Quiet Charlie Gehringer was known by his peers as The Mechanical Man. He never said much and was always in the right place at the right time. He was what we called a guess hitter, and he guessed right a lot because his lifetime average was .320 and he had seven seasons of 200 hits or more in a single season. I saw Charlie play in the 1934 World Series, when the Detroit Tigers were beaten by the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. I remember Dizzy Dean won the last game in Detroit 11–0. I personally attended the three games played in St. Louis. I saw Dizzy Dean win, and his brother Paul win, during those three games, and saw Gehringer’s prowess at the plate as well.

Charlie was highly thought of by everyone in baseball. He was a gentleman and a great second baseman.

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