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Ossie Vitt

Birthdate:

1/4/1890

Died:

1/31/1963

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 150 lbs.

Place of Birth:

San Francisco, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player, Vitt, Detroit Tigers, standing at Comiskey Park
1916 Photo SUMMARY
Three-quarter length portrait of American League's Detroit Tigers infielder Oscar Vitt standing on the field at Comiskey Park, which was located at 324 West 35th Street and bounded by West 34th Street; South Shield's Avenue (formerly Portland Avenue); South Wentworth Avenue, in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. A few spectators sitting in the stands are visible in the background. SDN-060580, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Ossie Vitt

A very aggressive ballplayer, Oscar Vitt played to win or else. A noted slick fielding third baseman for the Detroit Tigers, he was a weak hitter, posting just a .238 career batting average, spanning 10 seasons. After playing he managed in the minors and also managed the Cleveland Indians from 1938-1940. During the 1940 season, the Cleveland players revolted against the hard-driving Ossie Vitt style of managing. On June 13 1940 ten Cleveland players told owner Alva Bradley they couldn’t win the pennant with Oscar Vitt managing. Bradley refused to listen and urged the players to continue to play well. The Indians lost the pennant by one game to Detroit, and Ossie Vitt never managed in the majors again.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
10 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1912	DET (AL)	76	273	39	67	4	4	0	19	18	0	17	0	0	2	5	0	.245	.297	SLG
1913	DET (AL)	99	359	45	86	11	3	2	33	31	18	5	0	0	2	23	0	.240	.304	SLG
1914	DET (AL)	66	195	35	49	7	0	0	8	31	8	10	8	0	0	20	0	.251	.354	SLG
1915	DET (AL)	152	560	116	140	18	13	1	48	80	22	26	18	0	4	42	0	.250	.348	SLG
1916	DET (AL)	153	597	88	135	17	12	0	42	75	28	18	0	0	1	32	0	.226	.314	SLG
1917	DET (AL)	140	512	65	130	13	6	0	47	56	15	18	0	0	1	31	0	.254	.329	SLG
1918	DET (AL)	81	267	29	64	5	2	0	17	32	6	5	0	0	0	20	0	.240	.321	SLG
1919	BOS (AL)	133	469	64	114	10	3	0	40	44	11	9	0	0	1	47	0	.243	.309	SLG
1920	BOS (AL)	87	296	50	65	10	4	1	28	43	10	5	4	0	1	26	0	.220	.321	SLG
1921	BOS (AL)	78	232	29	44	11	1	0	13	45	13	1	2	0	0	13	0	.190	.321	SLG
10 years		1065	3760	560	894	106	48	4	295	455	131	114	32	0	12	259	0	.238	.322	.SLG

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