Edd Roush

“Eddie used to take care of the whole outfield, not just center field," Reds teammate Heinie Groh said. "He was far and away the best outfielder I ever saw." Edd Roush tends to get overlooked among the great hitters of the 1910s and 1920s, but you’d be hard pressed to find many players who were more productive. Roush broke into the majors in 1913 with the White Sox but didn’t establish himself until 1917 with the Reds. In between, he took a two-year detour to play in the Federal League, then began the 1916 season with the New York Giants.

Career: 68 HR, .323 BA (44th), 981 RBI, CF, HOF in 1962, Reds/Giants/... 1913-1931, b:L/t:L, 2x BA Leader, born in IN 1893, died 1988

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Major League Baseball Umpire. Between 1894 and 1890, he pitched in the American Association and the National League which later hired him in 1895. He worked the First World Series in 1903 and would work nine more in his tenure. He was the senior umpire behind home plate at the Polo Grounds in which Fred Merkle committed his boner which cost the New York Giants the League pennant to the Chicago Cubs in 1908. He would go on to umpire over 2,700 games in over a thirty year career ending in 1927. (bio by: Robert)

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Known as one of the feistiest players in baseball history, Edd Roush channeled that energy into a Hall of Fame career. An old-timer was quoted in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1919 saying that Roush was more like the fiery old Baltimore Orioles of the 1890's than any other player in the National League. The observer stressed Roush's versatility and his knack at doing the unexpected when it would help the most. John McGraw, in a similar vein, once said, "that Hoosier moves with the indifference of an alley cat." Pat Moran claimed that "all that fellow has to do is wash his hands, adjust his cap and he's in shape to hit. He's the great individualist in the game." Roush led his team, the Cincinnati Reds, to the World's Championship in 1919.

Edd J. Roush (May 8, 1893 – March 21, 1988) was a Major League Baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He played the majority of his career at center field, and had his best years with the Cincinnati Reds.