Buddy Rosar

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Full Name: Warren Vincent Rosar	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/190	First Game: April 29, 1939
Birthdate: July 3, 1914	Final Game: September 19, 1951
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: March 13, 1994
Deathplace: Rochester, New York
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
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7 See Also
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Buddy Rosar (Warren Vincent Rosar) was born on July 3, 1914 in Buffalo, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 29, 1939 for the New York Yankees. In 1940, his rookie year, he hit .298 with 4 home runs and 37 RBI. Rosar played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Buddy Rosar's best season was 1946, when he hit for a .283 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1939	NY	A	43	105	18	29	0	12	.276	.356	.343	5	1	13	10	0	3	4	0	3
1940	NY	A	73	228	34	68	4	37	.298	.357	.425	11	3	19	11	2	5	7	0	6
1941	NY	A	67	209	25	60	1	36	.287	.355	.402	17	2	22	10	0	2	0	0	8
1942	NY	A	69	209	18	48	2	34	.230	.288	.306	10	0	17	20	0	0	1	0	9
1943	CLE	A	115	382	53	108	1	41	.283	.340	.340	17	1	33	12	0	4	0	0	10
1944	CLE	A	99	331	29	87	0	30	.263	.339	.308	9	3	34	17	4	6	1	0	7
1945	PHI	A	92	300	23	63	1	25	.210	.262	.267	12	1	20	16	1	4	2	0	11
1946	PHI	A	121	424	34	120	2	47	.283	.339	.358	22	2	36	17	0	4	1	0	20
1947	PHI	A	102	359	40	93	1	33	.259	.335	.334	20	2	40	13	1	9	1	0	11
1948	PHI	A	90	302	30	77	4	41	.255	.344	.338	13	0	39	12	2	6	0	0	3
1949	PHI	A	32	95	7	19	0	6	.200	.315	.221	2	0	16	5	0	3	0	0	3
1950	BOS	A	27	84	13	25	1	12	.298	.352	.357	2	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	3
1951	BOS	A	58	170	11	39	1	13	.229	.307	.288	7	0	19	14	0	2	0	0	3
Total			988	3198	335	836	18	367	.261	.330	.334	147	15	315	161	10	48	17	0	97

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	NY	A	C	35	0	0	137	10	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	.980
1940	NY	A	C	63	0	0	258	30	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	.983
1941	NY	A	C	60	0	0	246	24	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	.996
1942	NY	A	C	58	0	0	249	26	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	.996
1943	CLE	A	C	114	0	0	480	91	10	11	0	1	0	0	0	.983
1944	CLE	A	C	98	0	0	409	59	5	13	0	2	0	0	0	.989
1945	PHI	A	C	85	0	0	338	54	5	6	0	4	0	0	0	.987
1946	PHI	A	C	117	0	0	532	73	0	9	0	5	0	0	0	1.000
1947	PHI	A	C	102	0	0	406	70	2	12	0	3	0	0	0	.996
1948	PHI	A	C	90	0	0	335	39	1	10	0	2	0	0	0	.997
1949	PHI	A	C	31	0	0	112	9	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	.992
1950	BOS	A	C	25	0	0	108	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	.991
1951	BOS	A	C	56	0	0	235	20	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	.996
Total			C	934	0	0	3845	511	36	92	0	28	0	0	0	.992

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1934).
Traded by New York Yankees with Roy Cullenbine to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Roy Weatherly and Oscar Grimes (December 17, 1942).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Frankie Hayes (May 29, 1945).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Billy Hitchcock (October 8, 1949).
Released by Boston Red Sox (October 23, 1951).

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