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Donie Bush
Owen Joseph Bush
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 140 lb.

Born: October 8, 1887 in Indianapolis, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1908
Final Game: September 15, 1923
Died: March 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, IN
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Standard Batting

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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
1908 20 DET AL 20 79 68 13 20 1 1 0 4 2 7 .294 .360 .338 .698 123 23 0 4 6
1909 21 DET AL 157 676 532 114 145 18 2 0 33 53 88 .273 .380 .314 .694 116 167 4 52 *6
1910 22 DET AL 142 606 496 90 130 13 4 3 34 49 78 .262 .365 .323 .687 109 160 2 30 *6/5
1911 23 DET AL 150 692 561 126 130 18 5 1 36 40 98 .232 .349 .287 .636 75 161 3 30 *6 MVP-14
1912 24 DET AL 144 643 511 107 118 14 8 2 38 35 117 .231 .377 .301 .679 97 154 3 12 *6
1913 25 DET AL 153 694 597 98 150 19 10 1 40 44 80 32 .251 .344 .322 .665 96 192 4 13 *6 MVP-12
1914 26 DET AL 157 721 596 97 150 18 4 0 32 35 26 112 54 .252 .373 .295 .668 99 176 3 10 *6 MVP-3
1915 27 DET AL 155 703 561 99 128 12 8 1 44 35 27 118 44 .228 .364 .283 .648 90 159 2 22 *6
1916 28 DET AL 145 653 550 73 124 5 9 0 34 19 75 42 .225 .319 .267 .587 73 147 1 27 *6
1917 29 DET AL 147 673 581 112 163 18 3 0 24 34 80 40 .281 .370 .322 .691 111 187 2 10 *6
1918 30 DET AL 128 593 500 74 117 10 3 0 22 9 79 31 .234 .340 .266 .606 86 133 1 13 *6
1919 31 DET AL 129 602 509 82 124 11 6 0 26 22 75 36 .244 .343 .289 .632 80 147 2 16 *6
1920 32 DET AL 141 628 506 85 133 18 5 1 33 15 7 73 32 .263 .357 .324 .681 83 164 1 48 *6
1921 33 TOT AL 127 585 486 87 131 7 5 0 29 10 13 57 27 .270 .347 .305 .652 69 148 1 41 64
1921 33 DET AL 104 488 402 72 113 6 5 0 27 8 11 45 23 .281 .355 .321 .676 74 129 1 40 64
1921 33 WSH AL 23 97 84 15 18 1 0 0 2 2 2 12 4 .214 .313 .226 .539 42 19 0 1 6
1922 34 WSH AL 41 159 134 17 32 4 1 0 7 1 1 21 7 .239 .342 .284 .626 68 38 0 4 5/4
1923 35 WSH AL 10 27 22 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .409 .409 .409 .818 120 9 0 5 /54
16 Seasons 1946 8734 7210 1280 1804 186 74 9 436 404 75 1158 346 .250 .356 .300 .656 91 2165 29 337
162 Game Avg. 162 727 600 107 150 15 6 1 36 34 96 .250 .356 .300 .656 91 180 2 28
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
DET (14 yrs) 1872 8451 6970 1242 1745 181 73 9 427 400 71 1125 334 .250 .357 .301 .658 92 2099 29 327
WSH (3 yrs) 74 283 240 38 59 5 1 0 9 4 4 33 12 .246 .337 .275 .612 63 66 0 10

