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Ossie Bluege

Oswald Louis Bluege

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: October 24, 1900 in Chicago, IL
High School: Schurz HS (Chicago, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1922
Team: Senators 1922-1947

Final Game: July 13, 1939
Died: October 14, 1985 in Edina, MN
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
Relatives: Brother of Otto Bluege
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1922 WSH AL 21 3B 17 15 14 53 17 32 4 3 .925 2.88 .950 3.45
1922 WSH AL 21 SS 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .945 5.20
1923 WSH AL 22 3B 106 103 98 393 125 243 25 29 .936 3.47 .945 3.45
1923 WSH AL 22 2B 4 4 3 14 6 8 0 2 1.000 3.50 .965 5.68
1924 WSH AL 23 3B 102 97 94 314 102 194 18 10 .943 2.90 .951 3.26
1924 WSH AL 23 2B 10 11 11 49 24 22 3 4 .939 4.60 .966 5.76
1924 WSH AL 23 SS 4 2 2 16 6 9 1 0 .938 3.75 .949 5.15
1925 WSH AL 24 3B 144 144 134 465 158 285 22 29 .953 3.08 .947 3.21 MVP-10
1925 WSH AL 24 SS 4 1 1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.75 .944 5.20 MVP-10
1926 WSH AL 25 3B 134 132 127 415 139 256 20 15 .952 2.95 .951 3.37 MVP-16
1926 WSH AL 25 SS 8 7 5 23 7 14 2 3 .913 2.63 .944 5.01 MVP-16
1927 WSH AL 26 3B 146 145 137 543 185 337 21 20 .961 3.58 .952 3.33
1928 WSH AL 27 3B 144 143 135 500 150 330 20 34 .960 3.33 .951 3.27
1928 WSH AL 27 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.70
1929 WSH AL 28 3B 35 34 33 120 34 82 4 9 .967 3.31 .952 3.10
1929 WSH AL 28 2B 14 14 11 65 27 36 2 12 .969 4.50 .968 5.91
1929 WSH AL 28 SS 10 8 8 40 13 27 0 3 1.000 4.00 .937 5.21
1930 WSH AL 29 3B 134 133 127 411 138 258 15 20 .964 2.96 .945 3.04
1931 WSH AL 30 3B 152 152 147 455 151 286 18 24 .960 2.88 .944 3.08
1931 WSH AL 30 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
1932 WSH AL 31 3B 149 148 136 467 158 295 14 28 .970 3.04 .950 2.96
1933 WSH AL 32 3B 138 135 120 376 116 247 13 25 .965 2.63 .954 2.92
1934 WSH AL 33 3B 41 34 31 140 41 92 7 10 .950 3.24 .943 3.09
1934 WSH AL 33 SS 30 27 27 146 48 95 3 16 .979 4.77 .951 5.24
1934 WSH AL 33 2B 5 3 3 32 17 15 0 2 1.000 6.40 .969 5.88
1934 WSH AL 33 LF 5 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .968 2.16
1934 WSH AL 33 OF 5 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .968 2.28
1935 WSH AL 34 SS 58 54 51 304 117 177 10 32 .967 5.07 .957 5.35 AS
1935 WSH AL 34 3B 25 21 19 84 25 54 5 5 .940 3.16 .947 3.05 AS
1935 WSH AL 34 2B 4 2 2 15 6 7 2 2 .867 3.25 .969 5.85 AS
1936 WSH AL 35 2B 52 50 49 288 128 158 2 35 .993 5.50 .972 5.78
1936 WSH AL 35 SS 23 21 20 104 41 61 2 7 .981 4.43 .950 5.35
1936 WSH AL 35 3B 15 14 14 48 8 39 1 4 .979 3.13 .946 3.13
1937 WSH AL 36 SS 28 27 27 166 67 91 8 19 .952 5.64 .955 5.23
1937 WSH AL 36 1B 2 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .991 9.85
1937 WSH AL 36 3B 2 2 2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 .946 3.15
1938 WSH AL 37 2B 38 35 31 197 85 110 2 26 .990 5.13 .967 5.52
1938 WSH AL 37 SS 10 9 9 47 12 32 3 6 .936 4.40 .953 5.17
1938 WSH AL 37 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 9.80
1938 WSH AL 37 3B 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 .940 3.10
1939 WSH AL 38 1B 11 11 9 94 86 7 1 9 .989 8.45 .990 9.64
1939 WSH AL 38 2B 2 2 2 12 7 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 .965 5.55
1939 WSH AL 38 3B 2 1 1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 3.50 .942 3.15
1939 WSH AL 38 SS 2 2 2 14 7 6 1 4 .929 6.50 .950 5.15
18 Seasons 3B 1487 1454 1370 4799 1551 3040 208 266 .957 3.09 .949 3.18
12 Seasons SS 180 158 152 869 321 518 30 90 .965 4.66 .953 5.27
9 Seasons 2B 130 122 113 672 300 361 11 83 .984 5.08 .969 5.72
3 Seasons 1B 14 12 10 106 98 7 1 9 .991 7.50 .990 9.68
1 Season OF 5 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .968 2.28
1 Season LF 5 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .968 2.16
22 Seasons TOT 1816 1747 1645 6454 2278 3926 250 448 .961 3.42 .952 3.61
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1922 WSH AL 21 19 15 19 19 0 0 0 0 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1923 WSH AL 22 109 107 109 109 0 0 0 5 104 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1924 WSH AL 23 117 110 117 116 0 0 0 11 101 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1925 WSH AL 24 145 145 145 145 0 0 0 0 144 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1926 WSH AL 25 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 134 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1927 WSH AL 26 146 145 146 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1928 WSH AL 27 146 144 146 144 0 0 0 2 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1929 WSH AL 28 64 56 64 57 0 0 0 14 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1930 WSH AL 29 134 133 134 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 WSH AL 30 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 WSH AL 31 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1933 WSH AL 32 140 135 140 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1934 WSH AL 33 99 65 99 81 0 0 0 5 41 30 5 0 0 5 0 14 5
1935 WSH AL 34 100 77 100 82 0 0 0 4 26 57 0 0 0 0 0 9 10
1936 WSH AL 35 90 85 90 89 0 0 0 52 15 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1937 WSH AL 36 42 30 42 32 0 0 2 0 2 28 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1938 WSH AL 37 58 45 58 49 0 0 1 38 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1939 WSH AL 38 18 16 18 17 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Seasons 1867 1747 1867 1798 0 0 14 133 1484 180 5 0 0 5 0 54 21
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1954 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

