Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Why don't we have a 1929 or 1937 Charlie Gehringer card? Arguably his best years.

In '29 he led the league in Runs, Hits, Doubles, Triples and Stolen Bases And is bullet proof.

In '37 he had a career high .371 average, a career high fielding % and won his only MVP award.

Would be nice to one of those cards.

You’re in luck because the nominations are now open for the next card add

From an obituary: The offseason often meant barnstorming, traveling with teams of stars from the major leagues and the Negro leagues, playing in small towns. Gehringer described one such tour: “We went up through the Dakotas and Minnesota and Kansas. Got to bat against Satchel every other day, which wasn’t much fun.”

Paige returned the compliment in his autobiography: “Gehringer was real tough for me, the toughest of all those stickers.”

"all those stickers" ?

What is a sticker?

Not definitive, but found it means something like this in earlier 20th century American English:

• a person or thing that sticks
• a persevering or industrious person

And, absolutely agree on getting better Gehringer cards in. Awesome years, '29 and '37.

Hack Wilson wrote:And, absolutely agree on getting better Gehringer cards in. Awesome years, '29 and '37.

Check the 21.1 Nominations Start Stats Running List on the Card Discussions forum. '37 looks better than '29.
('29 not bad, just not as good as '37)

andycummings65 wrote:

Hack Wilson wrote:And, absolutely agree on getting better Gehringer cards in. Awesome years, '29 and '37.

Check the 21.1 Nominations Start Stats Running List on the Card Discussions forum. '37 looks better than '29.
('29 not bad, just not as good as '37)

Andy,

Did you post numbers for both cards? If so I didn't see it.

Rich

I have been thinking the exact same thing lately about Gehringer. Good point Rich!

egvrich wrote:

andycummings65 wrote:

Hack Wilson wrote:And, absolutely agree on getting better Gehringer cards in. Awesome years, '29 and '37.

Check the 21.1 Nominations Start Stats Running List on the Card Discussions forum. '37 looks better than '29.
('29 not bad, just not as good as '37)

Andy,

Did you post numbers for both cards? If so I didn't see it.

Rich

It's there, but I'll post it here.

1937 Charlie Gehringer, DET, Bats-L, E BAL, 2b-1e13, 3 Game INJ Risk
LH--2b-7.1 3b-0 HR-3.5 BB-18 .496/.584/.693, OPS-1.278
RH--2b-7.1 3b-0 HR-3.5 BB-18 .496/.584/.693, OPS-1.278

Current 1936 Charlie Gehringer, DET, Bats-L, E BAL, 2b-1e16, Bulletproof
LH--2b-11.2 3b-2.5 HR-3.3 BB-13 .439/.512/.716, OPS-1.228
RH--2b-1.25 3b-2.4 HR-3.5 BB-13 .435/.508/.718, OPS-1.226

1929 Charlie Gehringer, DET, Bats-L, E BAL, 2b-1e22, IN Game INJ Risk Only
LH--2b-7.8 3b-4.5 HR-3 BB-9 .420/.474/.684, OPS-1.158
RH--2b-7.8 3b-4.5 HR-3 BB-9 .414/.468/.677, OPS-1.145