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Donie Bush
Owen Joseph Bush

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 140 lb.

Debut September 18, 1908
Final Game September 15, 1923
Born October 8, 1887 in Indianapolis, IN
Died March 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, IN

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 20 DET AL  20   68   13   20   1  1   0    4   2      7      .294  .360  .338  123   23   4           0    
 1909 21 DET AL 157  532  114  145  18  2   0   33  53     88      .273  .380  .314  116  167  52           4    
 1910 22 DET AL 142  496   90  130  13  4   3   34  49     78      .262  .365  .323  109  160  30           2    
 1911 23 DET AL 150  561  126  130  18  5   1   36  40     98      .232  .349  .287   75  161  30           3     MVP-14
 1912 24 DET AL 144  511  107  118  14  8   2   38  35    117      .231  .377  .301   97  154  12           3    
 1913 25 DET AL 153  597   98  150  19 10   1   40  44     80  32  .251  .344  .322   96  192  13           4     MVP-12
 1914 26 DET AL 157  596   97  150  18  4   0   32  35 26 112  54  .252  .373  .295   99  176  10           3     MVP-3
 1915 27 DET AL 155  561   99  128  12  8   1   44  35 27 118  44  .228  .364  .283   90  159  22           2    
 1916 28 DET AL 145  550   73  124   5  9   0   34  19     75  42  .225  .319  .267   73  147  27           1    
 1917 29 DET AL 147  581  112  163  18  3   0   24  34     80  40  .281  .370  .322  111  187  10           2    
 1918 30 DET AL 128  500   74  117  10  3   0   22   9     79  31  .234  .340  .266   86  133  13           1    
 1919 31 DET AL 129  509   82  124  11  6   0   26  22     75  36  .244  .343  .289   80  147  16           2    
 1920 32 DET AL 141  506   85  133  18  5   1   33  15  7  73  32  .263  .357  .324   83  164  48           1    
 1921 33 TOT AL 127  486   87  131   7  5   0   29  10 13  57  27  .270  .347  .305   69  148  41           1    
         DET AL 104  402   72  113   6  5   0   27   8 11  45  23  .281  .355  .321   74  129  40           1    
         WSH AL  23   84   15   18   1  0   0    2   2  2  12   4  .214  .313  .226   42   19   1           0    
 1922 34 WSH AL  41  134   17   32   4  1   0    7   1  1  21   7  .239  .342  .284   68   38   4           0    
 1923 35 WSH AL  10   22    6    9   0  0   0    0   1  1   0   1  .409  .409  .409  120    9   5           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         7210      1804     74      436     75     346  .250  .356  .300   91      337   0   0  29   0
               1946      1280      186      9      404   1158                            2165
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        600  107  150  15  6   1   36  34  6  96  29  .250  .356  .300   91  180  28   0   0   2   0
 Career High    157  597  126  163  19 10   3   44  53 27 118  54  .281  .380  .324  116  192  52   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 20 DET AL   79   52    8   4.1    71| .294  .250| .360  .308| .338  .318| .698  .626| 123  .652   1.9   0.2     
 1909 21 DET AL  676  439   63   3.8    76| .273  .257| .380  .318| .314  .326| .694  .644| 116  .601  16.0   1.9     
 1910 22 DET AL  606  396   58   4.0    80| .262  .258| .365  .325| .323  .333| .688  .658| 109  .595   9.3   1.1     
 1911 23 DET AL  692  461   56   3.2   100| .232  .287| .349  .354| .287  .378| .636  .732|  75  .391 -15.6  -1.6     
 1912 24 DET AL  643  405   58   3.8    89| .231  .269| .377  .337| .301  .354| .678  .691|  97  .486   5.8   0.6     
 1913 25 DET AL  694  460   65   3.8    86| .251  .263| .344  .335| .322  .346| .666  .681|  96  .519  -1.1  -0.1     
 1914 26 DET AL  721  482   65   3.6    85| .252  .260| .373  .334| .295  .340| .668  .674|  99  .545   6.0   0.7  57%
 1915 27 DET AL  703  482   57   3.2    87| .228  .261| .364  .340| .283  .342| .647  .682|  90  .464  -1.0  -0.1  56%
 1916 28 DET AL  653  453   47   2.8    86| .225  .261| .319  .336| .267  .341| .586  .677|  73  .407 -17.2  -2.0     
 1917 29 DET AL  673  428   69   4.4    80| .281  .255| .370  .326| .322  .330| .692  .656| 111  .613  11.6   1.3     
