Donie Bush Stats

Donie Bush was born on Saturday, October 8, 1887, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Bush was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 18, 1908, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Donie Bush baseball stats page.

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Donie Bush



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Birth Name:   Owen Joseph Bush
Nickname:   Donie
Born On:   10-08-1887  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Indianapolis, Indiana
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-28-1972 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Indianapolis, Indiana
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-06   Player Weight Chart Weight:   140
First Game:   09-18-1908 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-15-1923
Draft:   Not Applicable

Donie Bush

Donie Bush Pitching Stats

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Donie Bush

Donie Bush Hitting Stats

1908 21 Tigers 20 68 13 20 1 1 0 0 4 7 - - 4 - 0 - .294 .360 .338
1909 22 Tigers 157 532 114 145 18 2 0 0 33 88 - - 52 - 4 - .273 .380 .314
1910 23 Tigers 142 496 90 130 13 4 3 1 34 78 - - 30 - 2 - .262 .365 .323
1911 24 Tigers 150 561 126 130 18 5 1 0 36 98 - - 30 - 3 - .232 .349 .287
1912 25 Tigers 144 511 107 118 14 8 2 0 38 117 - - 12 - 3 - .231 .377 .301
1913 26 Tigers 153 597 98 150 19 10 1 0 40 80 - 32 13 - 4 - .251 .344 .322
1914 27 Tigers 157 596 97 150 18 4 0 0 32 112 - 54 10 - 3 - .252 .373 .295
1915 28 Tigers 155 561 99 128 12 8 1 0 44 118 - 44 22 - 2 - .228 .364 .283
1916 29 Tigers 145 550 73 124 5 9 0 0 34 75 - 42 27 - 1 - .225 .319 .267
1917 30 Tigers 147 581 112 163 18 3 0 0 24 80 - 40 10 - 2 - .281 .370 .322
1918 31 Tigers 128 500 74 117 10 3 0 0 22 79 - 31 13 - 1 - .234 .340 .266
1919 32 Tigers 129 509 82 124 11 6 0 0 26 75 - 36 16 - 2 - .244 .343 .289
1920 33 Tigers 141 506 85 133 18 5 1 0 33 73 - 32 48 - 1 - .263 .357 .324
1921 34 Tigers 104 402 72 113 6 5 0 0 27 45 - 23 40 - 1 - .281 .355 .321
1921 34 Senators 23 84 15 18 1 0 0 0 2 12 - 4 1 - 0 - .214 .313 .226
1922 35 Senators 41 134 17 32 4 1 0 0 7 21 - 7 4 - 0 - .239 .342 .284
1923 36 Senators 10 22 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 - .409 .409 .409
16 Years 1,946 7,210 1,280 1,804 186 74 9 1 436 1,158 0 346 337 0 29 - .250 .356 .300

Donie Bush

Donie Bush Fielding Stats

1908 Tigers SS 20 - 21 112 5.6 105 42 63 7 9 n/a n/a n/a .938 135.00
1909 Tigers SS 157 - 213 946 6.0 875 308 567 71 38 n/a n/a n/a .925 110.92
1910 Tigers 3B 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1910 Tigers SS 141 - 153 848 6.0 797 310 487 51 31 n/a n/a n/a .940 140.65
1911 Tigers SS 150 - 225 1,003 6.7 928 372 556 75 42 n/a n/a n/a .925 111.36
1912 Tigers SS 144 - 198 930 6.5 864 317 547 66 45 n/a n/a n/a .929 117.82
1913 Tigers SS 153 - 168 897 5.9 841 331 510 56 61 n/a n/a n/a .938 135.16
1914 Tigers SS 157 - 174 1,027 6.5 969 425 544 58 64 n/a n/a n/a .944 150.36
1915 Tigers SS 155 155 171 901 5.8 844 340 504 57 61 n/a n/a n/a .937 133.26
1916 Tigers SS 144 144 102 747 5.2 713 278 435 34 41 n/a n/a n/a .954 188.74
1917 Tigers SS 147 147 153 755 5.1 704 281 423 51 41 n/a n/a n/a .932 124.24
1918 Tigers SS 128 128 3,418 692 5.4 644 280 364 48 29 n/a n/a n/a .931 5.09
1919 Tigers SS 129 129 3,359 706 5.5 666 290 376 40 38 n/a n/a n/a .943 5.35
1920 Tigers SS 140 140 3,582 724 5.2 679 258 421 45 39 n/a n/a n/a .938 5.12
1921 Tigers 2B 23 23 559 121 5.3 114 45 69 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .942 5.51
1921 Tigers SS 81 79 2,022 455 5.6 432 172 260 23 35 n/a n/a n/a .949 5.77
1921 Senators SS 21 22 546 103 4.9 96 34 62 7 11 n/a n/a n/a .932 4.75
1922 Senators 2B 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1922 Senators 3B 37 35 858 115 3.1 110 31 79 5 12 n/a n/a n/a .957 3.46
1923 Senators 2B 2 1 27 7 3.5 7 1 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.00
1923 Senators 3B 5 6 105 16 3.2 13 4 9 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .813 3.34
SS Totals 1,867 944 14,505 10,846 5.8 10,157 4,038 6,119 689 585 n/a n/a n/a .936 18.91
3B Totals 43 41 963 133 3.1 125 35 90 8 12 n/a n/a n/a .940 3.50
2B Totals 26 24 586 130 5.0 123 46 77 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .946 5.67
16 Years 1,936 1,009 16,054 11,109 5.7 10,405 4,119 6,286 704 597 n/a n/a n/a .937 17.50

Donie Bush

Donie Bush Miscellaneous Stats

1908 Tigers 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 17.0 - - -
1909 Tigers 53 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 16.1 - - -
1910 Tigers 49 - - 0 0 n/a 165.3 0.0 14.6 - - -
1911 Tigers 40 - - 0 0 n/a 561.0 0.0 15.6 - - -
1912 Tigers 35 18 .660 0 0 n/a 255.5 0.0 13.4 - - -
1913 Tigers 44 - - 0 0 n/a 597.0 18.7 14.9 - - -
1914 Tigers 35 26 .574 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.0 18.6 - - -
1915 Tigers 35 27 .565 0 0 n/a 561.0 12.8 12.8 - - -
1916 Tigers 19 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 13.1 16.2 - - -
1917 Tigers 34 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.5 24.2 - - -
1918 Tigers 9 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 16.1 22.7 - - -
1919 Tigers 22 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.1 19.6 - - -
1920 Tigers 15 7 .682 1 0 n/a 506.0 15.8 15.3 - - -
1921 Tigers 8 11 .421 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.5 14.9 - - -
1921 Senators 2 2 .500 2 0 n/a 0.0 21.0 42.0 - - -
1922 Senators 1 1 .500 4 0 n/a 0.0 19.1 19.1 - - -
1923 Senators 1 1 .500 1 2 n/a 0.0 22.0 0.0 - - -
16 Years 404 93 .813 8 2 n/a 801.1 20.8 16.5 - - -

Donie Bush

Donie Bush Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1908 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1910 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Detroit Tigers n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1921 Detroit Tigers n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1921 Washington Senators n/a "     "     n/a -
1922 Washington Senators n/a $5,500.00 n/a -
1923 Washington Senators n/a $10,000.00 n/a -

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