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b. March 17, 1883 · Cincinnati Reds 1906, Detroit Tigers 1909–1920, 1925

Stanage's largest offensive season came for Detroit in 1911. He played 141 games, collected 133 hits, hit three home runs and drove in 51 while batting .264. The games, hits, home runs and runs batted in were career highs.

Fourteen seasons in all gave him 819 hits, 123 doubles, 34 triples, 321 runs batted in and a .234 average across 1,096 games. He caught 1,074 games, appearing only seven times at other positions. His playing time came from a demanding defensive job rather than his bat.

Cincinnati brought Stanage up for one game in 1906. He joined Detroit in 1909 and remained through 1920, then returned for three final games in 1925. That thirteen-season Tigers association accounted for all but his brief Cincinnati debut. He died in 1964, at eighty-one.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	2	1911, 1912

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1906	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1909	DET	77	252	17	66	8	6	0	21	11	27	2	.262
1910	DET	88	275	24	57	7	4	2	25	20	35	1	.207
1911	DET	141	503	45	133	13	7	3	51	20	79	3	.264
1912	DET	121	394	35	103	9	4	0	41	34	55	3	.261
1913	DET	80	241	19	54	13	2	0	21	21	35	5	.224
1914	DET	122	400	16	77	8	4	0	25	24	58	2	.193
1915	DET	100	300	27	67	9	2	1	31	20	41	5	.223
1916	DET	94	291	16	69	17	3	0	30	17	48	3	.237
1917	DET	99	297	19	61	14	1	0	30	20	35	3	.205
1918	DET	54	186	9	47	4	0	1	14	11	18	2	.253
1919	DET	38	120	9	29	4	1	1	15	7	12	1	.242
1920	DET	78	238	12	55	17	0	0	17	14	21	0	.231
1925	DET	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Career	—	1096	3503	248	819	123	34	8	321	219	464	30	.234

On this day & linked events

1883

Born March 17, 1883

Tulare, CA, USA

1964

Died November 11, 1964

1906

Major-league debut: Oscar Stanage

Oscar Stanage made a major-league debut on May 19, 1906.

1925

Final major-league game: Oscar Stanage

Oscar Stanage played a final major-league game on June 17, 1925.

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