All-Star Games
1935 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1925 AL (10, 12%)
1926 AL (16, 8%)
0.20 Career Shares (738th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  106 (5th)
1925 AL  144 (3rd)
1926 AL  134 (4th)
1927 AL  146 (1st)
1928 AL  144 (2nd)
1930 AL  134 (1st)
1931 AL  152 (1st)
1932 AL  149 (1st)
1933 AL  138 (3rd)
Career  1,487 (41st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  125 (4th)
1925 AL  158 (3rd)
1926 AL  139 (4th)
1927 AL  185 (2nd)
1928 AL  150 (2nd)
1930 AL  138 (3rd)
1931 AL  151 (2nd)
1932 AL  158 (2nd)
Career  1,551 (33rd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  243 (4th)
1925 AL  285 (3rd)
1926 AL  256 (4th)
1927 AL  337 (1st)
1928 AL  330 (1st)
1930 AL  258 (1st)
1931 AL  286 (1st)
1932 AL  295 (2nd)
1933 AL  247 (3rd)
Career  3,040 (40th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  25 (3rd)
1924 AL  18 (3rd)
1925 AL  22 (3rd)
1926 AL  20 (2nd)
1927 AL  21 (2nd)
1928 AL  20 (1st)
1930 AL  15 (4th)
1931 AL  18 (3rd)
1932 AL  14 (4th)
1933 AL  13 (5th)
Career  208 (80th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1923 AL  3.47 (3rd)
1924 AL  2.90 (3rd)
1925 AL  3.08 (4th)
1927 AL  3.58 (1st)
1928 AL  3.33 (3rd)
1930 AL  2.96 (4th)
1932 AL  3.04 (3rd)
Career  3.09 (68th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1925 AL  .953 (3rd)
1927 AL  .961 (3rd)
1928 AL  .960 (3rd)
1930 AL  .964 (2nd)
1931 AL  .960 (2nd)
1932 AL  .970 (3rd)
1933 AL  .965 (2nd)
Career  .957 (87th)

Oldest s c a p y
1938 AL  born 1900-10-24 (8th)
1939 AL  born 1900-10-24 (6th)

                           

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