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Buddy Rosar
Warren Vincent Rosar
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 3, 1914 in Buffalo, NY
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1939
Final Game: September 19, 1951
Died: March 13, 1994 in Rochester, NY
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 24 NYY AL 43 121 105 18 29 5 1 0 12 4 0 13 10 .276 .356 .343 .699 80 36 3 0 3 2
1940 25 NYY AL 73 254 228 34 68 11 3 4 37 7 1 19 11 .298 .357 .425 .783 105 97 6 2 5 2
1941 26 NYY AL 67 233 209 25 60 17 2 1 36 0 0 22 10 .287 .355 .402 .757 101 84 8 0 2 2
1942 27 NYY AL 69 226 209 18 48 10 0 2 34 1 2 17 20 .230 .288 .306 .594 68 64 9 0 0 2 AS
1943 28 CLE AL 115 419 382 53 108 17 1 1 41 0 4 33 12 .283 .340 .340 .680 104 130 10 0 4 *2 AS
1944 29 CLE AL 99 375 331 29 87 9 3 0 30 1 2 34 17 .263 .339 .308 .647 89 102 7 4 6 2
1945 30 PHA AL 92 325 300 23 63 12 1 1 25 2 1 20 16 .210 .262 .267 .528 53 80 11 1 4 2
1946 31 PHA AL 121 464 424 34 120 22 2 2 47 1 3 36 17 .283 .339 .358 .698 96 152 20 0 4 *2 AS,MVP-23
1947 32 PHA AL 102 409 359 40 93 20 2 1 33 1 3 40 13 .259 .335 .334 .669 85 120 11 1 9 2 AS,MVP-24
1948 33 PHA AL 90 349 302 30 77 13 0 4 41 0 2 39 12 .255 .344 .338 .682 82 102 3 2 6 2 AS
1949 34 PHA AL 32 114 95 7 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 16 5 .200 .315 .221 .536 45 21 3 0 3 2
1950 35 BOS AL 27 91 84 13 25 2 0 1 12 0 0 7 4 .298 .352 .357 .709 75 30 3 0 0 2
1951 36 BOS AL 58 191 170 11 39 7 0 1 13 0 0 19 14 .229 .307 .288 .595 56 49 3 0 2 2
13 Seasons 988 3571 3198 335 836 147 15 18 367 17 18 315 161 .261 .330 .334 .663 84 1067 97 10 48
162 Game Avg. 162 586 524 55 137 24 2 3 60 3 3 52 26 .261 .330 .334 .663 84 175 16 2 8
PHA (5 yrs) 437 1661 1480 134 372 69 5 8 152 4 9 151 63 .251 .322 .321 .643 79 475 48 4 26
NYY (4 yrs) 252 834 751 95 205 43 6 7 119 12 3 71 51 .273 .337 .374 .712 91 281 26 2 10
BOS (2 yrs) 85 282 254 24 64 9 0 2 25 0 0 26 18 .252 .321 .311 .632 62 79 6 0 2
CLE (2 yrs) 214 794 713 82 195 26 4 1 71 1 6 67 29 .273 .339 .325 .665 97 232 17 4 10

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 26 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 27 NYY AL WS STL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1939 NYY AL 24 C 35 150 137 10 3 1 .980 4.20 .981 4.44 2
1940 NYY AL 25 C 63 293 258 30 5 8 .983 4.57 .982 4.68 1
1941 NYY AL 26 C 60 271 246 24 1 6 .996 4.50 .983 4.54 2
1942 NYY AL 27 C 58 276 249 26 1 7 .996 4.74 .979 4.28 2 AS
1943 CLE AL 28 C 114 581 480 91 10 11 .983 5.01 .981 4.61 1 AS
1944 CLE AL 29 C 98 473 409 59 5 13 .989 4.78 .976 4.36 2
1945 PHA AL 30 C 85 397 338 54 5 6 .987 4.61 .986 4.31 4
1946 PHA AL 31 C 117 605 532 73 0 9 1.000 5.17 .982 4.79 5 AS,MVP-23
1947 PHA AL 32 C 102 478 406 70 2 12 .996 4.67 .985 4.30 3 AS,MVP-24
1948 PHA AL 33 C 90 375 335 39 1 10 .997 4.16 .986 4.08 2 AS
1949 PHA AL 34 C 31 122 112 9 1 2 .992 3.90 .985 4.10 1
1950 BOS AL 35 C 25 115 108 6 1 1 .991 4.56 .985 4.21 2
1951 BOS AL 36 C 56 256 235 20 1 6 .996 4.55 .982 4.40 1
13 Seasons C 934 4392 3845 511 36 92 .992 4.66 .982 4.43 28
13 Seasons TOT 934 4392 3845 511 36 92 .992 4.66 .974 4.43 28

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942
1943
1946 *
1947 (C)
1948 (C)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1946-AL-23-1%
1947-AL-24-2%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 AL--4--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL--20--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL--31.833--2nd
1946 AL--24.941--3rd
Career--19.860--106th

Oldest s c a p y
1951 AL--born 1914-07-03--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1934 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 17, 1942: Traded by the New York Yankees with Roy Cullenbine to the Cleveland Indians for Oscar Grimes and Roy Weatherly.

May 29, 1945: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes.

October 8, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Hitchcock.

October 23, 1951: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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