Ossie Bluege
1922–1939 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,867G
.272AVG
.352OBP
.356SLG
More career statistics
1,751H
43HR
848RBI
140SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 87 | 93 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,751 | 1,749 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 71 | 72 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 515 | 518 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,452 | 7,454 |
| Batting · Runs | 883 | 887 |
| Batting · RBI | 848 | 845 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 140 | 143 |
| Batting · Walks | 723 | 724 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,867 | 7,452 | 6,440 | 883 | 1,751 | 276 | 67 | 43 | 848 | 723 | 515 | 140 | 87 | 71 | 0 | 2,290 | .272 | .352 | .356 | .708 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1927-07-18 to 1927-08-13
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1923-06-17 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1932-07-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1931-08-06 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 927 | 3551 | 847 | 6 | 418 | 336 | 222 | .277 | .333 | .348 |
| Away | 940 | 3903 | 902 | 37 | 427 | 388 | 296 | .267 | .331 | .362 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 159 | 634 | 137 | 4 | 77 | 66 | 47 | .250 | .320 | .347 |
| May | 325 | 1287 | 317 | 15 | 145 | 131 | 93 | .287 | .348 | .388 |
| June | 377 | 1532 | 392 | 11 | 185 | 146 | 108 | .294 | .351 | .376 |
| July | 389 | 1531 | 364 | 4 | 175 | 138 | 102 | .274 | .328 | .367 |
| August | 333 | 1334 | 294 | 6 | 156 | 140 | 84 | .258 | .325 | .333 |
| September | 280 | 1125 | 244 | 3 | 107 | 103 | 82 | .250 | .308 | .307 |
| October | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 281 | 1127 | 259 | 7 | 115 | 134 | 88 | .273 | .349 | .365 |
| boston-red-sox | 271 | 1092 | 247 | 5 | 107 | 96 | 72 | .261 | .314 | .349 |
| new-york-yankees | 270 | 1066 | 228 | 5 | 96 | 93 | 94 | .242 | .301 | .303 |
| cleveland-guardians | 263 | 1076 | 260 | 1 | 139 | 94 | 60 | .277 | .329 | .345 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 262 | 1023 | 232 | 9 | 118 | 99 | 73 | .261 | .324 | .349 |
| st-louis-browns | 261 | 1036 | 271 | 8 | 143 | 115 | 55 | .311 | .373 | .422 |
| chicago-white-sox | 259 | 1034 | 252 | 8 | 127 | 93 | 76 | .278 | .334 | .359 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 19 | 61 | 12 | – | 2 | 1 | .197 | – | – |
| 1923 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 109 | 378 | 93 | 2 | 42 | 5 | .246 | – | – |
| 1924 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 117 | 403 | 111 | 2 | 48 | 7 | .275 | – | – |
| 1925 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 145 | 522 | 150 | 4 | 83 | 16 | .287 | – | – |
| 1926 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 139 | 487 | 132 | 3 | 63 | 13 | .271 | – | – |
| 1927 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 146 | 503 | 138 | 1 | 65 | 15 | .274 | – | – |
| 1928 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 146 | 518 | 154 | 2 | 76 | 19 | .297 | – | – |
| 1929 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 64 | 220 | 65 | 5 | 31 | 6 | .295 | – | – |
| 1930 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 134 | 477 | 138 | 3 | 70 | 15 | .289 | – | – |
| 1931 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 152 | 570 | 154 | 8 | 98 | 16 | .270 | – | – |
| 1932 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 149 | 507 | 131 | 5 | 63 | 9 | .258 | – | – |
| 1933 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 140 | 501 | 131 | 6 | 69 | 6 | .261 | – | – |
| 1934 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 99 | 285 | 70 | – | 11 | 2 | .246 | – | – |
| 1935 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 100 | 319 | 84 | – | 33 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1936 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 90 | 319 | 93 | 1 | 54 | 5 | .292 | – | – |
| 1937 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 42 | 127 | 36 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1938 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 58 | 184 | 48 | – | 21 | 3 | .261 | – | – |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 18 | 59 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | .153 | – | – |