 1918 30 DET AL  593  396   45   3.1    79| .234  .256| .340  .326| .266  .326| .606  .652|  86  .443  -4.7  -0.5     
 1919 31 DET AL  602  401   50   3.4    93| .244  .274| .343  .340| .289  .368| .632  .708|  80  .413 -10.9  -1.2     
 1920 32 DET AL  628  428   59   3.7   105| .263  .289| .357  .353| .324  .397| .681  .750|  83  .403  -9.5  -0.9  68%
 1921 33 TOT AL  585  409   50   3.3   113| .270  .297| .347  .363| .305  .418| .652  .781|  69  .309 -21.5  -2.0  43%
         DET AL  488  340   44   3.5   113| .281  .298| .355  .364| .321  .419| .676  .783|  74  .332 -14.7  -1.4  42%
         WSH AL   97   69    6   2.3   110| .214  .293| .313  .358| .226  .412| .539  .770|  42  .193  -6.8  -0.6  50%
 1922 34 WSH AL  159  107   13   3.3   105| .239  .286| .342  .351| .284  .402| .626  .753|  68  .333  -5.2  -0.5  50%
 1923 35 WSH AL   27   19    3   4.2   103| .409  .284| .409  .353| .409  .392| .818  .745| 120  .453   0.6   0.1  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     8734 5818  766   3.5    89| .250  .268| .356  .337| .300  .354| .656  .691|  91  .475 -35.7  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 20 DET AL SS 20 42 63 7 9 .938 .927 5.25 5.42 1909 21 DET AL SS 157 308 567 71 38 .925 .925 5.57 5.15 1910 22 DET AL SS 141 310 487 51 31 .940 .928 5.65 5.20 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.40 1911 23 DET AL SS 150 372 556 75 42 .925 .926 6.19 5.42 1912 24 DET AL SS 144 317 547 66 45 .929 .920 6.00 5.06 1913 25 DET AL SS 153 331 510 56 61 .938 .935 5.50 5.09 1914 26 DET AL SS 157 425 544 58 64 .944 .937 6.17 5.17 1915 27 DET AL SS 155 340 504 57 61 .937 .937 5.45 5.00 1916 28 DET AL SS 144 278 435 34 41 .954 .938 4.95 4.92 1917 29 DET AL SS 147 281 423 51 41 .932 .931 4.79 4.84 1918 30 DET AL SS 128 280 364 48 29 .931 .939 5.03 5.23 1919 31 DET AL SS 129 290 376 40 38 .943 .942 5.16 5.04 1920 32 DET AL SS 140 258 421 45 39 .938 .944 4.85 5.00 1921 33 TOT AL SS 102 206 322 30 46 .946 .941 5.18 5.15 DET AL SS 81 172 260 23 35 .949 .941 5.33 5.15 2B 23 45 69 7 0 .942 .956 4.96 5.35 WSH AL SS 21 34 62 7 11 .932 .941 4.57 5.15 1922 34 WSH AL 3B 37 31 79 5 12 .957 .950 2.97 3.24 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.50 1923 35 WSH AL 3B 5 4 9 3 0 .813 .942 2.60 3.28 2B 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 3.50 5.35
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1921 33 DET AL 2B 23 45 69 7 0 .942 .956 4.96 5.35 1922 34 WSH AL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.50 1923 35 WSH AL 2B 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 3.50 5.35 1910 22 DET AL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.40 1922 34 WSH AL 3B 37 31 79 5 12 .957 .950 2.97 3.24 1923 35 WSH AL 3B 5 4 9 3 0 .813 .942 2.60 3.28 1908 20 DET AL SS 20 42 63 7 9 .938 .927 5.25 5.42 1909 21 DET AL SS 157 308 567 71 38 .925 .925 5.57 5.15 1910 22 DET AL SS 141 310 487 51 31 .940 .928 5.65 5.20 1911 23 DET AL SS 150 372 556 75 42 .925 .926 6.19 5.42 1912 24 DET AL SS 144 317 547 66 45 .929 .920 6.00 5.06 1913 25 DET AL SS 153 331 510 56 61 .938 .935 5.50 5.09 1914 26 DET AL SS 157 425 544 58 64 .944 .937 6.17 5.17 1915 27 DET AL SS 155 340 504 57 61 .937 .937 5.45 5.00 1916 28 DET AL SS 144 278 435 34 41 .954 .938 4.95 4.92 1917 29 DET AL SS 147 281 423 51 41 .932 .931 4.79 4.84 1918 30 DET AL SS 128 280 364 48 29 .931 .939 5.03 5.23 1919 31 DET AL SS 129 290 376 40 38 .943 .942 5.16 5.04 1920 32 DET AL SS 140 258 421 45 39 .938 .944 4.85 5.00 1921 33 TOT AL SS 102 206 322 30 46 .946 .941 5.18 5.15 DET AL SS 81 172 260 23 35 .949 .941 5.33 5.15 WSH AL SS 21 34 62 7 11 .932 .941 4.57 5.15
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 1867 4038 6119 689 585 .936 .933 5.44 5.10 3B 43 35 90 8 12 .940 .949 2.91 3.25 2B 26 46 77 7 0 .946 .956 4.73 5.35 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1936 4119 6286 704 597 .937 .934 5.37 5.06
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    DET PIT     L   7  22   5   7  1  0  0   3   5   3  .318  .483  .364   1  2   3   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-14-0.06
1913-AL-12-0.09
1914-AL-3-0.27
Car-482-0.42 shares

