Bert Blue

{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1929)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{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= * St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1908}}) * Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1908}}) }} '''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.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bluebe01.shtml baseball reference]</ref>

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