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Detroit Tigers Baseball Legend Charlie Gehringer On Earning His Nicknames And Learning From Ty Cobb

Andrew Martin
3 min readMay 24, 2024

Detroit Tigers legend Charlie Gehringer is one of the most consistently excellent players to don a baseball uniform. The second baseman was a star of the first order and is still remembered for being among the best ever at his position. He was also an intensely funny man, who was dubbed with nicknames throughout his…

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.