphy.

Dates

1922-1995

Creator

Gehringer, Charlie, 1903-1993 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.

Conditions Governing Use

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org

Biographical / Historical

Nicknamed The Mechanical Man for his remarkable consistency, Charlie Gehringer batted over .300 13 times and collected 200 hits seven times. A cornerstone of three Tigers pennant-winners, he won the MVP in 1937 when he led the American League with a .371 average. An agile second baseman with quick hands, he led the league in both assists and fielding percentage seven times each. After his retirement, he served as a general manager and a member of the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee. He was inducted into the NBHOF in 1949.