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Edd Roush
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
Died March 21, 1988 in Bradenton, FL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 20 CHW AL   9   10    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .100  .100  .100  -41    1   2           0    
 1914 21 IND FL  74  166   26   54   8  4   1   30  12      6  20  .325  .353  .440  115   73  16           1    
 1915 22 NEW FL 145  551   73  164  20 11   3   60  28     38  25  .298  .350  .390  123  215  21           6    
 1916 23 TOT NL 108  341   38   91   7 15   0   20  19     14  23  .267  .309  .375  112  128   9           7    
         NYG NL  39   69    4   13   0  1   0    5   4      1   4  .188  .200  .217   31   15   1           0    
         CIN NL  69  272   34   78   7 14   0   15  15     13  19  .287  .336  .415  132  113   8           7    
 1917 24 CIN NL 136  522   82  178  19 14   4   67  21     27  24  .341  .379  .454  159  237  13           5    
 1918 25 CIN NL 113  435   61  145  18 10   5   62  24     22  10  .333  .368  .455  153  198  33           2    
 1919 26 CIN NL 133  504   73  162  19 12   4   71  20     42  19  .321  .380  .431  146  217  20           6    
 1920 27 CIN NL 149  579   81  196  22 16   4   90  36 24  42  22  .339  .386  .453  142  262  26           3    
 1921 28 CIN NL 112  418   68  147  27 12   4   71  19 17  31   8  .352  .403  .502  143  210   9           5    
 1922 29 CIN NL  49  165   29   58   7  4   1   24   5  3  19   5  .352  .428  .461  131   76   2           3    
 1923 30 CIN NL 138  527   88  185  41 18   6   88  10 15  46  16  .351  .406  .531  148  280  16           3    
 1924 31 CIN NL 121  483   67  168  23 21   3   72  17 13  22  11  .348  .376  .501  134  242  14           0     MVP-10
 1925 32 CIN NL 134  540   91  183  28 16   8   83  22 20  35  14  .339  .383  .494  124  267  11           4     MVP-10
 1926 33 CIN NL 144  563   95  182  37 10   7   79   8     38  17  .323  .366  .462  123  260  30           0    
 1927 34 NYG NL 140  570   83  173  27  4   7   58  18     26  15  .304  .335  .402   96  229  17           1    
 1928 35 NYG NL  46  163   20   41   5  3   2   13   1     14   8  .252  .315  .356   74   58   2           1    
 1929 36 NYG NL 115  450   76  146  19  7   8   52   6     45  16  .324  .390  .451  108  203  11           3    
 1931 38 CIN NL 101  376   46  102  12  5   1   41   2     17   5  .271  .308  .338   78  127   4           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7363      2376    182      981     92     260  .323  .369  .446  126      256   0   0  53   0
               1967      1099      339     68      268    484                            3283
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        606   91  196  28 15   6   81  22  8  40  21  .323  .369  .446  126  270  21   0   0   4   0
