Buddy Rosar

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 190lb (175cm, 86kg)

Born: July 3, 1914 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: March 13, 1994 in Rochester, NY

Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, NY

High School: East HS (Buffalo, NY)

Debut: April 29, 1939 (Age 24-300d, 8,655th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1951 (Age 37-078d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Warren Vincent Rosar

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.1

3198

836

.261

335

RBI

367

OBP

.330

SLG

.334

OPS

.663

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-33 / in Starts: 36-23
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	1 in 12 bases loaded PA and 11 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 254 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	209 (95-78-36) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 254 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	166 (85-53-27)

Most Driven In
J DiMaggio	11
C Keller	5
R Rolfe	5
T Henrich	4
Self	4
G Selkirk	3
F Crosetti	3
J Gordon	0

Most Driven In By
B Dahlgren	12
Self	4
B Mills	3
J Gordon	2
J Powell	2
T Henrich	2
F Crosetti	1
G Selkirk	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	44	6 (5)	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	5	.10	0.004	.27	0.01%	0.68	C
2	45	8 (1)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	2.16	-0.056	4.76	-0.07%	-0.25	PH
3	46	9	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	5	1.52	0.388	3.11	0.48%	1.14	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	47	12 (2)	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	5	1.27	-0.016	2.49	-0.02%	-0.92	C
5	48	13	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.400	.438	.467	.904	5	.61	-0.005	1.38	-0.01%	0.05	C
6	49	14	May 5	NYY		DET	L,4-6	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.412	.438	.849	9	1.39	-0.032	3.00	-0.04%	-0.49	PH
7	50	16 (1)	May 7	NYY		DET	L,2-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.412	.801	9	1.64	-0.048	3.03	-0.05%	-0.34	PH
8	51	19 (2)	May 10	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS-10	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.409	.429	.838	5	.83	0.013	1.00	0.01%	-0.27	C
9	52	21 (1)	May 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.360	.706	5	.92	-0.097	.73	-0.05%	-1.63	C
10	53	22	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.321	.655	5	.45	-0.051	.40	-0.03%	-0.71	C
11	54	23	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.344	.697	5	.82	0.046	.72	0.02%	0.24	C
12	55	25 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.333	.676	5	.67	-0.017	.72	-0.01%	-0.18	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	56	51 (25)	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.359	.378	.737	7	.64	-0.011	1.31	-0.01%	0.27	C
14	57	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718	9	.70	-0.020	1.15	-0.02%	-0.38	PH
15	58	53	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.333	.652	6	1.96	-0.216	2.86	-0.19%	-1.44	C
16	59	57 (3)	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0			0	0	0	.267	.313	.311	.624	6						C
17	60	58	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.306	.304	.610	9	.03	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.18	PH
18	61	59	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.314	.333	.647	7	.54	0.037	.64	0.03%	0.31	C
19	62	62 (2)	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,12-9	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.294	.345	.353	.698	7	1.26	0.247	1.31	0.15%	1.95	C
20	63	63	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.339	.345	.684	7	.88	-0.029	.98	-0.02%	-0.48	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	64	65 (1)	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	5	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.310	.365	.397	.762	7	.54	0.072	.54	0.04%	1.03	C
22	65	68 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.382	.508	.890	7	.76	0.140	1.45	0.16%	1.07	C
23	66	69	Jul 5	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.389	.522	.911	7	1.22	-0.019	2.33	-0.02%	0.24	C
24	67	71 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.338	.382	.507	.889	7	.53	0.027	.72	0.02%	0.24	C
25	68	75 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,12-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.320	.363	.480	.843	7	.89	-0.117	1.32	-0.10%	-1.36	C
26	69	76	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.308	.349	.462	.811	6	.62	-0.058	.90	-0.05%	-1.47	C
27	70	77	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.337	.444	.782	6	.87	-0.071	1.58	-0.08%	-0.53	C
28	71	80 (2)	Jul 18	NYY		CLE	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	5	.68	0.198	1.62	0.29%	1.99	C
29	72	81	Jul 19	NYY		CLE	W,15-6	CG	5	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.368	.562	.930	5	.25	0.121	.66	0.19%	4.28	C
30	73	82	Jul 20	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.354	.538	.891	5	1.16	-0.125	3.88	-0.25%	-0.86	C
31	74	84 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.350	.536	.886	5	1.67	-0.070	3.48	-0.09%	-0.60	C
32	75	85	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.346	.520	.866	5	1.20	-0.102	1.17	-0.06%	-0.91	C
