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  Edd Roush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edd Roush of the Cincinnati Reds at Weeghman Field in 1919.
Roush played for the New York Giants again from 1927 until 1929 and rejoined the Cincinnati Reds for a single season in 1931 before retiring.
Roush was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
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 Kharacters in the Kitty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Edd Roush was born in Oakland City, IN on May 8, 1893.
Roush was a natural left hander who learned to play baseball right-handed because there were no left-handed gloves available to him growing up.
Roush led the National League in hitting in 1917 and 1919 with averages of.341 and.321.
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 BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
Edd was considered by many to be the premier defensive outfielder of the National League during the Deadball era.
Edd J and his twin brother, Fred, were born on May 8, 1893, in the small southwestern Indiana town of Oakland City.
Edd invested his hard-fought baseball salary wisely, and was able to retire after his playing days were over during a time when most players had to move on to another career.
bioproj.sabr.org /bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=502&pid=12267   (3582 words)

  
 Edd Roush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Edd Roush may have been the toughest ballplayer in Major League history sign a contract.
Along with Max Carey, Edd Roush was the best defensive center fielder in the National League in his time and easily ranks as one of the best defensive center fielders of all-time thanks to his superb speed in the outfield.
His speed also helped Roush be an effective basestealer, enabling Roush to steal 20 or more bases 6 times including a personal best 36 stolen bases in 1920.
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 Edd Roush
Roush could hit to all fields and was constantly changing his batting stance.
After the row was settled, Roush went on to lead the league in batting at.341.
Roush was 6 for 28 with 6 runs scored and 7 RBI's in his only Series appearance.
www.daveyball.com /MeetthePlayers/Roush.htm   (458 words)

  
 HCOA.org - Huffington Center On Aging - Scott Pletcher
Roush RE, Fasser CE, Andrus PL, Holcomb JD.
Roush RE, Fasser CE, DeBell RH, and Nathanson JM.
Roush RE, Ellis N, Kemp B, and Currie D: Incorporating key concepts of rehabilitation in geriatric clinical and didactic curricula.
www.hcoa.org /robert_roush/publications.asp   (2520 words)

  
 ROUSH17
Roush was revered for grit, speed and hustle, a successor to cantankerous Ty Cobb, to whom he was often compared; and a forerunner to Pete Rose, a Roush admirer.
Roush, who died in March 1988, was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1962.
Reds owner Marge Schott in 1986 admitted she hadn't heard of Roush, who played the outfield in Cincinnati in 1916-26 and 1931 and is still the Reds' all-time leader in career batting average (.331) and triples (153).
www.cincypost.com /sports/1998/roush071798.html   (885 words)

  
 Edd Roush | BaseballLibrary.com
Roush was the National League's most feared hitter in the dead-ball era, batting more than.300 11 straight years, and capturing the batting title in 1917 and 1919.
Though he beat out Rogers Hornsby for the NL batting crown by hitting.341 in 1917 and.321 in 1919, it was in 1921 that Roush reached his career high of.352.
Along with Roush come the contracts of C Bill Rariden from the Peps, infielder Bill McKecknie, spitballer Fred Anderson from the Buffalo Bufffeds (AKA the Blues), and Federal League star, the colorful Benny Kauf.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/R/Roush_Edd.stm   (1383 words)

  
 Revisiting Baseball's Darkest Chapter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She is the granddaughter of Roush, who starred in center field for Cincinnati in 1919 and earned a ticket to the Hall of Fame in 1962.
Roush believed Reds pitchers Dutch Ruether and Slim Sallee might have thrown Games 6 and 7 of the Series, which had been expanded to a best-of-nine format in 1919.
Roush was the last surviving player from the 1919 World Series; he died six weeks shy of his 95th birthday after collapsing at Bradenton's McKechnie Field before a spring training game.
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 Player Profile: Edd Roush
While the World Series title may be considered tainted by the fact that some of the Sox players were paid to throw the games, the 1919 Reds were a legitimately strong team in their own right, and Roush (who won the league batting title that season) was one of the main reasons.
Roush won two NL batting championships (1917 and 1919) and finished in the top five in batting seven times.
He used a heavy (48 oz.) bat that is said to be the heaviest ever used regularly in the Major Leagues.
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 Robert E. Roush, Ed.D., M.P.H.
In November 2000, Dr. Roush completed a three-year term as President of the National Association of Geriatric Education Centers, during which time he testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety regarding reauthorization of the Health Professions Education Act resulting in passage of S. 1754 sponsored by Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN).
Roush is the producer a critically acclaimed video on the benefits of exercise to young and older persons.
Roush's community service includes having served as Chair, Health Advisory Committee of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; Director, BancTexas Northside; and Board Member of the Sam Houston State University and University of Houston Alumni Associations.
www.hcoa.org /staff/robert_roush.htm   (847 words)