 Career High    149  579   95  196  41 21   8   90  36 24  46  25  .352  .406  .531  159  280  33   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 20 CHW AL   12   11    0   0.0    86| .100  .263| .100  .335| .100  .346| .200  .680| -41  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1914 21 IND FL  189  128   25   5.2   101| .325  .284| .353  .351| .440  .384| .793  .735| 115  .630   3.4   0.4     
 1915 22 NEW FL  616  408   74   4.8    81| .298  .255| .350  .321| .390  .342| .740  .663| 123  .631  18.0   2.0     
 1916 23 TOT NL  371  259   39   4.1    76| .267  .251| .309  .309| .375  .335| .684  .645| 112  .593   2.7   0.3     
         NYG NL   71   57    3   1.4    74| .188  .248| .200  .306| .217  .332| .417  .638|  31  .175  -5.8  -0.7     
         CIN NL  300  202   36   4.8    77| .287  .252| .336  .310| .415  .336| .751  .646| 132  .665   8.6   1.0     
 1917 24 CIN NL  567  357   88   6.7    75| .341  .252| .379  .309| .454  .333| .833  .641| 159  .779  34.1   3.9     
 1918 25 CIN NL  492  323   72   6.0    78| .333  .259| .368  .316| .455  .334| .823  .651| 153  .737  25.1   2.8     
 1919 26 CIN NL  572  362   81   6.0    80| .321  .262| .380  .316| .431  .344| .811  .660| 146  .725  28.1   3.1     
 1920 27 CIN NL  650  433   97   6.1    89| .339  .274| .386  .328| .453  .364| .839  .692| 142  .698  30.7   3.3  60%
 1921 28 CIN NL  463  297   79   7.2   102| .352  .292| .403  .341| .502  .401| .905  .743| 143  .690  26.5   2.6  52%
 1922 29 CIN NL  189  112   32   7.6   110| .352  .299| .428  .356| .461  .415| .889  .772| 131  .691   8.7   0.8  62%
 1923 30 CIN NL  592  373  108   7.8   105| .351  .291| .406  .349| .531  .405| .937  .754| 148  .712  36.2   3.5  40%
 1924 31 CIN NL  519  342   88   6.9   103| .348  .289| .376  .344| .501  .402| .877  .746| 134  .681  20.5   2.0  56%
 1925 32 CIN NL  590  388   96   6.6   112| .339  .298| .383  .355| .494  .425| .877  .780| 124  .615  18.6   1.7  52%
 1926 33 CIN NL  631  411   95   6.2   101| .323  .284| .366  .344| .462  .394| .828  .739| 123  .637  17.8   1.8     
 1927 34 NYG NL  614  414   76   4.9   104| .304  .290| .335  .349| .402  .400| .737  .749|  96  .532  -4.0  -0.4     
 1928 35 NYG NL  180  124   18   3.9   110| .252  .291| .315  .356| .356  .414| .671  .771|  74  .405  -6.7  -0.7     
 1929 36 NYG NL  509  315   78   6.6   121| .324  .304| .390  .368| .451  .443| .841  .811| 108  .584   5.8   0.5     
 1931 38 CIN NL  400  278   38   3.6    98| .271  .278| .308  .336| .338  .392| .646  .728|  78  .395 -11.8  -1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     8156 5335 1184   6.0    96| .323  .278| .369  .337| .446  .382| .815  .718| 126  .648 251.7  26.