Fred Osborne

{{Short description|American baseball player (1865–1907)}} {{other people||Frederick Osborne (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Fred Osborne |position=Shortstop |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1865|5||df=y}} |birth_place= North-Western Territory, British North America |death_date={{death date and age|1907|8|31|1865|5|}}<ref name="hagerty">{{cite web |last1=Hagerty |first1=Tim |title=A Missing Major Leaguer: What Happened to Fred Osborne? |url=https://tht.fangraphs.com/a-missing-major-leaguer-what-happened-to-fred-osborne/ |website=Fangraphs.com |date=October 4, 2019 |accessdate=4 October 2019}}</ref> |death_place=Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.<ref name="hagerty" /> |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 14 |debutyear=1890 |debutteam=Pittsburgh Alleghenys |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 1 |finalyear=1890 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Alleghenys |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.238 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=14 |teams= *Pittsburgh Alleghenys ({{mlby|1890}}) }} '''Frederick W. Osborne''' (May 1865 – August 31, 1907), nicknamed "Ossie", was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

Osborne was born in what would later become the Northwest Territories, in an area that was then a little organized part of the British Empire. He played only part of one season in the majors, 1890, in 41 games including 8 that he pitched in. He had a career batting average of .238, 1 home run, and 14 runs batted in. He also was 0–5 with an ERA of 8.38 with only 14 strikeouts compared to 45 walks as a pitcher.

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