Charlie Osgood

{{short description|American baseball player (1926-2014)}}

{{About|the baseball player|the media personality|Charles Osgood}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Charlie Osgood

|position=Pitcher

|image=Charlie Osgood.JPG

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1926|11|23}}

|birth_place=Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2014|1|23|1926|11|23}}

|death_place=Tewksbury, Massachusetts, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= June 18

|debutyear= 1944

|debutteam= Brooklyn Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 18

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam= Brooklyn Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.00

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1944}})

}}

Charles Benjamin Osgood (November 23, 1926 – January 23, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944. At 17 years of age, the {{convert|5|ft|10|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|180|lb|abbr=on}} rookie was the fifth-youngest player to appear in a National League game that season.

Osgood was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. His only major league action came on June 18, 1944 in a road doubleheader against the Philadelphia Blue Jays at Shibe Park. He pitched three innings of relief in one of the games, allowing six baserunners but only one earned run.{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 (2) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1944/B06182PHI1944.htm |website=retrosheet.org |accessdate=December 9, 2018 |date=June 18, 1944}}

On November 7, 1944, Osgood was drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Dodgers in the 1944 minor league draft,{{cite web |title=Charlie Osgood |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/O/Posgoc101.htm |website=retrosheet.org |accessdate=December 9, 2018}} but he never again made it to the major league level. His career ended with a 0–0 record and a 3.00 ERA.