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Donie Bush
Donie Bush
Full name Owen Joseph Bush
Born October 8, 1887, Indianapolis, Indiana
Died March 28, 1972, Indianapolis, Indiana
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
First Game: September 18, 1908 ; Final Game: September 15, 1923
Managed First Game: April 18, 1923 ; Managed Final Game: October 1, 1933
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 6" Weight: 140
Ejections as player: 1910 (1), 1911 (1), 1912 (4), 1913 (3), 1914 (1), 1915 (1), 1916 (1), 1917 (1), 1918 (1), 1919 (3), 1921 (4) . Total: 21 Ejections as manager: 1923 (5) , 1927 (2), 1928 (4) , 1929 (4) , 1930 (4) , 1931 (3) , 1933 (1). Total: 23 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1908 DET A Daily Splits 20 68 13 20 1 1 0 4 7 11 0 4 0 2 .294 .360 .338 0.1 1908 DET A
1909 DET A Daily Splits 157 532 115 145 18 2 0 33 88 74 4 52 0 53 .273 .380 .314 2.3 1909 DET A
1910 DET A Daily Splits 142 496 90 130 13 4 3 34 78 82 2 30 0 49 .262 .365 .323 2.6 1910 DET A
1911 DET A Daily Splits 150 561 126 130 18 5 1 36 98 64 3 30 0 40 .232 .349 .287 0.8 1911 DET A
1912 DET A Daily Splits 144 511 107 118 14 8 2 38 117 53 3 12 0 37 .231 .377 .301 4.0 1912 DET A
1913 DET A Daily Splits 152 597 98 150 19 10 1 40 80 0i 32 4 13 0 12i 1i 44 18i .251 .344 .322 1.2 1913 DET A
1914 DET A Daily Splits 157 596 97 150 18 4 0 32 112 0i 54 3 10 0 7i 1i 35 26 .252 .373 .295 5.0 1914 DET A
1915 DET A Daily Splits 155 561 99 128 12 8 1 44 118 0i 44 2 22 0 8i 3i 35 27 .228 .364 .283 1.5 1915 DET A
1916 DET A Daily Splits 145 550 73 124 5 9 0 33 75 0i 42 1 27 0i 9i 2i 19 0 .225 .319 .267 -2.3 1916 DET A
1917 DET A Daily Splits 147 581 112 163 18 3 0 23 80 0i 40 2 10 0i 5i 0i 34 13i .281 .370 .322 0.5 1917 DET A
1918 DET A Daily Splits 128 500 74 117 10 3 0 26 79 0i 31 1 13 0i 8i 2i 9 10i .234 .340 .266 -1.7 1918 DET A
1919 DET A Daily Splits 129 509 82 124 11 6 0 33 75 0 36 2 16 0 13 1 22 8 .244 .343 .289 -1.2 1919 DET A
1920 DET A Daily Splits 141 506 85 133 18 5 1 33 73 0 32 1 48 0 13 9 15 7 .263 .357 .324 -1.3 1920 DET A
1921 DET A Daily Splits 104 402 72 113 6 5 0 27 45 0 23 1 40 0 11 0 8 11 .281 .355 .321 -1.0 1921 DET A
1921 WAS A Daily Splits 23 84 15 18 1 0 0 2 12 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 .214 .313 .226 -0.8 1921 WAS A
1921 TOT A 127 486 87 131 7 5 0 29 57 0 27 1 41 0 15 0 10 13 .270 .347 .305 -1.8 1921 TOT A
1922 WAS A Daily Splits 41 134 17 32 4 1 0 7 21 0 7 0 4 0 2 3 1 1 .239 .342 .284 -0.4 1922 WAS A
1923 WAS A Daily Splits 10 22 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 .409 .409 .409 -0.2 1923 WAS A
Total (16 Years) Splits 1945 7210 1281 1804 186 74 9 445 1158 0i 630 29 337 0i 94i 22i 406 142i .250 .356 .300 9.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1909 DET A Daily Splits 7 22 5 7 1 0 0 3 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .318 .483 .364 1909 DET A
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1908 DET A Daily Splits SS 20 19 19 171 i 42 63 7 9 0 .938
1909 DET A Daily Splits SS 157 157 154 1379 i 308 567 71 38 0 .925
1910 DET A Daily Splits SS 141 141 133 1214.2i 310 487 51 31 2 .940
1910 DET A 3B 1 1 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1911 DET A Daily Splits SS 150 150 148 1337 i 372 556 75 42 4 .925
1912 DET A Daily Splits SS 144 144 140 1235 i 317 547 66 45 1 .929
1913 DET A Daily Splits SS 152 152 146 1323.2 331 510 56 61 0 .938
1914 DET A Daily Splits SS 157 157 153 1373.2i 425 544 58 64 0 .944
1915 DET A Daily Splits SS 155 155 152 1382.2 i 340 504 57 61 0 .937
1916 DET A Daily Splits SS 144 144 138 1267.2i 278 435 34 41 0 .954
1917 DET A Daily Splits SS 147 147 140 1284.1i 281 423 51 41 1 .932
1918 DET A Daily Splits SS 128 128 126 1147.1 i 280 364 48 32 0 .931
1919 DET A Daily Splits SS 129 129 124 1155.1 290 376 40 45 1 .943
1920 DET A Daily Splits SS 140 140 134 1227 258 421 45 43 0 .938
1921 DET A Daily Splits SS 81 79 74 707 172 260 23 31 1 .949
