Roy Lund "Red" Ostergard (May 16, 1896 – January 13, 1977) was a

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. He was born in

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, and attended college at

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."Red Ostergard Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-30. In 1921, Ostergard made his major league debut with the

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. He was inserted as a

11 times that summer, hit 4

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, and scored 2 runs. That was the only time he ever appeared in the majors. Ostergard then played in the

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from 1923 to 1925. He put up good hitting numbers there,

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over .320 all three seasons and hitting a total of 59

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s. He then spent one year in the Southern Association and one year in the

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."Red Ostergard Minor League Statistics & History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-30. Ostergard died in 1977, in Hemet, California.

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1896 births 1977 deaths Chicago White Sox players Beaumont Exporters players Galveston Sand Crabs players Shreveport Sports players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Columbia Comers players Baseball players from Wisconsin People from Denmark, Wisconsin Southwestern Pirates baseball players {{US-baseball-bio-stub