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Edd
Roush		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 8, 1893 in Usa, IN, OAKLAND CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1927    1928   
Gold Glove Award 1919    1920    1921    1924   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 20 DET AL     6 6 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 4 3 7 9 8
1914 21 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 2 4 3 8 10 10
1915 22 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 2 4 3 9 10 10
1916 23 DET AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 9 8 2 4 3 9 10 10
1917 24 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 2 3 3 9 10 10
1918 25 DET AL $ 2,078,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 9 8 2 3 3 9 10 10
1919 26 DET AL $ 2,685,714   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 2 3 3 9 10 10
1920 27 DET AL $ 2,964,286   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 4 3 9 10 10
1921 28 DET AL $ 4,150,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 2 4 3 10 10 10
1922 29 DET AL $ 4,150,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 9 10 9 2 4 3 10 10 10
1923 30 DET AL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 9 2 4 3 9 10 10
1924 31 DET AL $ 4,990,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 9 10 9 2 4 3 9 10 10
1925 32 DET AL $ 4,990,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 4 3 9 10 10
1926 33 WAS AL $ 3,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 4 3 9 10 10
1927 34 WAS AL $ 3,400,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 4 3 9 10 9
1928 35 WAS AL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 2 4 3 9 10 10
1929 36 PHI NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 2 4 3 9 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 3 3 7 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,990,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 9 10 9 2 4 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1913 20 AAA   46 135 22 34 3 1 0 12 8 3 23 25 .252 .361 .289 .650 16.8  
    AA   77 312 30 80 12 1 0 22 11 10 37 41 .256 .335 .301 .637 32.3  
1914 21 DET AL 75 309 35 83 14 9 2 37 15 8 12 21 .269 .295 .392 .687 33.2 6.0
    AAA   69 272 31 66 16 3 3 15 15 6 26 16 .243 .309 .357 .665 30.8  
1915 22 DET AL 135 526 74 145 17 7 3 57 45 25 38 19 .276 .323 .352 .674 59.9 12.5
1916 23 DET AL 137 551 66 157 19 13 1 48 43 27 34 17 .285 .325 .372 .697 60.3 11.4
1917 24 DET AL 138 492 70 128 20 9 1 52 37 13 37 17 .260 .311 .343 .655 53.0 9.7
1918 25 DET AL 146 567 79 168 25 16 2 53 42 30 35 13 .296 .335 .407 .742 72.5 17.8
1919 26 DET AL 125 483 55 149 21 5 0 52 38 17 33 13 .308 .354 .373 .727 60.9 15.1
1920 27 DET AL 141 576 80 173 25 15 5 53 30 26 48 15 .300 .355 .422 .777 81.2 15.8
1921 28 DET AL 136 568 97 171 31 15 3 54 28 17 38 8 .301 .342 .424 .766 75.8 11.6
1922 29 DET AL 116 476 76 144 20 13 1 42 22 17 25 6 .303 .340 .405 .745 58.7 8.5
1923 30 DET AL 143 569 84 182 37 8 2 46 18 21 28 9 .320 .356 .424 .780 75.2 13.3
1924 31 DET AL 144 602 68 175 28 13 4 61 25 17 23 7 .291 .317 .400 .718 70.7 11.5
1925 32 DET AL 80 221 32 66 10 7 3 27 8 9 12 0 .299 .335 .448 .783 28.3 4.2
1926 33 WAS AL 125 448 54 130 27 10 2 67 0 3 27 1 .290 .328 .408 .737 49.7 7.2
1927 34 WAS AL 103 362 44 110 22 1 4 59 0 2 24 3 .304 .344 .403 .747 42.0 6.1
1928 35 WAS AL 34 52 12 11 2 1 0 7 0 1 3 0 .212 .255 .288 .543 2.4 0.0
1929 36 PHI NL 49 132 17 35 7 1 0 18 3 3 7 1 .265 .302 .333 .635 12.1 1.1
    A   70 273 52 82 15 2 8 46 12 9 42 8 .300 .394 .458 .852 48.1  
16 Years Sim 1827 6934 943 2027 325 143 33 733 354 236 424 150 .292 .333 .395 .728 836.0 151.7
2 Years AAA 115 407 53 100 19 4 3 27 23 9 49 41 .246 .328 .334 .662 47.6  
1 Years AA 77 312 30 80 12 1 0 22 11 10 37 41 .256 .334 .301 .636 32.3  
1 Years A 70 273 52 82 15 2 8 46 12 9 42 8 .300 .394 .458 .852 48.1  
4 Years Minors 262 992 135 262 46 7 11 95 46 28 128 90 .264 .348 .358 .706 128.0  
162 Game Average 614 83 179 28 12 2 64 31 20 37 13 .292 .333 .395 .728 74.1  
Career Highs 146 602 97 182 37 16 5 67 45 30 48 21 .320 .356 .448 .783 81.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5348 754 1625 257 106 25 581 284 197 374 82 .304 .349 .406 .754 707.6
vs LH   1586 189 402 68 37 8 152 70 39 50 68 .253 .278 .358 .636 146.9
Home 941 3407 452 981 139 72 18 372 180 103 216 71 .288 .330 .387 .717 416.9
Away 886 3527 491 1046 186 71 15 361 174 133 208 79 .297 .335 .402 .738 437.7
RISP   1643 0 466 74 28 10 637 0 0 119 36 .284 .326 .381 .707 201.3
Pinch Hitting   94 12 30 3 1 0 7 1 5 6 2 .319 .360 .372 .732 10.7
Close/Late   819 127 246 38 20 3 99 0 0 55 29 .300 .345 .407 .752 108.7
Mar/Apr 188 763 105 216 29 21 4 81 41 22 42 20 .283 .319 .392 .711 91.6
May 310 1187 153 355 54 21 5 126 56 42 55 31 .299 .331 .393 .724 140.9
June 298 1086 149 331 54 19 7 99 62 46 71 16 .305 .347 .409 .755 142.3
July 368 1392 185 375 74 24 4 146 63 38 86 27 .269 .311 .366 .677 151.3
August 333 1262 174 390 65 27 9 145 64 38 82 26 .309 .351 .425 .776 175.9
