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Ossie
Bluege		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 167
 
Born: October 24, 1900 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1931   
Gold Glove 1935   
All-Star Selections 1931   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 29 OAK AL $ 2,307,143   55 55 60 19 19 19 63 57 59 69 61 63 84 80 81
1931 30 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1932 31 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1933 32 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1934 33 OAK AL $ 6,000,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1935 34 BOS AL $ 2,920,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 6 7 6 6 9 9 9
1936 35 BOS AL $ 2,920,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1937 36 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 5 8 7 8
1938 37 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   55 55 60 19 19 19 63 57 59 69 61 63 84 80 81
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 29 OAK AL 130 508 75 135 15 3 2 42 14 6 59 37 .266 .346 .319 .665 58.6 6.6
1931 30 OAK AL 152 580 93 184 28 11 5 61 12 4 68 27 .317 .393 .429 .822 92.4 19.6
1932 31 OAK AL 147 562 88 173 19 5 4 78 6 5 61 22 .308 .377 .381 .758 80.8 13.6
1933 32 OAK AL 115 402 63 126 24 4 6 62 2 0 47 26 .313 .384 .438 .822 65.1 13.5
1934 33 OAK AL 136 478 66 126 24 3 4 67 1 0 64 36 .264 .352 .351 .703 60.4 7.9
1935 34 OAK AL 98 351 47 107 17 7 1 49 2 1 45 26 .305 .387 .402 .789 54.8 9.7
  BOS AL 51 177 26 55 5 2 0 28 1 0 17 13 .311 .376 .362 .737 24.2 3.7
  TOT   149 528 73 162 22 9 1 77 3 1 62 39 .307 .383 .388 .772 79.0 13.4
1936 35 BOS AL 152 550 76 166 19 5 3 69 3 5 53 52 .302 .364 .371 .735 72.7 11.7
1937 36 MON NL 48 132 12 38 5 3 0 15 0 0 10 9 .288 .340 .371 .711 16.4 2.6
    AAA   53 192 18 53 8 0 0 20 4 2 19 23 .276 .341 .318 .659 21.5  
1938 37 BOS AL 23 55 4 11 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 8 .200 .241 .200 .441 2.3 0.0
    AAA   108 318 49 97 17 6 0 37 11 5 33 26 .305 .370 .396 .767 45.9  
9 Years Sim 1052 3795 550 1121 156 43 25 476 42 21 427 256 .295 .369 .379 .748 527.8 88.9
2 Years AAA 161 510 67 150 25 6 0 57 15 7 52 49 .294 .365 .367 .732 67.3  
162 Game Average 584 84 172 24 6 3 73 6 3 65 39 .295 .369 .379 .748 81.3  
Career Highs 152 580 93 184 28 11 6 78 14 6 68 52 .317 .393 .438 .822 92.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2612 357 763 110 33 18 337 22 13 277 180 .292 .361 .380 .741 356.9
vs LH   1183 193 358 46 10 7 139 20 8 150 76 .303 .386 .376 .762 173.9
Home 516 1801 265 527 66 21 12 230 18 11 207 139 .293 .368 .373 .740 248.4
Away 536 1994 285 594 90 22 13 246 24 10 220 117 .298 .370 .385 .754 282.4
RISP   934 0 290 33 9 6 421 0 0 120 57 .310 .384 .384 .768 141.7
Pinch Hitting   39 5 11 2 0 1 9 0 0 7 2 .282 .396 .410 .806 6.6
Close/Late   376 54 110 13 6 5 50 0 0 45 30 .293 .371 .399 .770 55.6
Mar/Apr 170 631 93 213 30 9 6 86 9 3 82 37 .338 .414 .442 .856 112.0
May 168 604 82 159 26 2 3 86 8 3 72 43 .263 .340 .328 .668 71.4
June 173 614 99 178 25 8 4 82 6 7 71 41 .290 .366 .376 .742 83.7
July 173 628 92 193 27 10 5 78 6 3 74 45 .307 .386 .406 .792 96.1
August 170 632 95 198 25 8 4 66 5 4 57 35 .313 .374 .397 .771 89.9
Sep/Oct 198 686 89 180 23 6 3 78 8 1 71 55 .262 .334 .327 .660 77.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 29 OAK AL 3B 127 124 1105.3 79 285 19 21 .950 2.96 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    SS 1 0 6.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1931 30 OAK AL 3B 152 150 1303.3 97 317 27 34 .939 2.86 0 0 .000 0 4.0
1932 31 OAK AL 3B 145 137 1216.7 96 318 22 41 .950 3.06 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1933 32 OAK AL 3B 113 107 942.3 66 232 9 20 .971 2.85 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1934 33 OAK AL 3B 134 128 1117.0 85 319 23 26 .946 3.26 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 34 OAK AL 3B 96 94 832.8 56 253 13 24 .960 3.34 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    C 1 1 5.4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 1 0 .000 3 0.0
  BOS AL 3B 50 49 406.2 28 124 7 11 .956 3.37 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  TOT   3B 146 143 1239.0 84 377 20 35 .958 3.35   7.6
      C 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 2 0 .000 4 0.0
1936 35 BOS AL 3B 150 146 1267.3 104 354 26 27 .946 3.25 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 36 MON NL 3B 29 27 221.0 10 64 3 10 .961 3.01 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 13 8 84.0 89 9 3 7 .970 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 37 BOS AL 3B 19 13 120.0 5 25 1 3 .968 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  3B 1015 975 8532.0 626 2291 150 217 .951 3.08 0 0 .000 0 35.2
  1B 13 8 84.0 89 9 3 7 .970 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 2 0 8.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 2 0 .000 4 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1033 984 8636.0 719 2305 153 226 .952 3.15 2 0 .000 4 35.4
Career Highs   152 150 1303.3 104 378 27 41 .971 5.10 2 0 .000 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 29 OAK AL 6 27 2 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 .296 .367 .444 .811
1931 30 OAK AL 16 66 13 16 3 0 4 9 0 0 8 4 .242 .324 .470 .794
1933 32 OAK AL 11 44 6 10 2 2 1 7 0 0 2 1 .227 .255 .432 .687
1935 34 BOS AL 7 27 8 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 1 .333 .438 .519 .956
1936 35 BOS AL 5 18 2 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 .333 .368 .667 1.035
Career Post-Season Batting 45 182 31 49 10 4 7 27 0 0 18 7 .269 .337 .484 .820
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1932-4-145
1936-6-139
 Triples
1931-1-11
1935-5-9
 Stolen Bases
1930-6-14
1931-5-12
1932-9-6
 Caught Stealing
1931-9-4
1932-7-5
1936-4-5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Gerald Perry (946)
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  3. George Archie (938)
  4. Harry Rice (930)
  5. Johnny Watwood (928)
  6. Billy Harris (926)
  7. Frankie Zak (924)
  8. Wattie Holm (923)
  9. Wayne Krenchicki (917)
  10. Tom O'Malley (915)
History
Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off Roy Mahaffey (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1930, off Lefty Grove (SEM)
6/15/1930: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/28/1930 with a Broken Finger, out for 4-5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/13/1931, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/13/1931
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1931
7/31/1934: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,920,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Oakland to Boston (A) on 7/31/1935 (Going to OAK: P Harry Eisenstat. Going to BOS: 3B Ossie Bluege, P Ray Benge)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1935
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 4/2/1937 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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