Ossie Bluege

Oswald Louis Bluege

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: October 24, 1900 in Chicago, IL
High School: Schurz (Chicago, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1922
Final Game: July 13, 1939
Died: October 14, 1985 in Edina, MN
Relatives: Brother of Otto Bluege
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Standard Batting

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HR Log
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1922	21	WSH	AL	19	71	61	5	12	1	0	0	2	1	0	7	7	.197	.300	.213	.513	38	13		2	1			5/6
1923	22	WSH	AL	109	456	379	48	93	15	7	2	42	5	3	48	53	.245	.343	.338	.680	83	128		8	21			*5/4
1924	23	WSH	AL	117	465	402	59	113	15	4	2	49	7	5	39	36	.281	.358	.353	.711	85	142		9	15			54/6
1925	24	WSH	AL	145	607	522	77	150	27	4	4	79	16	15	59	56	.287	.362	.377	.739	89	197		2	24			*5/6	MVP-10
1926	25	WSH	AL	139	584	487	69	132	19	8	3	65	12	9	70	46	.271	.368	.361	.730	92	176		5	22			*5/6	MVP-16
1927	26	WSH	AL	146	583	503	71	138	21	10	1	66	15	5	57	47	.274	.354	.362	.716	87	182		5	18			*5
1928	27	WSH	AL	146	588	518	78	154	33	7	2	75	18	6	46	27	.297	.364	.400	.763	101	207		8	16			*5/4
1929	28	WSH	AL	64	246	220	35	65	6	0	5	31	6	4	19	15	.295	.354	.391	.745	91	86		1	6			546
1930	29	WSH	AL	134	562	476	64	138	27	7	3	69	15	8	51	40	.290	.368	.395	.763	94	188		8	27			*5
1931	30	WSH	AL	152	634	570	82	155	25	7	8	98	16	10	50	39	.272	.336	.382	.718	88	218		5	9			*5/6
1932	31	WSH	AL	149	614	507	64	131	22	4	5	64	9	7	83	41	.258	.367	.347	.714	87	176		4	20			*5
1933	32	WSH	AL	140	580	501	63	131	14	0	6	71	6	7	55	34	.261	.338	.325	.663	77	163		3	21			*5
1934	33	WSH	AL	99	314	285	39	70	9	2	0	11	2	1	23	15	.246	.306	.291	.598	57	83		2	4			56/4
1935	34	WSH	AL	100	363	320	44	84	14	3	0	34	2	2	37	21	.263	.341	.325	.666	75	104		1	5			65/4	AS
1936	35	WSH	AL	90	368	319	43	92	12	1	1	55	5	3	38	16	.288	.375	.342	.716	82	109		6	5			465
1937	36	WSH	AL	42	142	127	12	36	4	2	1	13	1	1	13	9	.283	.355	.370	.725	86	47		1	1			6/35
1938	37	WSH	AL	58	209	184	25	48	12	1	0	21	3	1	21	11	.261	.340	.337	.677	75	62		1	3			46/35
1939	38	WSH	AL	18	66	59	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	7	2	.153	.242	.153	.395	6	9	2	0	0			3/456
18 Seasons				1867	7452	6440	883	1751	276	67	43	848	140	87	723	515	.272	.352	.356	.707	85	2290	2	71	218
162 Game Avg.				162	647	559	77	152	24	6	4	74	12	8	63	45	.272	.352	.356	.707	85	199		6	19
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1924	23	WSH	AL	WS	NYG	W	7	31	26	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	4	.192	.276	.192	.468	5	1	0	2	0	0
1925	24	WSH	AL	WS	PIT	L	5	19	18	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.278	.316	.333	.649	6	0	1	0	0	0