  
 The Glory of Their Times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crawford, Greenberg, Roush and Waner were already members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Coveleski, Goslin, Hooper and Marquard would be elected after the book was published, and Goslin and Marquard would directly credit Ritter's book.
Roush, who lived on until 1988, was the last survivor among the interviewees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glory_of_Their_Times   (316 words)

  
 Edd Roush Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Edd Roush was born on Monday, May 8, 1893, in Oakland City, Indiana.
Roush was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 20, 1913, with the Chicago White Sox.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Edd Roush baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=roushed01   (308 words)

  
 Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame - Edd Roush
In 1923 he led the league in doubles with 41 and the next year led the league in triples with 21.
A little know fact about Edd is that he is the only player ever ejected from a game for sleeping.
Edd sat out the 1930 season when the Giants wanted to cut his salary and he refused.
www.indbaseballhalloffame.org /inductees/Roush.html   (272 words)

  
 BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Edd Roush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Roush isn’t in the group with the top 10, but he is ahead of Ashburn, Van Haltren, Ryan, Berger and Duffy.
Roush admitted to playing baseball for money first, not a surprise for an athlete of today, but not openly admitted by many then.
Edd was in the top ten in the league in OPS+ and Slugging 7 times, in the top 10 in OBA 6 times, and batting average 9 times, but only 4 times in RBI and only twice in runs scored.
www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/edd_roush   (1231 words)

  
 Red Legs and Black Sox : Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series - zonExplorer
The author (the granddaughter of Edd Roush, perhaps the greatest player of Cincinnati's 1919 squad) clearly spent a great deal of time tracking down information, never before seen photos, and she did a fairly decent job of examining a topic that's been exmained in baseball literature over and over and over again.
Roush, who inducted into the Hall of Fame, in 1962 along side Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller, was the last living player from the 1919 World Series until his death in 1988.
Roush had suffered an abdominal injury and was hospitalized in St. John's hospital in St. Louis and this gambler who also hospitalized, told Roush: "It was fixed all right.
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 Edd Roush | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Edd Roush batted.323 over 18 years while impressing fans with his acrobatic catches in center field.
The willful Roush was an annual spring holdout, once even sitting out the entire 1930 season in a salary dispute.
Tell someone about Edd Roush by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/roush_edd.htm   (230 words)

  
 Edd Roush's Statistics
* Edd Roush was inducted to the Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1962 and is represented by the Cincinnati Reds on his plaque.
* Edd Roush (OF) was acquired along with Bill McKechnie (3B) and Christy Matthewson (P) from the New York Giants (San Fransisco Giants) on July 20, 1916 for Buck Herzog (SS) and Red Killefer (OF).
* Edd Roush (OF) was traded to the New York Giants (San Fransisco Giants) on February 9, 1927 for George Kelly (INF/OF) and cash.
www.geocities.com /cincyredscentral/PlayerR/RoushE.html   (97 words)

  
 BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: 1937 Ballot Discussion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Edd Roush, CF - He's right there in the Duffy, Van Haltren, and Jimmy Ryan mix, and with only average defense, he probably won't be able to break out of that pack and onto the end of my ballot.
Edd Roush, it seems that in addition to the CF glut that a comparison with his old teammate Heinie Groh would also be constructive.
Roush was his team's regular CF from 1915, Carey only from 1916; he succeeded manager Fred Clarke as the regular LF, 1912-1915.
www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/1937_ballot_discussion   (11794 words)

