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Ossie Bluege
Oswald Louis Bluege

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

Debut April 24, 1922
Final Game July 13, 1939
Born October 24, 1900 in Chicago, IL
Died October 14, 1985 in Edina, MN

Brother of Otto Bluege

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        Smooth-fielding, consistent Bluege was a Senator for 50 years as a player, coach, manager, farm director, and team accountant.

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 21 WSH AL  19   61    5   12   1  0   0    2   1  0   7   7  .197  .300  .213   38   13   1           2    
 1923 22 WSH AL 109  379   48   93  15  7   2   42   5  3  48  53  .245  .343  .338   83  128  21           8    
 1924 23 WSH AL 117  402   59  113  15  4   2   49   7  5  39  36  .281  .358  .353   86  142  15           9    
 1925 24 WSH AL 145  522   77  150  27  4   4   79  16 15  59  56  .287  .362  .377   89  197  24           2     MVP-10
 1926 25 WSH AL 139  487   69  132  19  8   3   65  12  9  70  46  .271  .368  .361   92  176  22           5     MVP-16
 1927 26 WSH AL 146  503   71  138  21 10   1   66  15  5  57  47  .274  .354  .362   87  182  18           5    
 1928 27 WSH AL 146  518   78  154  33  7   2   75  18  6  46  27  .297  .364  .400  101  207  16           8    
 1929 28 WSH AL  64  220   35   65   6  0   5   31   6  4  19  15  .295  .354  .391   91   86   6           1    
 1930 29 WSH AL 134  476   64  138  27  7   3   69  15  8  51  40  .290  .368  .395   94  188  27           8    
 1931 30 WSH AL 152  570   82  155  25  7   8   98  16 10  50  39  .272  .336  .382   88  218   9           5    
 1932 31 WSH AL 149  507   64  131  22  4   5   64   9  7  83  41  .258  .367  .347   87  176  20           4    
 1933 32 WSH AL 140  501   63  131  14  0   6   71   6  7  55  34  .261  .338  .325   77  163  21           3    
 1934 33 WSH AL  99  285   39   70   9  2   0   11   2  1  23  15  .246  .306  .291   57   83   4           2    
 1935 34 WSH AL 100  320   44   84  14  3   0   34   2  2  37  21  .263  .341  .325   75  104   5           1     AS
 1936 35 WSH AL  90  319   43   92  12  1   1   55   5  3  38  16  .288  .375  .342   82  109   5           6    
 1937 36 WSH AL  42  127   12   36   4  2   1   13   1  1  13   9  .283  .355  .370   86   47   1           1    
 1938 37 WSH AL  58  184   25   48  12  1   0   21   3  1  21  11  .261  .340  .337   75   62   3           1    
 1939 38 WSH AL  18   59    5    9   0  0   0    3   1  0   7   2  .153  .242  .153    6    9   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1867 6440  883 1751 276 67  43  848 140 87 723 515  .272  .352  .356   85 2290 218   0   0  71   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   77  152  24  6   4   74  12  8  63  45  .272  .352  .356   85  199  19   0   0   6   0
 Career High    152  570   82  155  33 10   8   98  18 15  83  56  .297  .375  .400  101  218  27   0   0   9   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 21 WSH AL   71   50    4   2.2   105| .197  .286| .300  .351| .213  .402| .513  .753|  38  .189  -5.1  -0.5 100%
 1923 22 WSH AL  456  310   42   3.6   103| .245  .284| .343  .353| .338  .392| .681  .745|  83  .385  -7.7  -0.8  62%
 1924 23 WSH AL  465  309   49   4.2   109| .281  .294| .358  .363| .353  .403| .711  .767|  86  .435  -7.3  -0.7  58%
 1925 24 WSH AL  607  411   69   4.5   114| .287  .297| .362  .367| .377  .416| .739  .783|  89  .441  -7.2  -0.7  51%
 1926 25 WSH AL  584  386   63   4.4   108| .271  .287| .368  .359| .361  .403| .729  .762|  92  .466  -3.4  -0.3  57%
 1927 26 WSH AL  583  388   65   4.5   110| .274  .292| .354  .360| .362  .409| .716  .769|  87  .463  -9.2  -0.9  75%
 1928 27 WSH AL  588  386   75   5.2   107| .297  .287| .364  .352| .400  .408| .764  .761| 101  .541   2.2   0.2  75%
 1929 28 WSH AL  246  165   30   4.8   113| .295  .293| .354  .360| .391  .423| .745  .783|  91  .491  -3.2  -0.3  60%
