Ossie Bluege

Third Base

1922—1939

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Oswald Louis
GIVEN NAME
Bluege
SURNAME
October 24, 1900, in Chicago, IL
BORN
October 14, 1985, in Edina, MN, USA
DIED
1922—1939
Playing Career
Played from 21-38
PLAYING AGE
Washington Senators
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Washington Senators
PRIMARY TEAM
1924
World Series titles
The Wizard of Os
NICKNAME
7
UNIFORM NUMBER
#7 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 162
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 24, 1922
Major League Debut
July 13, 1939
FINAL GAME

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Ossie Bluege was the last surviving member of the Senators’ 1924 World Series championship team, and he remained on the team payroll in some capacity for more than four decades.
  • Ossie Bluege Scouting Report

40

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1867
1751
43
848
.272
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
23.7
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.707
.741
95.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.272
.352
.356

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Willie Kamm
Jimmy Dykes

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Muddy Ruel
Joe Kuhel
Buddy Myer
Cecil Travis
Buddy Lewis
Goose Goslin
Sam West
Sam Rice
Walter Johnson
Early Whitehill
Joe Cronin

Ossie Bluege Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bluege
519
141
71
22
5
3
68
58
41
11
184
205
.272
.352
.356
707
AVG 3B
528
147
76
27
6
6
54
44
8
206
205
.279
.350
.391
.741

Ossie Bluege Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
108
NR
89
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
79
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ossie Bluege PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.7
19.7
13.9
10.6
2.40
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Ossie Bluege
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
184.9
115.5
UNK
53.0
16.0
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Ossie Bluege
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B