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Braggo Roth

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Full Name: Robert Frank Roth Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 7.5"/170 First Game: September 1, 1914
Birthdate: August 28, 1892 Final Game: October 1, 1921
Birthplace: Burlington, Wisconsin MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: September 11, 1936
Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Braggo Roth (Robert Frank Roth) was born on August 28, 1892 in Burlington, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1914 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 7 home runs and 55 RBI. Roth played for the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and New York Yankees over the course of his 8 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Braggo Roth's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1920, when he hit for a .291 average and knocked in 92 runs. However, others believe that it was 1917, when he stole 51 bases, hit for a .285 average and knocked in 72 runs.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1914 CHI A 34 126 14 37 1 10 .294 .355 .444 4 6 8 25 4 3 3 0 0
1915 CLE A 39 144 23 43 4 20 .299 .399 .507 4 7 22 22 2 5 14 0 0
1915 CHI A 70 240 44 60 3 35 .250 .338 .396 6 10 29 50 3 5 12 0 0
1915 TOT A 109 384 67 103 7 55 .268 .361 .438 10 17 51 72 5 10 26 0 0
1916 CLE A 125 409 50 117 4 72 .286 .350 .396 19 7 38 48 2 16 29 0 0
1917 CLE A 145 495 69 141 1 72 .285 .355 .388 30 9 52 73 2 20 51 0 0
1918 CLE A 106 375 53 106 1 59 .283 .383 .411 21 12 53 41 8 12 35 0 0
1919 PHI A 48 195 33 63 5 29 .323 .377 .549 13 8 15 21 2 2 11 0 0
1919 BOS A 63 227 32 58 0 23 .256 .337 .330 9 4 24 32 4 5 9 0 0
1919 TOT A 111 422 65 121 5 52 .287 .355 .431 22 12 39 53 6 7 20 0 0
1920 WAS A 138 468 80 136 9 92 .291 .395 .432 23 8 75 57 6 12 24 0 0
1921 NY A 43 152 29 43 2 10 .283 .370 .408 9 2 19 20 2 3 1 0 0
Total 811 2831 427 804 30 422 .284 .367 .416 138 73 335 389 35 83 189 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1914 CHI A OF 34 0 0 54 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .924
1915 CLE A OF 39 0 0 60 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .878
1915 CHI A 3B 35 0 0 34 43 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 .837
1915 CHI A OF 30 0 0 45 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1915 TOT A OF 69 0 0 105 10 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 .906
1915 TOT A CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1916 CLE A OF 112 0 0 166 20 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1917 CLE A OF 135 0 0 228 18 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1918 CLE A OF 106 0 0 175 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1919 PHI A OF 48 0 0 78 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1919 BOS A OF 58 0 0 125 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1919 TOT A OF 106 0 0 203 8 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1920 WAS A OF 128 0 0 184 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1921 NY A OF 37 0 0 69 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .923
Total OF 727 0 0 1184 97 76 20 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total 3B 35 0 0 34 43 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 .837

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Ed Klepfer, $31500 and a player to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Shoeless Joe Jackson (August 21, 1915); Cleveland Indians received Larry Chappell (February 14, 1916).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Larry Gardner, Elmer Myers and Charlie Jamieson (March 1, 1919).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Red Shannon to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Amos Strunk and Jack Barry (June 27, 1919).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Red Shannon to Washington Senators in exchange for Mike Menosky, Harry Harper and Eddie Foster (January 20, 1920).
  • Traded by Washington Senators to New York Yankees in exchange for Duffy Lewis and George Mogridge (December 31, 1920).

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