Ossie Bluege

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 162lb (180cm, 73kg)

Born: October 24, 1900 in Chicago, IL us

Died: October 14, 1985 in Edina, MN

Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

High School: Luther Institute (Chicago, IL)

Debut: April 24, 1922 (Age 21-182d, 5,440th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 13, 1939 (Age 38-262d)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Oswald Louis Bluege

Pronunciation: \BLUE-jee\

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Relatives: Brother of Otto Bluege

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.7

6440

1751

.272

883

RBI

848

140

OBP

.352

SLG

.356

OPS

.707

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-29 / in Starts: 24-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 209 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	125 (65-42-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 209 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	143 (73-45-24)

Most Driven In
A Simmons	4
Z Bonura	4
C Travis	3
B Lewis	2
S West	1
R Ferrell	1
J Stone	1
G Case	1

Most Driven In By
Z Bonura	5
A Simmons	3
H Kelley	2
S West	2
R Ferrell	2
J DeShong	2
T Wright	2
J Krakauskas	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1792	5 (4)	Apr 23	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		2		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	7	1.40	0.336	4.38	0.63%	2.77	2B
2	1793	7 (1)	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	7	.78	0.041	2.39	0.07%	0.35	2B
3	1794	9 (1)	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.538	.500	1.038	7	.76	0.206	2.38	0.39%	2.49	2B
4	1795	11 (1)	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.571	.545	1.117	9	2.97	0.115	9.95	0.23%	0.40	PH
5	1796	12	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.533	.500	1.033	9	3.67	-0.144	12.51	-0.29%	-0.83	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1797	13	May 1	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.444	.400	.844	7	.91	-0.077	2.99	-0.15%	-0.77	2B
7	1798	14	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.421	.375	.796	9	2.64	-0.063	8.97	-0.13%	-0.38	PH
8	1799	15	May 3	WSH		CLE	L,9-10	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.389	.817	7	1.87	0.039	6.20	0.08%	0.45	2B
9	1800	18 (2)	May 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.481	.409	.891	7	1.85	0.072	5.93	0.14%	0.69	2B
10	1801	20 (1)	May 8	WSH		SLB	W,9-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.419	.346	.766	7	.62	-0.067	1.87	-0.12%	-1.17	2B
11	1802	26 (5)	May 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.300	.400	.333	.733	7	1.06	-0.015	4.56	-0.04%	-0.53	2B
12	1803	27	May 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.410	.382	.793	7	1.08	0.023	4.44	0.06%	0.43	2B
13	1804	32 (4)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG(12)	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.444	.421	.865	1	1.55	0.152	4.95	0.29%	1.07	2B
14	1805	35 (2)	May 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG(13)	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				1	0	.341	.442	.409	.851	1						2B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	1806	43 (7)	Jun 3	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.396	.824	1	.78	0.026	2.55	0.05%	-0.08	2B
16	1807	46 (2)	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	GS-10	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.308	.410	.365	.775	1	1.35	-0.082	5.22	-0.19%	-0.44	2B
17	1808	47	Jun 7	WSH		SLB	L,8-11	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.286	.394	.339	.733	1	1.21	-0.094	3.53	-0.16%	-0.57	2B
18	1809	49 (1)	Jun 9	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.408	.377	.785	7	.78	0.102	1.94	0.15%	1.15	2B
19	1810	50	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,6-7	6-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.397	.365	.762	1	1.96	-0.110	5.69	-0.19%	-0.52	2B
20	1811	54 (3)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	1	.303	.403	.364	.766	7	1.23	0.086	3.95	0.16%	0.93	2B
21	1812	58 (3)	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.300	.395	.357	.752	7						2B
22	1813	60 (1)	Jun 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.400	.378	.778	7	.70	0.114	1.07	0.11%	1.01	2B
23	1814	64 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.393	.372	.765	7	.67	-0.040	1.21	-0.04%	-0.67	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1815	71 (6)	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.389	.367	.756	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PR 2B
25	1816	78 (6)	Jul 12	WSH		CLE	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.389	.367	.756	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
26	1817	79	Jul 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.394	.378	.772	7	1.37	0.144	2.18	0.14%	0.59	2B SS
27	1818	80	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.378	.360	.738	7	.78	-0.077	1.41	-0.08%	-0.93	SS
28	1819	81	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.373	.356	.728	7	.32	0.008	.32	0.01%	-1.09	SS
29	1820	82	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.277	.358	.340	.699	7						SS
30	1821	83	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	L,1-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.265	.345	.327	.672	7						SS
31	1822	84	Jul 19	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.275	.351	.343	.694	7	1.31	-0.074	.62	-0.02%	-0.39	SS
32	1823	85	Jul 20	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.356	.358	.714	7	.64	0.052	.40	0.02%	0.04	SS
33	1824	86	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.352	.355	.707	7	1.71	-0.155	1.29	-0.07%	-1.03	SS
34	1825	87	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	L,7-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.357	.360	.717	7	.87	0.165	.72	0.08%	1.82	SS
35	1826	89 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,11-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0				0	0	.280	.351	.347	.699	7						2B
36	1827	94 (4)	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.341	.336	.677	7	.72	-0.077	.13	-0.01%	-1.03	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	1828	95	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.276	.346	.350	.695	4	.89	0.127	.08	0.01%	2.01	PR 1B
38	1829	98 (2)	Aug 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.355	.362	.717	2	.44	0.147	.04	0.01%	1.88	3B
39	1830	101 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.282	.356	.359	.715	7						2B
40	1831	104 (2)	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.344	.346	.690	1	.61	-0.085	.07	-0.01%	-1.74	2B
41	1832	106 (1)	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.338	.338	.676	7	.53	-0.073	.04	0.00%	-1.53	2B
42	1833	108 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-16	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.348	.352	.700	7	.35	0.026	.02	0.00%	1.52	2B
43	1834	112 (3)	Aug 19	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.344	.347	.690	7	2.03	-0.168	.01	0.00%	-0.94	2B
44	1835	113	Aug 20	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.351	.351	.702	5	.83	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.19	SS
45	1836	116 (2)	Aug 23	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GS-10	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.360	.353	.713	7	1.66	0.132	.00	0.00%	0.19	2B
46	1837	118 (1)	Aug 25	WSH		DET	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.364	.359	.723	7	.86	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.43	2B
47	1838	119	Aug 26	WSH		DET	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.362	.357	.718	9	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
48	1839	122 (2)	Aug 29	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.275	.359	.350	.709	6	.47	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.52	2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	1840	125 (2)	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	L,6-11	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.268	.355	.341	.696	1						2B
50	1841	129 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,4-14	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.353	.351	.704	6	1.10	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.60	2B
51	1842	133 (3)	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.353	.351	.704	6						2B
52	1843	134	Sep 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.345	.343	.688	6	1.55	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.08	2B
53	1844	135	Sep 10	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.343	.341	.684	7	2.19	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.02	2B
54	1845	136	Sep 11	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.347	.344	.691	7	.42	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.19	2B
55	1846	140 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-9	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.345	.343	.687	9	.52	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
56	1847	148 (7)	Sep 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.343	.341	.684	9	.49	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
57	1848	150 (1)	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-13	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.341	.339	.680	9	.21	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
58	1849	152 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.261	.340	.337	.677	9						PH
							29-29		209	184	26	48	12	1	0	21	21	0	11	1	3		6		3	1	.261	.340	.337	.677		1.08	0.735	1.98	1.11%	4.69

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