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Ossie Bluege
Full name Oswald Louis Bluege Born October 24, 1900, Chicago, Illinois Died October 14, 1985, Edina, Minnesota Buried at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Section 412- Grave 131) First Game: April 24, 1922 ; Final Game: July 13, 1939 Managed First Game: April 20, 1943 ; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1947 Umpired First Game: August 2, 1938 ; Umpired Final Game: August 2, 1938 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 162 Brother of Otto Bluege Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1945) Ejections as player: 1935 (1) Ejections as manager: 1943 (2), 1945 (1), 1947 (1). Total: 4 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1922 WAS A Daily Splits 19 61 5 12 1 0 0 2 7 0 7 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 .197 .300 .213 -0.6 1922 WAS A
1923 WAS A Daily Splits 109 379 48 93 15 7 2 42 48 0 53 8 21 0 5 5 5 3 .245 .343 .338 0.3 1923 WAS A
1924 WAS A Daily Splits 117 402 59 113 15 4 2 49 39 0 36 9 15 0 12 8 7 5 .281 .358 .353 -1.3 1924 WAS A
1925 WAS A Daily Splits 145 522 77 150 27 4 4 79 59 0 56 2 24 0 16 10 16 15 .287 .362 .377 -0.2 1925 WAS A
1926 WAS A Daily Splits 139 487 69 132 19 8 3 65 70 0 46 5 22 0 17 9 12 9 .271 .368 .361 -1.3 1926 WAS A
1927 WAS A Daily Splits 146 503 71 138 21 10 1 66 57 1 47 5 18 0 22 10 15 8 .274 .354 .362 1.8 1927 WAS A
1928 WAS A Daily Splits 146 518 78 154 33 7 2 75 46 1 27 8 16 0 17 10 18 6 .297 .364 .400 2.2 1928 WAS A
1929 WAS A Daily Splits 64 220 35 65 6 0 5 31 19 1 15 1 6 0 3 4 6 4 .295 .354 .391 0.4 1929 WAS A
1930 WAS A Daily Splits 134 476 64 138 27 7 3 69 51 1 40 8 27 0 9 8 15 8 .290 .368 .395 0.6 1930 WAS A
1931 WAS A Daily Splits 152 570 82 155 25 7 8 98 50 2 39 5 9 0 20 10 16 10 .272 .336 .382 -0.9 1931 WAS A
1932 WAS A Daily Splits 149 507 64 131 22 4 5 64 83 1 41 4 20 0 17 6 9 7 .258 .367 .347 0.6 1932 WAS A
1933 WAS A Daily Splits 140 501 63 131 14 0 6 71 55 4 34 3 21 0 21 10 6 7 .261 .338 .325 -2.0 1933 WAS A
1934 WAS A Daily Splits 99 285 39 70 9 2 0 11 23 0 15 2 4 0 8 5 2 1 .246 .306 .291 -0.4 1934 WAS A
1935 WAS A Daily Splits 100 320 44 84 14 3 0 34 37 2 21 1 5 0 7 7 2 2 .263 .341 .325 -0.4 1935 WAS A
1936 WAS A Daily Splits 90 319 43 92 12 1 1 55 38 1 16 6 5 0 6 13 5 3 .288 .375 .342 -0.2 1936 WAS A
1937 WAS A Daily Splits 42 127 12 36 4 2 1 13 13 0 9 1 1 0 2 9 1 0 .283 .355 .370 -0.1 1937 WAS A
1938 WAS A Daily Splits 58 184 25 48 12 1 0 21 21 0 11 1 3 0 8 3 3 1 .261 .340 .337 -0.6 1938 WAS A
1939 WAS A Daily Splits 18 59 5 9 0 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .153 .242 .153 -0.6 1939 WAS A
Total (18 Years) Splits 1867 6440 883 1751 276 67 43 848 723 14 515 71 218 0 0 192 131 140 89 .272 .352 .356 -2.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1924 WAS A Daily Splits 7 26 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .192 .276 .192 1924 WAS A
1925 WAS A Daily Splits 5 18 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .316 .333 1925 WAS A
1933 WAS A Daily Splits 5 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .176 .188 1933 WAS A
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 17 60 5 12 2 0 0 5 4 0 14 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 .200 .262 .233 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1935 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1935 AL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1922 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 17 15 14 141.1 17 32 4 3 0 .925
1922 WAS A SS 2 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1923 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 104 103 98 905 125 243 25 29 0 .936
1923 WAS A 2B 6 4 3 38 6 8 0 2 0 1.000
1923 WAS A SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1924 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 101 97 94 867.2 102 194 18 10 0 .943
1924 WAS A 2B 11 11 11 96.1 24 22 3 4 0 .939
1924 WAS A SS 4 2 2 30.1 6 9 1 0 0 .938
1925 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 144 144 134 1256.1 158 285 22 29 0 .953
1925 WAS A SS 4 1 1 24 2 5 0 0 0 1.000