33	76	86	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,12-14	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.352	.525	.877	6	2.18	0.080	1.95	0.04%	0.85	C
34	77	88 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.308	.357	.519	.876	5	1.20	-0.029	.99	-0.01%	0.79	C
35	78	91 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.296	.345	.500	.845	5	.53	-0.023	.48	-0.01%	-0.34	C
36	79	92	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.339	.487	.826	5	.68	-0.047	.93	-0.04%	-1.14	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	80	95 (2)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.282	.333	.470	.803	5	.55	-0.050	.51	-0.03%	-1.91	C
38	81	96	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.346	.479	.825	5	.56	0.083	.72	0.06%	1.01	C
39	82	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.348	.488	.836	7	.93	-0.009	.75	0.00%	-0.03	C
40	83	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.338	.472	.811	6	.86	-0.095	.44	-0.03%	-1.05	C
41	84	99	Aug 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.298	.343	.481	.824	6	.88	0.044	.31	0.01%	0.50	C
42	85	100	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.359	.481	.840	6	.84	0.096	.22	0.02%	1.25	C
43	86	101	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.290	.347	.464	.810	6	1.48	-0.174	.24	-0.02%	-2.26	C
44	87	102	Aug 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.284	.340	.454	.794	6	.88	-0.080	.13	-0.01%	-1.18	C
45	88	103	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.331	.441	.773	6	1.10	-0.163	.11	-0.01%	-2.03	C
46	89	105 (1)	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.327	.433	.760	6	1.02	-0.092	.20	-0.01%	-0.64	C
47	90	107 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,19-8	CG(7)	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.273	.325	.429	.754	6	.28	0.010	.09	0.00%	0.79	C
48	91	108	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.329	.430	.760	6	1.31	0.006	.55	0.00%	0.46	C
49	92	110 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.337	.442	.779	6	.61	0.184	.17	0.03%	4.04	C
50	93	113 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.341	.442	.783	6	.84	0.007	.51	0.00%	0.12	C
51	94	117 (3)	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.345	.445	.790	9	4.12	0.120	6.26	0.11%	0.67	PH
52	95	119 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.343	.440	.783	4	.68	-0.014	.70	-0.01%	-0.47	C
53	96	120	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.290	.341	.438	.779	9	2.56	-0.115	2.82	-0.08%	-0.56	PH
54	97	122 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG(13)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.335	.429	.764	6	2.48	0.212	4.17	0.21%	-0.52	C
55	98	123	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.285	.333	.425	.758	5	.91	-0.114	1.24	-0.09%	-0.75	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	99	125 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.423	.756	6	1.67	-0.107	2.76	-0.11%	-0.88	C
57	100	126	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.337	.422	.758	5	.69	0.047	1.18	0.05%	0.72	C
58	101	127	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.340	.425	.765	9	1.46	0.057	3.21	0.08%	0.39	PH
59	102	128	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.346	.432	.778	5	1.69	0.191	4.94	0.34%	2.08	C
60	103	130 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.343	.426	.768	6	.94	-0.062	3.08	-0.12%	-0.17	C
61	104	131	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.350	.429	.780	5	1.27	0.131	5.52	0.34%	1.14	C
62	105	132	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.294	.349	.423	.772	6	.93	-0.127	3.72	-0.31%	-1.47	C
63	106	133	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.350	.420	.769	6	.86	-0.050	4.42	-0.15%	-0.45	C
64	107	135 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.350	.415	.765	5	.82	-0.024	9.93	-0.17%	-0.20	C
65	108	140 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.284	.343	.408	.751	6	2.11	0.039	6.01	0.07%	-0.24	C
66	109	141	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-16	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.346	.415	.761	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.90	PH
67	110	143 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.345	.412	.757	4	1.40	0.020	1.37	0.01%	0.05	C
68	111	144	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	GS-1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.347	.415	.762	4	.79	0.019	.45	0.01%	0.22	C
69	112	146 (1)	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.350	.417	.768	5	2.43	0.062	.46	0.01%	1.00	PH
70	113	147	Sep 22	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	.290	.349	.412	.760	5	.98	0.008	.29	0.00%	-0.42	C
71	114	149 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,9-4	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.350	.410	.760	5	1.43	-0.026	1.57	-0.02%	-0.21	C
72	115	154 (4)	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	GS-7	4	4	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.360	.429	.790	5	1.00	0.272	.00	0.00%	3.09	C
73	116	155	Sep 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.357	.425	.783	5	4.13	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-1.11	C
							40-33		254	228	34	68	11	3	4	35	19	2	11	2	5		4	6	7	1	.298	.357	.425	.783		1.05	0.224	1.69	0.39%	2.51

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