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
1909 21 DET AL WS PIT L 7 32 22 5 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 3 .318 .483 .364 .846 8 0 2 3 0 0
1 WS 7 32 22 5 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 3 .318 .483 .364 .846 8 0 2 3 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1908 DET AL 20 SS 20 112 42 63 7 9 .938 5.25 .926 5.42
1909 DET AL 21 SS 157 946 308 567 71 38 .925 5.57 .925 5.15
1910 DET AL 22 SS 141 848 310 487 51 31 .940 5.65 .927 5.20
1910 DET AL 22 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.40
1911 DET AL 23 SS 150 1003 372 556 75 42 .925 6.19 .926 5.42 MVP-14
1912 DET AL 24 SS 144 930 317 547 66 45 .929 6.00 .919 5.06
1913 DET AL 25 SS 153 897 331 510 56 61 .938 5.50 .935 5.09 MVP-12
1914 DET AL 26 SS 157 1027 425 544 58 64 .944 6.17 .937 5.17 MVP-3
1915 DET AL 27 SS 155 901 340 504 57 61 .937 5.45 .937 5.00
1916 DET AL 28 SS 144 747 278 435 34 41 .954 4.95 .937 4.92
1917 DET AL 29 SS 147 755 281 423 51 41 .932 4.79 .931 4.84
1918 DET AL 30 SS 128 692 280 364 48 29 .931 5.03 .940 5.23
1919 DET AL 31 SS 129 706 290 376 40 38 .943 5.16 .942 5.04
1920 DET AL 32 SS 140 724 258 421 45 39 .938 4.85 .944 5.00
1921 TOT AL 33 SS 102 558 206 322 30 46 .946 5.18 .941 5.15
1921 DET AL 33 SS 81 455 172 260 23 35 .949 5.33 .940 5.15
1921 DET AL 33 2B 23 121 45 69 7 0 .942 4.96 .957 5.35
1921 WSH AL 33 SS 21 103 34 62 7 11 .932 4.57 .942 5.15
1922 WSH AL 34 3B 37 115 31 79 5 12 .957 2.97 .950 3.24
1922 WSH AL 34 2B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.50
1923 WSH AL 35 3B 5 16 4 9 3 0 .813 2.60 .950 3.28
1923 WSH AL 35 2B 2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.50 .957 5.35
14 Seasons SS 1867 10846 4038 6119 689 585 .936 5.44 .933 5.10
3 Seasons 3B 43 133 35 90 8 12 .940 2.91 .950 3.25
3 Seasons 2B 26 130 46 77 7 0 .946 4.73 .957 5.35
16 Seasons TOT 1936 11109 4119 6286 704 597 .937 5.37 .870 5.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-AL-14-6%
1913-AL-12-9%
1914-AL-3-27%
0.42 Career Shares (482nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1909 AL--.380--3rd
1910 AL--.365--8th
1914 AL--.373--8th
1917 AL--.370--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1909 AL--157--1st
1911 AL--150--3rd
1913 AL--153--3rd
1914 AL--157--3rd
1915 AL--155--6th
1918 AL--128--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1911 AL--561--9th
1913 AL--597--2nd
1914 AL--596--3rd
1917 AL--581--4th
1918 AL--500--7th
Career--7210--226th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1909 AL--676--1st
1911 AL--692--2nd
1913 AL--694--1st
1914 AL--721--1st
1915 AL--703--1st
1916 AL--653--10th
1917 AL--673--3rd
1918 AL--593--1st
1919 AL--602--6th
Career--8734--162nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1909 AL--114--2nd
1910 AL--90--4th
1911 AL--126--2nd
1912 AL--107--6th
1913 AL--98--8th
1914 AL--97--4th
1915 AL--99--6th
1917 AL--112--1st
1918 AL--74--4th
1919 AL--82--10th
Career--1280--125th

Hits s c a p y
1909 AL--145--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL--88--1st
1910 AL--78--1st
1911 AL--98--1st
1912 AL--117--1st
1913 AL--80--3rd
1914 AL--112--1st
1915 AL--118--2nd
1916 AL--75--7th
1917 AL--80--3rd
1918 AL--79--2nd
1919 AL--75--5th
1920 AL--73--6th
Career--1158--62nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1909 AL--53--3rd
1910 AL--49--3rd
1911 AL--40--7th
1912 AL--35--9th
1913 AL--44--6th
1914 AL--35--9th
1915 AL--35--8th
1917 AL--34--7th
1919 AL--22--7th
Career--404--65th

Singles s c a p y
1909 AL--125--6th
1914 AL--128--6th
1917 AL--142--7th
Career--1535--174th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1909 AL--16--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1909 AL--1.9--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1909 AL--237--3rd
1910 AL--210--7th
1912 AL--238--9th
1913 AL--234--8th
1914 AL--265--3rd
1915 AL--248--7th
1917 AL--245--5th
1918 AL--197--8th
Career--2991--188th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 AL--52--1st
1910 AL--30--4th
1911 AL--30--5th
1916 AL--27--9th
1920 AL--48--1st
1921 AL--41--2nd
Career--337--5th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1914 AL--26--8th
1915 AL--27--4th
1921 AL--13--6th
Career--75--235th

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL--18.656--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1909 AL--439--5th
1911 AL--461--1st
1913 AL--460--2nd
1914 AL--482--1st
1915 AL--482--2nd
1916 AL--453--7th
1917 AL--428--7th
1918 AL--396--2nd
1919 AL--401--8th
Career--5818--158th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 14 (168), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 86 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (511), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 1, 1907: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from South Bend (Central) in the 1907 rule 5 draft.

August, 1908: Drafted by Indianapolis (American Association) from the Detroit Tigers in the 1908 rule 5 draft.

September, 1908: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Indianapolis (American Association) for $6,000.

August 20, 1921: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers.

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Name and misspellings: Owen owens Donie donnie Joseph Bush

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