 1930 29 WSH AL  562  373   67   4.8   116| .290  .295| .368  .359| .395  .434| .763  .793|  94  .456  -3.1  -0.3  65%
 1931 30 WSH AL  634  434   71   4.4   109| .272  .288| .336  .355| .382  .411| .718  .766|  88  .447 -11.1  -1.1  61%
 1932 31 WSH AL  614  403   63   4.2   110| .258  .284| .367  .355| .347  .417| .714  .772|  87  .418  -6.6  -0.6  56%
 1933 32 WSH AL  580  398   54   3.6   105| .261  .280| .338  .351| .325  .403| .663  .754|  77  .381 -15.4  -1.5  46%
 1934 33 WSH AL  314  220   25   3.0   108| .246  .283| .306  .356| .291  .408| .597  .764|  57  .284 -17.8  -1.7  66%
 1935 34 WSH AL  363  243   35   3.9   109| .263  .284| .341  .356| .325  .410| .666  .766|  75  .381 -10.8  -1.0  50%
 1936 35 WSH AL  368  235   40   4.5   117| .288  .292| .375  .367| .342  .429| .717  .796|  82  .409  -6.9  -0.6  62%
 1937 36 WSH AL  142   93   16   4.5   113| .283  .285| .355  .359| .370  .424| .725  .784|  86  .434  -2.6  -0.2  50%
 1938 37 WSH AL  209  140   21   3.9   112| .261  .281| .340  .359| .337  .419| .677  .778|  75  .370  -6.0  -0.5  75%
 1939 38 WSH AL   66   52    2   1.0   107| .153  .277| .242  .351| .153  .410| .395  .762|   6  .050  -8.1  -0.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     7452 4996  791   4.2   110| .272  .288| .352  .358| .356  .412| .708  .770|  85  .428 -129.4 -12.3  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 21 WSH AL 3B 17 17 32 4 3 .925 .950 2.88 3.24 SS 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.05 1923 22 WSH AL 3B 106 125 243 25 29 .936 .945 3.47 3.27 2B 4 6 8 0 2 1.000 .966 3.50 5.35 1924 23 WSH AL 3B 102 102 194 18 10 .943 .951 2.90 3.01 2B 10 24 22 3 4 .939 .966 4.60 5.39 SS 4 6 9 1 0 .938 .949 3.75 4.83 1925 24 WSH AL 3B 144 158 285 22 29 .953 .947 3.08 3.02 SS 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.75 4.67 1926 25 WSH AL 3B 134 139 256 20 15 .952 .951 2.95 3.14 SS 8 7 14 2 3 .913 .946 2.62 4.64 1927 26 WSH AL 3B 146 185 337 21 20 .961 .952 3.58 3.07 1928 27 WSH AL 3B 144 150 330 20 34 .960 .951 3.33 3.05 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 1929 28 WSH AL 3B 35 34 82 4 9 .967 .952 3.31 2.90 2B 14 27 36 2 12 .969 .968 4.50 5.48 SS 10 13 27 0 3 1.000 .937 4.00 4.67 1930 29 WSH AL 3B 134 138 258 15 20 .964 .945 2.96 2.84 1931 30 WSH AL 3B 152 151 286 18 24 .960 .944 2.88 2.89 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1932 31 WSH AL 3B 149 158 295 14 28 .970 .950 3.04 2.77 1933 32 WSH AL 3B 138 116 247 13 25 .965 .954 2.63 2.73 1934 33 WSH AL 3B 41 41 92 7 10 .950 .943 3.24 2.95 SS 30 48 95 3 16 .979 .951 4.77 5.07 2B 5 17 15 0 2 1.000 .970 6.40 5.68 OF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 1.60 2.16 5 0 0 1935 34 WSH AL SS 58 117 177 10 32 .967 .957 5.07 5.18 AS 3B 25 25 54 5 5 .940 .947 3.16 2.94 AS 2B 4 6 7 2 2 .867 .970 3.25 5.60 AS 1936 35 WSH AL 2B 52 128 158 2 35 .993 .972 5.50 5.58 SS 23 41 61 2 7 .981 .950 4.43 5.22 3B 15 8 39 1 4 .979 .946 3.13 3.02 1937 36 WSH AL SS 28 67 91 8 19 .952 .955 5.64 5.06 1B 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 5.00 9.60 3B 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.05 1938 37 WSH AL 2B 38 85 110 2 26 .990 .967 5.13 5.32 SS 10 12 32 3 6 .936 .952 4.40 4.99 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.60 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 3.10 1939 38 WSH AL 1B 11 86 7 1 9 .989 .990 8.45 9.43 2B 2 7 5 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 5.15 SS 2 7 6 1 4 .929 .949 6.50 4.70 3B 2 3 4 1 0 .875 .946 3.50 3.05
