Charlie Gehringer: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Tigers Second Baseman

by John C. Skipper

Charlie Gehringer was the best second baseman of his era. He is regarded by many as the best two-strike hitter of all time and his seemingly effortless fielding ability earned him the nickname of "The Mechanical Man." Sports writers groused that he was too quiet to be a star. Charlie replied that he didn't hit with his mouth. This work follows Gehringer's career from the day a scout spotted him on the sandlots of Michigan in 1923 to his induction into the Hall of Fame in 1949 and into his life after baseball.

Genres: Baseball

209 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2008

Reviews

[Danny Knobler]

Not a simple task to make a book interesting when you're writing about someone you describe as dull, but plenty of details here make it readable.

[Brent Darling]

Pretty good book about one of the Tigers' greatest players.

BTW, the Tigers did not win the World Series in 1909, just the American League pennant.