1921 DET A 2B 23 23 21 198.1 45 69 7 3 0 .942
1921 WAS A Daily Splits SS 22 22 21 188 34 62 7 15 1 .932
1921 TOT A SS 103 101 95 895 206 322 30 46 2 .946
1922 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 35 35 32 295.2 31 79 5 12 0 .957
1922 WAS A 2B 2 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1923 WAS A Daily Splits 3B 6 6 4 45 4 9 3 0 0 .813
1923 WAS A 2B 3 1 1 17.1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000
Total (14 Years) Splits SS 1867 1864 1802 16393.1i 4038 6119 689 599 11 .936
Total ( 3 Years) 3B 42 42 37 349.2 35 90 8 12 0 .940
Total ( 3 Years) 2B 28 24 22 225.2 46 77 7 3 0 .946
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1909 DET A Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 61 9 18 5 3 0 .844
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1923 WAS A 155 75 78 .490 720 747 4
1927 PIT N 156 94 60 .610 817 659 1
1928 PIT N 152 85 67 .559 837 704 4
1929 PIT N 119 67 51 .568 697 622 8-27 2 2
1930 CHI A 154 62 92 .403 729 884 7
1931 CHI A 156 56 97 .366 704 939 8
1933 CIN N 153 58 94 .382 496 643 8
Total ( 7 Years) 1045 497 539 .480 5000 5198
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1927 PIT N 4 0 4 .000 10 23
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-17-1910 BOX DET A Jack Egan Call at HP
8-26-1911 BOX DET A Bill Dinneen Bench jockeying
5-25-1912 BOX DET A Silk O'Loughlin Call at HP
8-13-1912 BOX DET A Jack Egan Call at 2B
8-23-1912(2) BOX DET A Billy Evans Call at HP
9-11-1912 BOX DET A Bob Hart Call at 1B
5-16-1913 BOX DET A Eugene McGreevy Call at 1B
6- 4-1913 BOX DET A Bill Dinneen Called third strike
8- 4-1913 BOX DET A Silk O'Loughlin Called third strike
5-25-1914 BOX DET A Silk O'Loughlin Call at 1B
8-22-1915(2) BOX DET A Tommy Connolly Called third strike
7-22-1916(2) BOX DET A Tommy Connolly Call at HP
9-12-1917(2) BOX DET A Brick Owens Call at 2B
6-26-1918 BOX DET A Dick Nallin Balls and strikes
6- 6-1919 BOX DET A Ollie Chill Call at HP
6-18-1919 BOX DET A Dick Nallin Call at HP
7-31-1919 BOX DET A George Moriarty Call at 1B
4-27-1921 BOX DET A George Hildebrand Call at 2B
6-12-1921 BOX DET A Bill Dinneen Call at 2B
7- 4-1921(2) BOX DET A Frank Wilson Call at 3B
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-28-1921(2) BOX DET A Dick Nallin Check swing
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-27-1923 BOX WAS A Ducky Holmes Balls and strikes
5-20-1923 BOX WAS A Ducky Holmes Batting out of order non-call
6-16-1923 BOX WAS A Dick Nallin Call at 1B
6-20-1923 BOX WAS A Dick Nallin Call at 1B
7-16-1923 BOX WAS A Ducky Holmes Call at HP
5-20-1927 BOX PIT N Barry McCormick Call at 1B
8-16-1927 BOX PIT N Ernie Quigley Call at 3B
5-21-1928(2) BOX PIT N Sherry Magee Call at 2B
8-15-1928 BOX PIT N Barry McCormick Call at HP
8-31-1928(2) BOX PIT N Bob Hart Call at HP
9-20-1928 BOX PIT N Charlie Moran Call at 2B
5-31-1929 BOX PIT N Charlie Moran Call at 2B
6-15-1929 BOX PIT N Bob Hart Call at 3B
8-21-1929 BOX PIT N Barry McCormick Non-ejection of opponent (Threw bat)
8-24-1929(2) BOX PIT N George Magerkurth Call at 3B
5- 8-1930 BOX CHI A Roy Van Graflan Balls and strikes
6-10-1930 BOX CHI A Roy Van Graflan Balls and strikes
7-20-1930(2) BOX CHI A George Hildebrand Infield fly not called
8-18-1930 BOX CHI A George Moriarty Fair/foul call
5-25-1931 BOX CHI A Bill McGowan Balk non-call
Date Team Umpire Reason
7- 5-1931(2) BOX CHI A George Moriarty Balls and strikes
9-21-1931 BOX CHI A Red Ormsby Balls and strikes
8-18-1933 BOX CIN N George Magerkurth Balk non-call
Transaction Information
Selected by Detroit Tigers from South Bend (Central) in the major league draft (September 1, 1907 ).
Selected by Indianapolis (American Association) from Detroit Tigers in the major league draft (August, 1908).
Sold by Indianapolis (American Association) to Detroit Tigers for $6000 (September,
1908).
Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from Detroit Tigers (August 20, 1921 ).
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