1926 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 134 132 127 1164.2 139 256 20 15 1 .952
1926 WAS A SS 8 7 5 57.2 7 14 2 3 0 .913
1927 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 146 145 137 1283 185 337 21 20 0 .961
1928 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 143 143 135 1243.2 150 330 20 34 0 .960
1928 WAS A 2B 2 1 1 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1929 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 35 34 33 289.2 34 82 4 9 0 .967
1929 WAS A 2B 14 14 11 115.2 27 36 2 12 0 .969
1929 WAS A SS 10 8 8 77.1 13 27 0 3 0 1.000
1930 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 134 133 127 1165.1 138 258 15 20 0 .964
1931 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 152 152 147 1341 151 286 18 24 0 .960
1931 WAS A SS 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
1932 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 149 148 136 1306.2 158 295 14 28 0 .970
1933 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 138 135 120 1193.2 116 247 13 25 0 .965
1934 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 41 34 31 313 41 92 7 10 0 .950
1934 WAS A SS 30 27 27 245.1 48 95 3 16 0 .979
1934 WAS A 2B 5 3 3 30 17 15 0 2 0 1.000
1934 WAS A OF 5 1 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0
1934 WAS A LF 5 1 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1935 WAS A Daily Splits SS 57 54 51 477.2 117 177 10 32 0 .967
1935 WAS A 3B 26 21 19 206.1 25 54 5 5 0 .940
1935 WAS A 2B 4 2 2 23 6 7 2 2 0 .867
1936 WAS A Daily Splits 2B 52 50 49 445 128 158 2 35 1 .993
1936 WAS A SS 23 21 20 180 41 61 2 7 0 .981
1936 WAS A 3B 15 14 14 124.2 8 39 1 4 0 .979
1937 WAS A Daily Splits SS 28 27 27 254.1 67 91 8 19 0 .952
1937 WAS A 3B 2 2 2 16 1 4 0 0 0 1.000
1937 WAS A 1B 2 1 1 13.1 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 WAS A Daily Splits 2B 38 35 31 325 85 110 2 26 0 .990
1938 WAS A SS 10 9 9 86 12 32 3 6 0 .936
1938 WAS A 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1938 WAS A 3B 1 1 1 9 0 2 0 1 0 1.000
1939 WAS A Daily Splits 1B 11 11 9 91.1 86 7 1 9 0 .989
1939 WAS A SS 2 2 2 17.2 7 6 1 4 0 .929
1939 WAS A 2B 2 2 2 16 7 5 0 0 0 1.000
1939 WAS A 3B 2 1 1 9 3 4 1 0 0 .875
Total (18 Years) Splits 3B 1484 1454 1370 12836 1551 3040 208 266 1 .957
Total (13 Years) SS 180 158 152 1465.1 321 518 30 90 0 .965
Total ( 9 Years) 2B 134 122 113 1098.2 300 361 11 83 1 .984
Total ( 3 Years) 1B 14 12 10 106.2 98 7 1 9 0 .991
Total ( 1 Year ) OF 5 1 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 0
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 5 1 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1924 WAS A Daily Splits SS 5 3 3 35.1 5 13 3 3 0 .857
1924 WAS A 3B 4 4 2 31.2 3 11 0 3 0 1.000
1925 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 4 39 1 14 0 1 0 1.000
1933 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 5 5 5 46 3 13 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3B 14 14 11 116.2 7 38 0 4 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 5 3 3 35.1 5 13 3 3 0 .857
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1935 AL Daily Splits 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1943 WAS A 153 84 69 .549 666 595 2
1944 WAS A 154 64 90 .416 592 664 8
1945 WAS A 156 87 67 .565 622 562 2
1946 WAS A 155 76 78 .494 608 706 4
1947 WAS A 154 64 90 .416 496 675 7
Total ( 5 Years) 772 375 394 .488 2984 3202
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1940 WAS A 4-16 9-29
1941 WAS A 4-14 9-28
1942 WAS A 4-14 9-23
Total ( 3 Years)
Umpiring Record
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
1938 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-12-1935 BOX WAS A Brick Owens Call at HP
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6- 9-1943 BOX WAS A George Pipgras Called third strike
9-12-1943(2) BOX WAS A Bill McGowan Call at 3B
9-23-1945(1) BOX WAS A Eddie Rommel Catch/trap call
7-17-1947(1) BOX WAS A Jim Boyer Call at HP
Transaction Information
Sold by Peoria (Three-I) to Washington Senators (September 2, 1921 ).
Signed by Washington Senators (@June 15, 1942 ).
Released by Washington Senators (November 23, 1942 ).
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