The deadball era was a long time ago but there are still some records that exist to this day, two of which are the most Triples of all time and the most inside the park Home Runs in a season. Those are held by “Wahoo” Sam Crawford, who played most of his career with Detroit.
“The Mechanical Man”, Charlie Gehringer was as good a baseball player as he was quiet, and considering he was known for not talking much, you can imagine that he was a pretty good baseball player!