Bobo Osborne
[edit] Biography
Bobo Osborne (Lawrence Sidney Osborne) was born on October 12, 1935 in Chattahoochee, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on June 27, 1957 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1959, his rookie year, he hit .191 with 3 home runs and 21 RBI. Osborne played for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators over the course of his 5 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 11
| 27
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .148
| .233
| .185
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| A
| 86
| 209
| 27
| 40
| 3
| 21
| .191
| .254
| .278
| 7
| 1
| 16
| 41
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 71
| 93
| 8
| 20
| 2
| 13
| .215
| .354
| .355
| 7
| 0
| 20
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 64
| 74
| 12
| 17
| 0
| 7
| .230
| .374
| .243
| 1
| 0
| 16
| 25
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| 125
| 358
| 42
| 76
| 12
| 44
| .212
| .308
| .358
| 14
| 1
| 49
| 83
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 359
| 763
| 93
| 157
| 17
| 86
| .206
| .304
| .317
| 30
| 2
| 104
| 171
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 7
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1957
| DET
| A
| RF
| 5
| 5
| 37
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 2
| 20
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| DET
| A
| OF
| 5
| 5
| 37
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| DET
| A
| RF
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1959
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1959
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 56
| 40
| 393
| 377
| 27
| 7
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 8
| 64
| 10
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1961
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 11
| 6
| 69.1
| 50
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| C
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 13
| 12
| 98.1
| 11
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 14
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 16
| 14
| 132.1
| 6
| 26
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 81
| 78
| 694.2
| 713
| 55
| 9
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 159
| 126
| 1191
| 1171
| 88
| 16
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 6
| 6
| 46
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 37
| 34
| 294.2
| 27
| 57
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 6
| 6
| 46
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1953).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators in exchange for Wayne Comer (March 23, 1963).
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