On-base %
1909 AL-.380-3
1910 AL-.365-8
1914 AL-.373-8
1917 AL-.370-9

Games
1909 AL-157-1
1911 AL-150-3
1913 AL-153-3
1914 AL-157-3
1915 AL-155-6
1918 AL-128-4

At Bats
1911 AL-561-9
1913 AL-597-2
1914 AL-596-3
1917 AL-581-4
1918 AL-500-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1909 AL-676-1
1911 AL-692-2
1913 AL-694-1
1914 AL-721-1
1915 AL-703-1
1916 AL-653-10
1917 AL-673-3
1918 AL-593-1
1919 AL-602-6

Runs
1909 AL-114-2
1910 AL-90-4
1911 AL-126-2
1912 AL-107-6
1913 AL-98-8
1914 AL-97-4
1915 AL-99-6
1917 AL-112-1
1918 AL-74-4
1919 AL-82-10

Hits
1909 AL-145-10

Bases on Balls
1909 AL-88-1
1910 AL-78-1
1911 AL-98-1
1912 AL-117-1
1913 AL-80-3
1914 AL-112-1
1915 AL-118-2
1916 AL-75-7
1917 AL-80-3
1918 AL-79-2
1919 AL-75-5
1920 AL-73-6
Car-1158-61

Stolen Bases
1909 AL-53-3
1910 AL-49-3
1911 AL-40-7
1912 AL-35-9
1913 AL-44-6
1914 AL-35-9
1915 AL-35-8
1917 AL-34-7
1919 AL-22-7
Car-404-65

Singles
1909 AL-125-6
1914 AL-128-6
1917 AL-142-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1909 AL-16-10

Batting Wins
1909 AL-1.9-10

Times on Base
1909 AL-237-3
1910 AL-210-7
1912 AL-238-9
1913 AL-234-8
1914 AL-265-3
1915 AL-248-7
1917 AL-245-5
1918 AL-197-8

Sac. Hits
1909 AL-52-1
1910 AL-30-4
1911 AL-30-5
1916 AL-27-9
1920 AL-48-1
1921 AL-41-2
Car-337-5

Caught Stealing
1914 AL-26-8
1915 AL-27-4
1921 AL-13-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1913 AL-18.7-7

Outs
1909 AL-439-5
1911 AL-461-1
1913 AL-460-2
1914 AL-482-1
1915 AL-482-2
1916 AL-453-7
1917 AL-428-7
1918 AL-396-2
1919 AL-401-8

 

Black Ink: Batting - 14 (165) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 86 (265) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 29.9 (274) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (510) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September, 1908: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Indianapolis (American Association) for $6,000.

August 20, 1921: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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