Chief Roseman

James John Roseman
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 167 lbs.
Born: July 4, 1856 in New York, NY
Died: July 4, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY

 

Chief was not an Indian, but earned his nickname—so the story goes—from his habit of letting out war whoops. He was also a good enough ballplayer to nail down one of the outfield positions on the all-time Metropolitans team. His last season in the big leagues produced his career highs in batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage. He was also hit by 29 pitches; perhaps that is what dissuaded him from giving it one more try. His 1887 Gold Coin card is pictured here, courtesy of the Library of Congress.  Apparently was both born on and died on July 4th.

  

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BATTING RECORD (team-leading totals in red)

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B HR RBI   TB  SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
==========================================================================================
1882 Tro NL   82  331  41   78  21  6  1  29  114   -  -  41   3   -   -  - .243 .344 .236
1883 *METS*   93  398  48  100  13  6  0   -  125   -  -   -  11   -   -  - .271 .314 .251
1884 *METS*  107  436  97  130  16 11  4   -  180   -  -   -  21   6   -  - .339 .413 .298
1885 *METS*  101  410  72  114  13 14  4  46  167   -  -   -  25  
10   -  - .335 .407 .278
1886 *METS*  134  559  90  127  19 10  5  53  181   6  -   -  24   
8   -  - .269 .324 .227
1887 3teams   82  317  48   72  12  2  1  36   91   6  -   -  19   9   -  - .290 .287 .227
1890 2teams   82  310  47  105  26  0  2  58  137   7  -   -  30  29   -  - .444 .442 .339
==========================================================================================
METS TOTALS  
495 2044 337  526  71 42 14 126  723   9  -   -  90  27   -  - .298 .354 .257
OTHER CLUBS  186  717 106  200  49  7  3  96  272  10  -  41  43  35   -  - .350 .379 .279
==========================================================================================
CAREER TOTS  681 2761 443  726 120 49 17 222  995  19  -  41 133  62   -  - .312 .360 .263

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB      G   AB   R    H  2B 3B HR RBI   TB  SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
==========================================================================================
1887 Phi AA   21   73  16   16   2  1  0   8   20   3  -   -  10   5   -  - .352 .274 .219
1887 *METS*   60  241  30   55  10  1  1  27   70   3  -   -   9   3   -  - .265 .290 .228
1887 Bro AA    1    3   2    1   0  0  0   1    1   0  -   -   0   1   -  - .500 .333 .333
1890 StL AA   80  302  47  103  26  0  2  58  135   7  -   -  30  29   -  - .449 .447 .341
1890 Lou AA    2    8   0    2   0  0  0   0    2   0  -   -   0   0   -  - .250 .250 .250

 

PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB    G GS CG   IP  W  L   PCT  H  R ER SO BB ShO SV   ERA
=================================================================
1885 *METS*  1  1  0  1.0  0  1  .000  3  5  3  0  2   0  0 27.00
1886 *METS*  1  0  0  7.0  0  0  ----  6  6  4  0  0   0  0  5.14
1887 *METS*  2  0  0  8.0  0  0  ---- 11 14  7  1  5   0  0  7.88
=================================================================
CAREER TOTS  4  1  0 16.0  0  1  .000 20 25 14  1  7   0  0  7.88

 

MANAGERIAL RECORD

YEAR CLUB    G  W  L  PCT FINISH
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1890 StL AA 15  7  8 .467   3rd 

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I own no Chief Roseman memorabilia of any kind. If you have anything, and are willing to trade or donate it, contact me at Rounding Third.

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