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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	T,10-10	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	11	Apr 29	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	12	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	L,4-17	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (1)	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
5	15	May 3	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
6	16	May 4	WSH		BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	17	May 5	WSH		BOS	L,1-4	CG	47	12.0	0	1	1	2	0
8	18	May 6	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
9	19	May 8	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	20	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
11	21	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
12	22	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
13	23	May 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	46	9.1	2	4	0	6	2
14	24	May 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
15	25	May 18	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
16	26	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	27	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	0	9.2	1	2	2	5	0
18	28	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
19	29	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-12	CG	48	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	30	May 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
21	31	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	32	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
23	33	May 27	WSH		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	34	May 29	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	36	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	37	Jun 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
28	38	Jun 1 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
29	39	Jun 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	40	Jun 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	41	Jun 3	WSH		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	42	Jun 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
33	43	Jun 5	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	44	Jun 6	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	45	Jun 7	WSH		DET	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
36	46	Jun 8	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	47	Jun 9	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	48	Jun 10	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	49	Jun 12	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	50	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	51	Jun 15	WSH		CHW	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
42	52	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
43	53	Jun 17	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	47	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	54	Jun 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	55	Jun 19	WSH		CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
46	56	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	57	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	58	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
49	59	Jun 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
50	60	Jun 24	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	61	Jun 25	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
52	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-16	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	63	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	64	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	65	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	66	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
57	67	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	68	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	57	14.0	0	7	1	8	0
59	69	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	70	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	71	Jul 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
62	72	Jul 7 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
64	74	Jul 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
65	75	Jul 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
66	76	Jul 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	77	Jul 12	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
68	78	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
69	79	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	0	8.2	0	5	0	5	0
70	80	Jul 15	WSH	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
71	81	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	82	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	83	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
74	84	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	85	Jul 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
76	86	Jul 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS	22	6.0	1	4	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	99 (12)	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	100	Aug 7	WSH		CLE	L,2-22	CG	56	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	101	Aug 9	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	102	Aug 11 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	103	Aug 11 (2)	WSH		CHW	T,2-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	104	Aug 12	WSH		CHW	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
83	107 (2)	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	42	12.0	2	4	0	6	1
84	108	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
85	109	Aug 16	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
86	110	Aug 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	111	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
88	112	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
89	113	Aug 20	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	117 (3)	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
91	118	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	119	Aug 27	WSH	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
93	120	Aug 28	WSH	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	122 (1)	Aug 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	127 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	128	Sep 4	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
97	129	Sep 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
98	130	Sep 8	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	131	Sep 9	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
100	132	Sep 12	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	0	0	1	1	0
101	133	Sep 13	WSH		DET	W,7-3	GS	20	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
102	136 (2)	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	L,3-7	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	137	Sep 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
104	138	Sep 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	139	Sep 18 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	140	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	141	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
108	142	Sep 23 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,12-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
109	143	Sep 23 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	CG	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							110gm		942.0	131	251	25	407	31