Sep/Oct 330 1244 177 360 49 31 4 136 68 50 88 30 .289 .336 .388 .724 152.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1914 21 DET AL CF 73 73 641.7 179 5 5 1 .974 2.58   2.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1915 22 DET AL CF 130 129 1169.0 310 7 18 4 .946 2.44   4.9
1916 23 DET AL CF 137 136 1214.3 304 10 10 6 .969 2.33   5.2
1917 24 DET AL CF 135 134 1208.0 327 8 8 3 .977 2.50   6.4
1918 25 DET AL CF 144 143 1294.3 310 6 19 4 .943 2.20   3.5
1919 26 DET AL CF 122 122 1082.7 294 13 14 1 .956 2.55   4.2
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1920 27 DET AL CF 139 136 1214.7 323 13 8 4 .977 2.49   5.4
1921 28 DET AL CF 130 129 1144.7 328 8 13 3 .963 2.64   5.4
    1B 5 0 18.0 31 1 0 3 1.000 16.00   0.0
1922 29 DET AL CF 114 112 952.7 282 5 6 2 .980 2.71   4.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1923 30 DET AL CF 139 133 1161.3 359 9 7 3 .981 2.85   4.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1924 31 DET AL CF 141 137 1196.0 384 10 7 5 .983 2.96   5.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1925 32 DET AL CF 31 30 268.3 88 0 4 0 .957 2.95   1.2
    LF 8 8 67.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    RF 8 8 67.0 21 0 2 0 .913 2.82    
    1B 8 0 16.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 11.81   0.0
1926 33 WAS AL CF 112 111 979.7 279 8 10 6 .966 2.64   3.9
    1B 5 0 8.0 11 2 0 0 1.000 14.63   0.0
1927 34 WAS AL CF 99 95 845.0 275 10 5 6 .983 3.04   3.7
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1928 35 WAS AL CF 7 7 59.0 21 0 2 0 .913 3.20   0.2
    1B 7 3 32.0 39 4 0 1 1.000 12.09   0.1
1929 36 PHI NL CF 37 30 260.7 90 0 3 0 .968 3.11   1.3
    RF 5 5 42.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 8 0 10.7 13 1 0 1 1.000 11.82   0.0
  CF 1690 1657 14691.9 4153 112 139 48 .968 2.61   60.8
  RF 13 13 109.0 35 0 2 0 .946 2.89    
  1B 42 3 98.7 134 10 0 7 1.000 13.14   0.2
  LF 8 8 67.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
Career Totals   1753 1681 14966.9 4342 122 141 55 .969 2.68   61.0
Career Highs   144 143 1294.3 389 13 19 6 .983 6.33    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 24 DET AL 4 15 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .200 .294 .400 .694
1926 33 WAS AL 10 27 4 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 .259 .310 .370 .681
1927 34 WAS AL 14 52 7 16 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .308 .357 .346 .703
1928 35 WAS AL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167
Career Post-Season Batting 31 97 15 27 9 0 0 4 0 1 9 1 .278 .340 .371 .711
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1918-10-.296
1919-6-.308
1923-9-.320
 Slugging Pct
1918-4-.407
 XR
1920-7-81.2
 Games
1918-7-146
1920-10-141
CAR-43-1827
 At-Bats
1916-8-551
1918-6-567
1920-3-576
1921-5-568
1923-2-569
1924-2-602
CAR-36-6934
 Runs
1915-8-74
1918-10-79
1921-7-97
1923-6-84
CAR-46-943
Hits
1915-10-145
1918-5-168
1919-10-149
1920-6-173
1923-4-182
1924-10-175
CAR-36-2027
 Total Bases
1918-3-231
1920-4-243
1923-5-241
1924-8-241
CAR-35-2737
 Singles
1915-5-118
1916-10-124
1919-7-123
1920-10-128
1923-7-135
1924-8-130
CAR-38-1526
 Doubles
1921-10-31
1923-3-37
CAR-30-325
 Triples
1916-6-13
1918-1-16
1920-5-15
1921-9-15
1922-8-13
1924-5-13
CAR-20-143
 Stolen Bases
1915-8-45
1916-9-43
1918-9-42
1919-6-38
1921-10-28
1923-10-18
1924-7-25
Caught Stealing
1915-2-25
1916-1-27
1918-1-30
1920-4-26
1921-5-17
1922-9-17
1923-4-21
1924-9-17
CAR-24-236
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 77    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Detroit in 1913
Had first career hit on 7/1/1914, off Jim St.vrain (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1914, off Jim St.vrain (WAS)
Injured on 6/6/1916 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/21/1917 with a Heatstroke, out for 2 days
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 6/27/1918
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1919
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,964,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1920: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,150,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1920
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1921
6/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,990,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 10/2/1923 with a Fractured Hip, out for 6 weeks
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/17/1924
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1924
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/17/1926 to a 2-year deal worth $3,400,000 per year
Injured on 8/6/1926 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 2 weeks
7/1/1927: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $2,750,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
Injured on 4/7/1928 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Won World Series with Washington in 1928
 
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