1933	32	WSH	AL	WS	NYG	L	5	19	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.125	.176	.188	.364	3	0	0	2	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							17	69	60	5	12	2	0	0	5	1	0	4	14	.200	.262	.233	.495	14	1	1	4	0	0
3 WS							17	69	60	5	12	2	0	0	5	1	0	4	14	.200	.262	.233	.495	14	1	1	4	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	Awards
1922	WSH	AL	21	3B	17			53	17	32	4	3	.925		2.88	.951		3.24
1922	WSH	AL	21	SS	2			2	1	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		5.05
1923	WSH	AL	22	3B	106			393	125	243	25	29	.936		3.47	.946		3.27
1923	WSH	AL	22	2B	4			14	6	8	0	2	1.000		3.50	.964		5.35
1924	WSH	AL	23	3B	102			314	102	194	18	10	.943		2.90	.951		3.01
1924	WSH	AL	23	2B	10			49	24	22	3	4	.939		4.60	.967		5.39
1924	WSH	AL	23	SS	4			16	6	9	1	0	.938		3.75	.950		4.82
1925	WSH	AL	24	3B	144			465	158	285	22	29	.953		3.08	.947		3.02		MVP-10
1925	WSH	AL	24	SS	4			7	2	5	0	0	1.000		1.75	.943		4.68		MVP-10
1926	WSH	AL	25	3B	134			415	139	256	20	15	.952		2.95	.951		3.14		MVP-16
1926	WSH	AL	25	SS	8			23	7	14	2	3	.913		2.63	.948		4.64		MVP-16
1927	WSH	AL	26	3B	146			543	185	337	21	20	.961		3.58	.952		3.07
1928	WSH	AL	27	3B	144			500	150	330	20	34	.960		3.33	.951		3.05
1928	WSH	AL	27	2B	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.30
1929	WSH	AL	28	3B	35			120	34	82	4	9	.967		3.31	.952		2.90
1929	WSH	AL	28	2B	14			65	27	36	2	12	.969		4.50	.968		5.48
1929	WSH	AL	28	SS	10			40	13	27	0	3	1.000		4.00	.932		4.67
1930	WSH	AL	29	3B	134			411	138	258	15	20	.964		2.96	.944		2.84
1931	WSH	AL	30	3B	152			455	151	286	18	24	.960		2.88	.943		2.89
1931	WSH	AL	30	SS	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.80
1932	WSH	AL	31	3B	149			467	158	295	14	28	.970		3.04	.949		2.77
1933	WSH	AL	32	3B	138			376	116	247	13	25	.965		2.63	.953		2.73
1934	WSH	AL	33	3B	41			140	41	92	7	10	.950		3.24	.943		2.95
1934	WSH	AL	33	SS	30			146	48	95	3	16	.979		4.77	.949		5.07
1934	WSH	AL	33	2B	5			32	17	15	0	2	1.000		6.40	.969		5.68
1934	WSH	AL	33	OF	5			8	8	0	0	0	1.000		1.60	.962		2.16	5-0-0
1935	WSH	AL	34	SS	58			304	117	177	10	32	.967		5.07	.957		5.18		AS
1935	WSH	AL	34	3B	25			84	25	54	5	5	.940		3.16	.948		2.94		AS
1935	WSH	AL	34	2B	4			15	6	7	2	2	.867		3.25	.973		5.60		AS
1936	WSH	AL	35	2B	52			288	128	158	2	35	.993		5.50	.972		5.58
1936	WSH	AL	35	SS	23			104	41	61	2	7	.981		4.43	.948		5.22
1936	WSH	AL	35	3B	15			48	8	39	1	4	.979		3.13	.944		3.02
1937	WSH	AL	36	SS	28			166	67	91	8	19	.952		5.64	.955		5.06
1937	WSH	AL	36	1B	2			10	10	0	0	0	1.000		5.00	.990		9.60
1937	WSH	AL	36	3B	2			5	1	4	0	0	1.000		2.50	.940		3.05
1938	WSH	AL	37	2B	38			197	85	110	2	26	.990		5.13	.966		5.32
1938	WSH	AL	37	SS	10			47	12	32	3	6	.936		4.40	.953		4.99
1938	WSH	AL	37	1B	1			2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	1.000		9.60
1938	WSH	AL	37	3B	1			2	0	2	0	1	1.000		2.00	.950		3.10
1939	WSH	AL	38	1B	11			94	86	7	1	9	.989		8.45	.990		9.43
1939	WSH	AL	38	2B	2			12	7	5	0	0	1.000		6.00	.967		5.15
1939	WSH	AL	38	3B	2			8	3	4	1	0	.875		3.50	.950		3.05
1939	WSH	AL	38	SS	2			14	7	6	1	4	.929		6.50	.950		4.70
18 Seasons				3B	1487			4799	1551	3040	208	266	.957		3.09	.948		2.97
12 Seasons				SS	180			869	321	518	30	90	.965		4.66	.952		5.06
9 Seasons				2B	130			672	300	361	11	83	.984		5.08	.969		5.47
3 Seasons				1B	14			106	98	7	1	9	.991		7.50	.991		9.46
1 Season				OF	5			8	8	0	0	0	1.000		1.60	.962		2.16	5-0-0
18 Seasons				TOT	1816			6454	2278	3926	250	448	.961		3.42	.913		3.40	5-0-0
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	Awards

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 (724th)	Games Played s c a p y 1931 AL 152 (6th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1932 AL 83 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1923 AL 53 (6th) 1925 AL 56 (5th) 1926 AL 46 (9th) 1927 AL 47 (8th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1925 AL 16 (7th) 1928 AL 18 (4th) 1930 AL 15 (9th) 1931 AL 16 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1923 AL 8 (6th) 1924 AL 9 (5th) 1927 AL 5 (9th) 1928 AL 8 (1st) 1930 AL 8 (2nd) 1931 AL 5 (8th) 1932 AL 4 (7th) 1933 AL 3 (6th) 1936 AL 6 (7th) Career 71 (186th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1925 AL 24 (8th) 1930 AL 27 (2nd) 1932 AL 20 (3rd) 1933 AL 21 (2nd) Career 218 (67th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1925 AL 15 (4th) 1931 AL 10 (10th) Career 87 (164th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1931 AL 10.7 (10th)	Oldest s c a p y 1938 AL born 1900-10-24 (8th) 1939 AL born 1900-10-24 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 8 (1226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 18 (892), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Willie Kamm (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Kamm (944) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Harry Steinfeldt (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dots Miller (923) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Kamm (921) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Runnels (916) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Gardner (901) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Gardner (900) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 15, 1942: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 23, 1942: Released by the Washington Senators.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 8 (1226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 18 (892), Average HOFer ≈ 50