# Bert Blue

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1929)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bert Blue
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1877|12|9}}
|birth_place=[Bettsville, Ohio](/source/Bettsville%2C_Ohio)
|death_date={{death date and age|1929|9|2|1877|12|9}}
|death_place=[Detroit, Michigan](/source/Detroit%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.286
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=2
|teams=
* [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) ({{mlby|1908}})
* [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) ({{mlby|1908}})
}}
'''Bird Wayne "Bert" Blue''' (December 9, 1877 – September 2, 1929) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher).

== Career ==
He played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB) for one season with [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) and [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics). For his career, he compiled a .286 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) in 42 [at-bat](/source/at-bat)s, with two [runs batted in](/source/run_batted_in).

== Early life and Death ==
He was born in [Bettsville, Ohio](/source/Bettsville%2C_Ohio). He died at age 51 in [Detroit, Michigan](/source/Detroit%2C_Michigan), where he is buried at [Woodlawn Cemetery](/source/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Detroit)).<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bluebe01.shtml baseball reference]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|brm=blue--001bir|br=b/bluebe01}}

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Category:1877 births
Category:1929 deaths
Category:St. Louis Browns players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Philadelphia Athletics players
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Baseball players from Ohio
Category:Birmingham Barons players
Category:Columbus Senators players
Category:Richmond Rebels players
Category:People from Seneca County, Ohio
Category:Piqua Picks players
Category:Dayton Veterans players

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