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Bobo Osborne

Larry Sidney Osborne

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 12, 1935 in Chattahoochee, GA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1957
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1957-1963

Final Game: September 24, 1963
Died: April 15, 2011 in Woodstock, GA
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1957 21 DET AL 11 30 27 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .148 .233 .185 .419 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 /93
1958 22 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 23 DET AL 86 228 209 27 40 7 1 3 21 1 0 16 41 .191 .254 .278 .532 43 58 3 2 0 1 0 3/9
1961 25 DET AL 71 114 93 8 20 7 0 2 13 1 0 20 15 .215 .354 .355 .709 88 33 1 0 1 0 0 3/5
1962 26 DET AL 64 92 74 12 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 16 25 .230 .374 .243 .617 69 18 0 1 1 0 0 5/32
1963 27 WSA AL 125 416 358 42 76 14 1 12 44 0 0 49 83 .212 .308 .358 .666 87 128 5 3 1 5 7 35
6 Seasons 359 882 763 93 157 30 2 17 86 2 0 104 171 .206 .304 .317 .621 70 242 9 6 3 6 7
162 Game Avg. 162 398 344 42 71 14 1 8 39 1 0 47 77 .206 .304 .317 .621 70 109 4 3 1 3 3
DET (5 yrs) 234 466 405 51 81 16 1 5 42 2 0 55 88 .200 .300 .281 .581 57 114 4 3 2 1 0
WSA (1 yr) 125 416 358 42 76 14 1 12 44 0 0 49 83 .212 .308 .358 .666 87 128 5 3 1 5 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1957 21 DET AL 30 -3 0 0 1 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /93
1958 22 DET AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
1959 23 DET AL 228 -17 1 2 0 3 -3 7 -7 -0.8 -10 -1.0 0.2 $ 3/9
1961 25 DET AL 114 -1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 3/5
1962 26 DET AL 92 -2 -1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 5/32
1963 27 WSA AL 416 -8 1 -1 1 -1 -5 12 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 35
6 Seasons 882 -32 1 2 3 2 -8 26 -7 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $
DET (5 yrs) 466 -24 0 3 2 3 -3 14 -6 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $
WSA (1 yr) 416 -8 1 -1 1 -1 -5 12 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1957 DET AL 21 OF 5 5 4 37.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.95 1.60 .980 2.24 2.24
1957 DET AL 21 RF 5 5 4 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.19 1.80 .976 1.92 1.92
1957 DET AL 21 1B 4 2 2 20.0 21 20 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -42 9.45 5.25 .992 9.68 9.70
1959 DET AL 23 1B 56 40 38 393.0 411 377 27 7 36 .983 3 10 9.25 7.21 .990 9.84 9.77
1959 DET AL 23 OF 1 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0 13 1.00 1.00 .980 2.20 2.20
1959 DET AL 23 RF 1 1 1 9.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 13 4.00 4.00 .976 1.90 1.90
1961 DET AL 25 1B 11 6 6 69.1 53 50 3 0 4 1.000 -0 -2 6.88 4.82 .990 9.45 9.34
1961 DET AL 25 3B 8 8 2 64.0 23 10 12 1 2 .957 0 4 3.09 2.75 .950 3.18 3.15
1962 DET AL 26 3B 13 12 5 98.1 35 11 19 5 0 .857 -0 -4 2.75 2.31 .952 3.08 3.07
1962 DET AL 26 1B 7 0 0 14.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 0 26 8.36 1.86 .990 9.45 9.41
1962 DET AL 26 C 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.30 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1963 WSA AL 27 1B 81 78 75 694.2 777 713 55 9 68 .988 1 2 9.95 9.48 .990 9.48 9.49
1963 WSA AL 27 3B 16 14 13 132.1 36 6 26 4 1 .889 -2 -16 2.18 2.00 .947 3.02 3.02
5 Seasons 1B 159 126 121 1191.0 1275 1171 88 16 109 .987 4 4 9.51 7.92 .990 9.60 9.58
3 Seasons 3B 37 34 20 294.2 94 27 57 10 3 .894 -2 -8 2.57 2.27 .950 3.07 3.06
2 Seasons RF 6 6 5 46.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0 8 2.54 2.17 .976 1.92 1.92
2 Seasons OF 6 6 5 46.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0 8 1.76 1.50 .980 2.23 2.23
1 Season C 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.30 0 0 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons TOT 203 166 146 1533.2 1379 1207 145 27 112 .980 2 2 7.93 6.66 .987 8.12 8.16 0 0 1 0 0% 0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1959 AL  7 (5th)
1963 AL  9 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1959 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1963 AL  9.95 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1963 AL  9.48 (3rd)

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