Bert Blue

{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1929)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bert Blue

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1877|12|9}}

|birth_place=Bettsville, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1929|9|2|1877|12|9}}

|death_place=Detroit, Michigan

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 15

|debutyear=1908

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 4

|finalyear=1908

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.286

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

}}

Bird Wayne "Bert" Blue (December 9, 1877 – September 2, 1929) was an American professional baseball catcher.

Career

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for one season with St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .286 batting average in 42 at-bats, with two runs batted in.

Early life and Death

He was born in Bettsville, Ohio. He died at age 51 in Detroit, Michigan, where he is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bluebe01.shtml baseball reference]

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