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 20 CHW AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.95 0 2 0 1914 21 IND FL OF 43 85 5 1 1 .989 .951 2.09 1.87 38 4 1 1B 2 17 1 1 1 .947 .984 9.00 10.10 1915 22 NEW FL OF 144 331 20 10 3 .972 .963 2.44 1.99 0 143 1 1916 23 TOT NL OF 84 210 9 7 2 .969 .967 2.61 2.00 0 74 10 NYG NL OF 15 18 2 1 1 .952 .966 1.33 2.00 0 5 10 CIN NL OF 69 192 7 6 1 .971 .967 2.88 2.00 0 69 0 1917 24 CIN NL OF 134 335 15 14 0 .962 .963 2.61 2.08 0 134 0 1918 25 CIN NL OF 113 320 13 14 2 .960 .962 2.95 2.13 0 113 0 1919 26 CIN NL OF 133 335 22 4 5 .989 .964 2.68 2.18 0 133 0 1920 27 CIN NL OF 139 410 18 11 6 .975 .964 3.08 2.21 0 139 0 1B 11 127 7 2 7 .985 .990 12.18 10.80 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1921 28 CIN NL OF 108 286 9 6 0 .980 .965 2.73 2.24 0 108 0 1922 29 CIN NL OF 43 96 8 1 0 .990 .962 2.42 2.26 0 43 0 1923 30 CIN NL OF 137 337 14 11 3 .970 .964 2.56 2.28 0 137 0 1924 31 CIN NL OF 119 270 13 12 4 .959 .965 2.38 2.24 0 119 0 1925 32 CIN NL OF 134 343 15 8 3 .978 .967 2.67 2.33 0 134 0 1926 33 CIN NL OF 143 304 12 15 2 .955 .965 2.21 2.26 0 143 0 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 1927 34 NYG NL OF 138 327 19 9 4 .975 .970 2.51 2.35 0 137 1 1928 35 NYG NL OF 39 100 7 5 0 .955 .972 2.74 2.31 0 39 0 1929 36 NYG NL OF 107 248 18 5 5 .982 .973 2.49 2.38 0 107 0 1931 38 CIN NL OF 88 197 5 4 1 .981 .973 2.30 2.38 43 45 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 21 IND FL 1B 2 17 1 1 1 .947 .984 9.00 10.10 1920 27 CIN NL 1B 11 127 7 2 7 .985 .990 12.18 10.80 1926 33 CIN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.00 1920 27 CIN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1913 20 CHW AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.95 0 2 0 1914 21 IND FL OF 43 85 5 1 1 .989 .951 2.09 1.87 38 4 1 1915 22 NEW FL OF 144 331 20 10 3 .972 .963 2.44 1.99 0 143 1 1916 23 TOT NL OF 84 210 9 7 2 .969 .967 2.61 2.00 0 74 10 NYG NL OF 15 18 2 1 1 .952 .966 1.33 2.00 0 5 10 CIN NL OF 69 192 7 6 1 .971 .967 2.88 2.00 0 69 0 1917 24 CIN NL OF 134 335 15 14 0 .962 .963 2.61 2.08 0 134 0 1918 25 CIN NL OF 113 320 13 14 2 .960 .962 2.95 2.13 0 113 0 1919 26 CIN NL OF 133 335 22 4 5 .989 .964 2.68 2.18 0 133 0 1920 27 CIN NL OF 139 410 18 11 6 .975 .964 3.08 2.21 0 139 0 1921 28 CIN NL OF 108 286 9 6 0 .980 .965 2.73 2.24 0 108 0 1922 29 CIN NL OF 43 96 8 1 0 .990 .962 2.42 2.26 0 43 0 1923 30 CIN NL OF 137 337 14 11 3 .970 .964 2.56 2.28 0 137 0 1924 31 CIN NL OF 119 270 13 12 4 .959 .965 2.38 2.24 0 119 0 1925 32 CIN NL OF 134 343 15 8 3 .978 .967 2.67 2.33 0 134 0 1926 33 CIN NL OF 143 304 12 15 2 .955 .965 2.21 2.26 0 143 0 1927 34 NYG NL OF 138 327 19 9 4 .975 .970 2.51 2.35 0 137 1 1928 35 NYG NL OF 39 100 7 5 0 .955 .972 2.74 2.31 0 39 0 1929 36 NYG NL OF 107 248 18 5 5 .982 .973 2.49 2.38 0 107 0 1931 38 CIN NL OF 88 197 5 4 1 .981 .973 2.30 2.38 43 45 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1848 4537 222 137 41 .972 .965 2.58 2.21 81 1754 13 1B 14 146 8 3 8 .981 .989 11.00 10.64 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1863 4683 230 140 49 .972 .966 2.64 2.28
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1919   WS    CIN CHW     W   8  28   6   6  2  1  0   7   3   0  .214  .333  .357   2  1   1   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-10-0.15
1925-NL-10-0.15
Car-580-0.30 shares

