Charles Gehringer

Charles Leonard Gehringer (1903–1993) was a professional baseball second baseman who spent his entire 19-season career with the Detroit Tigers (1924–1942). Known as "the Mechanical Man," he batted .320 lifetime with 2,839 hits, 1,427 RBIs, and seven seasons of 200 or more hits. He won the American League batting title in 1937 (.371 average) and the AL Most Valuable Player Award that same year. Gehringer played every inning of the first six All-Star Games and helped Detroit win three AL pennants (1934, 1935, 1940) and the 1935 World Series. He later served as Tigers general manager in 1952–53.