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 36 WSH AL 1B 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 5.00 9.60 1938 37 WSH AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.60 1939 38 WSH AL 1B 11 86 7 1 9 .989 .990 8.45 9.43 1923 22 WSH AL 2B 4 6 8 0 2 1.000 .966 3.50 5.35 1924 23 WSH AL 2B 10 24 22 3 4 .939 .966 4.60 5.39 1928 27 WSH AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.30 1929 28 WSH AL 2B 14 27 36 2 12 .969 .968 4.50 5.48 1934 33 WSH AL 2B 5 17 15 0 2 1.000 .970 6.40 5.68 1935 34 WSH AL 2B 4 6 7 2 2 .867 .970 3.25 5.60 1936 35 WSH AL 2B 52 128 158 2 35 .993 .972 5.50 5.58 1938 37 WSH AL 2B 38 85 110 2 26 .990 .967 5.13 5.32 1939 38 WSH AL 2B 2 7 5 0 0 1.000 .968 6.00 5.15 1922 21 WSH AL 3B 17 17 32 4 3 .925 .950 2.88 3.24 1923 22 WSH AL 3B 106 125 243 25 29 .936 .945 3.47 3.27 1924 23 WSH AL 3B 102 102 194 18 10 .943 .951 2.90 3.01 1925 24 WSH AL 3B 144 158 285 22 29 .953 .947 3.08 3.02 1926 25 WSH AL 3B 134 139 256 20 15 .952 .951 2.95 3.14 1927 26 WSH AL 3B 146 185 337 21 20 .961 .952 3.58 3.07 1928 27 WSH AL 3B 144 150 330 20 34 .960 .951 3.33 3.05 1929 28 WSH AL 3B 35 34 82 4 9 .967 .952 3.31 2.90 1930 29 WSH AL 3B 134 138 258 15 20 .964 .945 2.96 2.84 1931 30 WSH AL 3B 152 151 286 18 24 .960 .944 2.88 2.89 1932 31 WSH AL 3B 149 158 295 14 28 .970 .950 3.04 2.77 1933 32 WSH AL 3B 138 116 247 13 25 .965 .954 2.63 2.73 1934 33 WSH AL 3B 41 41 92 7 10 .950 .943 3.24 2.95 1935 34 WSH AL 3B 25 25 54 5 5 .940 .947 3.16 2.94 1936 35 WSH AL 3B 15 8 39 1 4 .979 .946 3.13 3.02 1937 36 WSH AL 3B 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.05 1938 37 WSH AL 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 3.10 1939 38 WSH AL 3B 2 3 4 1 0 .875 .946 3.50 3.05 1934 33 WSH AL OF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 1.60 2.16 5 0 0 1922 21 WSH AL SS 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.05 1924 23 WSH AL SS 4 6 9 1 0 .938 .949 3.75 4.83 1925 24 WSH AL SS 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.75 4.67 1926 25 WSH AL SS 8 7 14 2 3 .913 .946 2.62 4.64 1929 28 WSH AL SS 10 13 27 0 3 1.000 .937 4.00 4.67 1931 30 WSH AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1934 33 WSH AL SS 30 48 95 3 16 .979 .951 4.77 5.07 1935 34 WSH AL SS 58 117 177 10 32 .967 .957 5.07 5.18 1936 35 WSH AL SS 23 41 61 2 7 .981 .950 4.43 5.22 1937 36 WSH AL SS 28 67 91 8 19 .952 .955 5.64 5.06 1938 37 WSH AL SS 10 12 32 3 6 .936 .952 4.40 4.99 1939 38 WSH AL SS 2 7 6 1 4 .929 .949 6.50 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 1487 1551 3040 208 266 .957 .949 3.09 2.97 SS 180 321 518 30 90 .965 .953 4.66 5.06 2B 130 300 361 11 83 .984 .969 5.08 5.47 1B 14 98 7 1 9 .991 .991 7.50 9.46 OF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 1.60 2.16 5 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1816 2278 3926 250 448 .961 .952 3.42 3.40
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    WSH NYG     W   7  26   2   5  0  0  0   3   3   4  .192  .276  .192   1  0   2   0   0 
 1925   WS    WSH PIT     L   5  18   2   5  1  0  0   2   0   4  .278  .316  .333   0  0   0   0   1 
 1933   WS    WSH NYG     L   5  16   1   2  1  0  0   0   1   6  .125  .176  .188   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  17  60   5  12  2  0  0   5   4  14  .200  .262  .233   1  0   4   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1935   WSH AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1935 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-AL-10-0.12
1926-AL-16-0.08
Car-708-0.20 shares

Games
1931 AL-152-6

Bases on Balls
1932 AL-83-8

Strikeouts
1923 AL-53-6
1925 AL-56-5
1926 AL-46-9
1927 AL-47-8

Stolen Bases
1925 AL-16-7
1928 AL-18-4
1930 AL-15-9
1931 AL-16-8

Hit By Pitch
1923 AL-8-6
1924 AL-9-5
1927 AL-5-9
1928 AL-8-1
1930 AL-8-2
1931 AL-5-8
1932 AL-4-7
1933 AL-3-6
1936 AL-6-7

Sac. Hits
1925 AL-24-8
1930 AL-27-2
1932 AL-20-3
1933 AL-21-2
Car-218-67

Caught Stealing
1925 AL-15-4
1931 AL-10-10

Power/Speed Number
1931 AL-10.7-10

Oldest Player
1938 AL-37-8
1939 AL-38-6

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (765) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1213) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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