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

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s. He then spent one year in the

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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

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