Gehringer’s consistency took him to Cooperstown
“You wind him up in the spring, turn him loose, he hits .330 or .340, and you shut him off at the end of the season,” said Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez, whose Yankees battled Gehringer’s Tigers for the AL pennant almost yearly during the 1930s.
In all, Gehringer played for three pennant winners and helped the Tigers capture the 1935 World Series title.
Gehringer passed away on Jan. 21, 1993.
Craig Muder is the director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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