Born October 8, 1887
Indianapolis, IN, USA
He walked 117 times in 1912 and 112 in 1914, leading the league both years and three other times besides, for a total of five. He was a shortstop who batted at the top of Detroit's order in front of Ty Cobb for thirteen seasons, which meant getting on base was the whole job.
Sixteen seasons gave him 1,804 hits, 1,281 runs, 1,158 walks, 404 stolen bases and a .250 average, with 1,867 games at shortstop. He was 5 feet 6 and the smallest regular in the league for most of his career, and he led American League shortstops in putouts and assists repeatedly.
He managed Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Cincinnati across parts of eight seasons, took the 1927 Pirates to the World Series, and scouted for decades after. Ten ballots have listed him. He died in 1972, at eighty-four.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball Magazine All-Star | 4 | 1909, 1911, 1915, 1916 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | DET | 20 | 68 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | .294 |
| 1909 | DET | 157 | 532 | 115 | 145 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 88 | 74 | 53 | .273 |
| 1910 | DET | 142 | 496 | 90 | 130 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 78 | 82 | 49 | .262 |
| 1911 | DET | 150 | 561 | 126 | 130 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 98 | 64 | 40 | .232 |
| 1912 | DET | 144 | 511 | 107 | 118 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 117 | 53 | 35 | .231 |
| 1913 | DET | 153 | 597 | 98 | 150 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 80 | 32 | 44 | .251 |
| 1914 | DET | 157 | 596 | 97 | 150 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 112 | 54 | 35 | .252 |
| 1915 | DET | 155 | 561 | 99 | 128 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 118 | 44 | 35 | .228 |
| 1916 | DET | 145 | 550 | 73 | 124 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 75 | 42 | 19 | .225 |
| 1917 | DET | 147 | 581 | 112 | 163 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 80 | 40 | 34 | .281 |
| 1918 | DET | 128 | 500 | 74 | 117 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 79 | 31 | 9 | .234 |
| 1919 | DET | 129 | 509 | 82 | 124 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 75 | 36 | 22 | .244 |
| 1920 | DET | 141 | 506 | 85 | 133 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 73 | 32 | 15 | .263 |
| 1921 | DET/WSH | 127 | 486 | 87 | 131 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 57 | 27 | 10 | .270 |
| 1922 | WSH | 41 | 134 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .239 |
| 1923 | WSH | 10 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .409 |
| Career | — | 1946 | 7210 | 1281 | 1804 | 186 | 74 | 9 | 436 | 1158 | 630 | 404 | .250 |
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Donie Bush made a major-league debut on September 18, 1908.
Donie Bush played a final major-league game on September 15, 1923.
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