Chief Roseman

James John Roseman
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 167 lbs.
Born: 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.

  

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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  027.00
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
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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