Batting Average
1917 NL-.341-1
1918 NL-.333-2
1919 NL-.321-1
1920 NL-.339-3
1921 NL-.352-2
1923 NL-.351-4
1924 NL-.348-5
1925 NL-.339-10
1926 NL-.323-10
Car-.323-48

On-base %
1917 NL-.379-4
1918 NL-.368-7
1919 NL-.380-5
1920 NL-.386-3
1921 NL-.403-6
1923 NL-.406-9

Slugging %
1917 NL-.454-3
1918 NL-.455-1
1919 NL-.431-4
1920 NL-.453-8
1921 NL-.502-7
1923 NL-.531-6
1924 NL-.501-9

OPS
1917 NL-.833-3
1918 NL-.823-1
1919 NL-.811-3
1920 NL-.839-5
1921 NL-.905-5
1923 NL-.938-7
1924 NL-.877-9

At Bats
1915 FL-551-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1919 NL-572-10

Runs
1917 NL-82-5
1919 NL-73-5

Hits
1915 FL-164-6
1917 NL-178-3
1918 NL-145-3
1919 NL-162-3
1920 NL-196-4
1926 NL-182-5

Total Bases
1915 FL-215-8
1917 NL-237-5
1918 NL-198-2
1919 NL-217-4
1920 NL-262-6
1923 NL-280-7
1926 NL-260-6

Doubles
1923 NL-41-1
1926 NL-37-2

Triples
1915 FL-11-10
1916 NL-15-2
1917 NL-14-4
1918 NL-10-7
1919 NL-12-3
1920 NL-16-3
1923 NL-18-3
1924 NL-21-1
1925 NL-16-2
Car-182-15

Home Runs
1918 NL-5-4

RBI
1917 NL-67-8
1918 NL-62-6
1919 NL-71-2
1920 NL-90-3

Stolen Bases
1917 NL-21-10
1918 NL-24-6
1920 NL-36-2
1925 NL-22-4
1927 NL-18-8

Singles
1915 FL-130-5
1917 NL-141-1
1918 NL-112-6
1919 NL-127-5
1920 NL-154-4
1925 NL-131-9
1926 NL-128-7
1927 NL-135-9
Car-1787-83

Adjusted OPS+
1917 NL-159-2
1918 NL-153-1
1919 NL-146-3
1920 NL-142-3
1921 NL-143-5
1923 NL-148-6
1924 NL-134-9

Runs Created
1917 NL-88-4
1918 NL-72-3
1919 NL-81-3
1920 NL-97-5
1923 NL-108-8
1926 NL-95-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1917 NL-34-4
1918 NL-25-2
1919 NL-28-5
1920 NL-31-3
1921 NL-26-5
1923 NL-36-4

Batting Wins
1917 NL-3.9-4
1918 NL-2.8-2
1919 NL-3.1-5
1920 NL-3.3-3
1921 NL-2.6-5
1923 NL-3.5-4

Extra-Base Hits
1918 NL-33-6
1919 NL-35-8
1923 NL-65-2
1926 NL-54-6

Times on Base
1917 NL-210-7
1919 NL-210-3
1920 NL-241-6

Offensive Win%
1917 NL-.779-2
1918 NL-.737-1
1919 NL-.725-4
1920 NL-.698-5
1921 NL-.690-6
1923 NL-.712-6
1924 NL-.681-9

Hit By Pitch
1915 FL-6-9
1916 NL-7-7
1919 NL-6-9
1921 NL-5-8

Sac. Hits
1918 NL-33-1
1926 NL-30-4
Car-256-35

Caught Stealing
1920 NL-24-2
1921 NL-17-9
1923 NL-15-9
1925 NL-20-1

Power/Speed Number
1918 NL-8.3-2
1925 NL-11.7-4
1927 NL-10.1-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1915 FL-22.0-5
1917 NL-21.8-4
1918 NL-43.5-1
1919 NL-26.5-8
1921 NL-52.3-1
1923 NL-32.9-6
1924 NL-43.9-2
1925 NL-38.6-4
1926 NL-33.1-8
1927 NL-38.0-5
1929 NL-28.1-10
1931 NL-75.2-1
Car-28.3-29

At Bats per Home Run
1918 NL-87.0-5

Outs
1927 NL-414-9

Black Ink: Batting - 14 (165) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 125 (143) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 36.0 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 71.5 (249) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August, 1913: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Evansville (Central) for $3,000.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

December 23, 1915: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Newark Pepper for $7,500.

July 20, 1916: Traded by the New York Giants with Christy Mathewson and Bill McKechnie to the Cincinnati Reds for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer.

February 9, 1927: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for George Kelly and cash.

March 26, 1931: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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