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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 23	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	7 (1)	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	9 (1)	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (3)	May 1	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	15 (1)	May 3	WSH		CLE	L,9-10	GS	27	5.0	1	3	1	5	0
6	18 (2)	May 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	20 (1)	May 8	WSH		SLB	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	26 (5)	May 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	49	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
9	27	May 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	32 (4)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	2	2	0	4	1
11	35 (2)	May 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	3	4	0	7	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (7)	Jun 3	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
13	46 (2)	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	GS	40	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
14	47	Jun 7	WSH		SLB	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
15	49 (1)	Jun 9	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	50	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,6-7	GF	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	54 (3)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
18	58 (3)	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
19	60 (1)	Jun 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	64 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	71 (6)	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	79 (7)	Jul 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	80	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
24	81	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
25	82	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	83	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
27	84	Jul 19	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
28	85	Jul 20	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
29	86	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
30	87	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
31	89 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	94 (4)	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	95	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-8	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	98 (2)	Aug 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
35	101 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	104 (2)	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
37	106 (1)	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	108 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-16	CG	50	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
39	112 (3)	Aug 19	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	7	2	0	9	2
40	113	Aug 20	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	116 (2)	Aug 23	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GS	46	10.0	2	4	1	7	2
42	118 (1)	Aug 25	WSH		DET	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
43	122 (3)	Aug 29	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	125 (2)	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	129 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
46	133 (3)	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	134	Sep 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
48	135	Sep 10	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
49	136	Sep 11	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
							50gm		414.0	99	144	5	248	33