Edd Roush
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Edd J Roush
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
- Debut August 20, 1913
- Final Game September 27, 1931
- Born May 8, 1893 in Oakland City, IN USA
- Died March 21, 1988 in Bradenton, FL USA
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1962 BR page
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[edit] Biographical Information
"He was far and away the best outfielder I ever saw." - Heinie Groh, talking about Roush's defensive talent
"I didn't expect to make it all the way to the big leagues; I just had to get away from them damn cows." - Edd Roush, quoted on the official Edd Roush website, about his childhood on the farm and getting up before dawn to do milking
Hall of Famer Edd Roush was a two-time batting champion who played eighteen years in the majors, mostly with the Cincinnati Reds. He appeared in the 1919 World Series fixed by the Black Sox. He was a good center fielder and might have won several Gold Gloves if they had existed at the time.
Roush was also second in the league in batting a couple times, once closely behind Zack Wheat and once behind Rogers Hornsby. He also finished third twice behind Hornsby.
He was a 20-year-old rookie on the 1913 Chicago White Sox. He and Ray Schalk were the same age. He finished out his career with the 1931 Cincinnati Reds, a teammate of the 25-year-old Leo Durocher, who hit 44 points lower than Roush.
After his playing career, Hall of Famer Edd Roush was a Cincinnati Reds coach in 1938. He was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
Roush lived close to a hundred years, dying during the 1988 spring training, after Barry Bonds had broken into the majors in 1986.
- First Baseball Card appearance 1915 E145-2 Crackerjack
"It was a business to me. It was no fun...I played the game to win, and when you play to win, you don't play for fun." - Edd Roush
[edit] Famous Last
Last survivor of the Federal League.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- 2-time NL Batting Average Leader (1917 & 1919)
- NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1918)
- NL OPS Leader (1918)
- NL Singles Leader (1917)
- NL Doubles Leader (1923)
- NL Triples Leader (1924)
- Won a World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1919
- Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 1962
[edit] Further Reading
- Susan Dellinger: Red Legs and Black Sox: Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series, Emmis Books, Cincinnati, OH, 2006.
- Lawrence Ritter: The Glory of Their Times, The Macmillan Company, New York, NY, 1966, pp. 202-214.