  
 Baseball Tips Newsletter # 43 - 9/8/04
Edd Roush was the highest-paid outfielder during the prime of his career (1913-31).
Roush used his thick-handled bats to hit over.300 for eleven straight seasons and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1962 with a.323 career batting average in 1,967 games.
The Giants won the game 5-4, but that afternoon will forever be remembered because of Edd Roush, who became the only player in the history of professional baseball to be ejected from a game for falling asleep on the playing field.
www.baseballtips.com /newsletter/43.html   (1311 words)

  
 Sports - The Enquirer - June 12, 1997   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Edd Roush stood outside the Sinton Hotel at Fourth and Vine Streets, breathing in the night air of Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1919.
Roush was open in his disdain for Chase, and of anybody else he suspected of cheating.
Most of the Reds hitters, even cleanup man Roush, were slap hitters, although Roush could drive the ball when he had to.
www.enquirer.com /editions/1997/06/12/spt_inter.html   (3139 words)

  
 MAJOR-SMOLINSKI | BASEBALL NAMES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Roush paid off quickly for the Reds, leading the National League in hitting in 1917 and 1919.
And as proof big bats don't produce long hits, Roush hit only 68 home runs despite using a 48-ounce bat, one of the heaviest in major league history.
Roush finished back in Cincinnati in 1931, his last season.
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 1919 NL MVP AWARD
DB Edd Roush was the Reds' best player; the Giants also had two fine outfielders, George J Burns and Ross Youngs.
I'm not sure who the best outfielder in the league was this year; Roush led the NL in runs produced, and his team won the pennant, so I'll give him a slight edge.
Their numbers were pretty much the same; Groh was a little better hitter, but Roush was healthier, and won the batting title.
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 Unlocking Keys to Longevity
In the past five years, she and Thomas J. Perls, MD, MPH, have interviewed more than 200 men and women who have made it past 100, as well as scores of people in their 90s.
Roush brings up the Delaney sisters, who lived together for 105 years until Bessie died a few years back.
He quotes the last line of their book, in which Sadie says to Bessie: 'Don't worry about me, child, I've got plans.' "That's what research is showing -- that people with plans live longer, that those who are engaged in life do better," he says.
www.webmd.com /content/pages/10/1728_69286.htm   (1231 words)

  
 CF - deadball data, NL
The period 1901-1926 includes the whole tenure of Edd Roush as regular CF in Cincinnati.
Dummy Hoy, 1902, was also the regular CF for the Reds in 1894 and 1896-97; those seasons are not featured here because he played elsewhere in the meantime.
Roush came out of the FL via New York in 1916, when he played 69 games.
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 Cincinnati Reds Tickets Mlb Ticket - Buy Cheap Cincinnati Reds Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many consider the best Reds player of the first twenty years of the 20th century to be center fielder Edd Roush.
Of course Edd Roush is a Hall of Fame member.
Roush often battled with the front office and even refused to attend spring trainings, however he sure was a fan favorite.
www.onlineseats.com /mlb-tickets/cincinnati-reds/index.asp   (1503 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Red Legs and Black Sox : Edd Roush and the Untold Story of the 1919 World Series: Books: Susan Dellinger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Author Susan Dellinger focuses on the series from the Cincinnati Reds’; perspective, as told by her grandfather, Edd Roush, star player of the 1919 Reds.
telling the story of Edd Roush's life and times from her unique perspective would be enough for one book...
As a distant relative of Edd Roush, I thought I knew a lot about what happened during his career and during the 1919 World Series.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1578602297?v=glance   (2578 words)

  
 Red Legs and Black Sox
The star of the 1919 Reds was center fielder Edd Roush, perennial All-Star and later elected to the Hall of Fame.
Read the excitement of the Call from Cooperstown in 1962 that informed Edd Roush that he would be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Her article, "A Shadow in the Night: Edd Roush and the 1919 World Series," appeared in SABR's 2004 convention program.
www.redlegsandblacksox.com   (1026 words)

  
 Information on how to live a long life on MedicineNet.com
Indeed, an estimated 77,000 people are now age 100 and over, says Robert E. Roush, EdD, MPH, a professor of geriatrics at the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor University School of Medicine in Houston.
Hope and Dolores were married in 1933 and stayed together until he died -- a stable bond that also increases men's longevity, studies show (but doesn't increase women's years).
SOURCE: Robert E. Roush, EdD, MPH, professor of geriatrics, Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor University School of Medicine in Houston.
www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52191   (752 words)

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