Ossie Bluege
American baseball player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oswald Louis Bluege (/ˈbluːɡiː/; October 24, 1900 – October 14, 1985) was an American third baseman, manager, coach and front-office executive in Major League Baseball who spent his entire playing career with the Washington Senators franchise from 1922 to 1939. He would remain on the team's payroll in key on- and off-field capacities until 1971, long after it became the Minnesota Twins. Bluege was the last surviving member of the Senators' 1924 World Series championship team, the franchise's only world champion before it relocated to Minnesota in 1961. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 162 pounds (73 kg).
Ossie Bluege | |
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Third baseman / Manager | |
Born: (1900-10-24)October 24, 1900 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |
Died: October 14, 1985(1985-10-14) (aged 84) Edina, Minnesota, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 24, 1922, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 13, 1939, for the Washington Senators | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .272 |
Home runs | 43 |
Runs batted in | 848 |
Managerial record | 375–394 |
Winning % | .488 |
Teams | |
As player
As manager | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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