Buddy Rosar
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
| 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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