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Braggo Roth
Robert Frank Roth (The Globetrotter)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 1, 1914
Final Game October 1, 1921
Born August 28, 1892 in Burlington, WI
Died September 11, 1936 in Chicago, IL

Brother of Frank Roth

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 21 CHW AL  34  126   14   37   4  6   1   10   3  3   8  25  .294  .355  .444  141   56   3           4    
 1915 22 TOT AL 109  384   67  103  10 17   7   55  26 10  51  72  .268  .361  .438  136  168  10           5    
         CHW AL  70  240   44   60   6 10   3   35  12  6  29  50  .250  .338  .396  117   95   5           3    
         CLE AL  39  144   23   43   4  7   4   20  14  4  22  22  .299  .399  .507  169   73   5           2    
 1916 23 CLE AL 125  409   50  117  19  7   4   72  29 14  38  48  .286  .350  .396  118  162  16           2    
 1917 24 CLE AL 145  495   69  141  30  9   1   72  51     52  73  .285  .355  .388  120  192  20           2    
 1918 25 CLE AL 106  375   53  106  21 12   1   59  35     53  41  .283  .383  .411  131  154  12           8    
 1919 26 TOT AL 111  422   65  121  22 12   5   52  20     39  53  .287  .355  .431  123  182   7           6    
         PHA AL  48  195   33   63  13  8   5   29  11     15  21  .323  .377  .549  157  107   2           2    
         BOS AL  63  227   32   58   9  4   0   23   9     24  32  .256  .337  .330   92   75   5           4    
 1920 27 WSH AL 138  468   80  136  23  8   9   92  24 12  75  57  .291  .395  .432  122  202  12           6    
 1921 28 NYY AL  43  152   29   43   9  2   2   10   1  2  19  20  .283  .370  .408   97   62   3           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      811 2831  427  804 138 73  30  422 189 41 335 389  .284  .367  .416  123 1178  83   0   0  35   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        566   85  161  28 15   6   84  38  8  67  78  .284  .367  .416  123  235  17   0   0   7   0
 Career High    145  495   80  141  30 17   9   92  51 14  75  73  .291  .395  .438  136  202  20   0   0   8   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 21 CHW AL  141   95   18   5.1    82| .294  .255| .355  .328| .444  .334| .799  .663| 141  .691   5.4   0.6  50%
 1915 22 TOT AL  450  301   61   5.4    85| .268  .258| .361  .337| .438  .339| .799  .676| 136  .699  15.7   1.7  72%
         CHW AL  277  191   31   4.4    86| .250  .259| .338  .337| .396  .339| .734  .677| 117  .608   3.9   0.4  66%
         CLE AL  173  110   30   7.3    85| .299  .257| .399  .336| .507  .338| .906  .674| 169  .800  11.8   1.3  77%
 1916 23 CLE AL  465  322   56   4.7    87| .286  .263| .350  .339| .396  .344| .746  .682| 118  .639   8.4   1.0  67%
 1917 24 CLE AL  569  374   68   4.9    85| .285  .263| .355  .335| .388  .340| .743  .675| 120  .664  12.6   1.4     
 1918 25 CLE AL  448  281   57   5.5    89| .283  .271| .383  .343| .411  .345| .794  .688| 131  .697  15.9   1.8     
 1919 26 TOT AL  474  308   65   5.7    93| .287  .273| .355  .338| .431  .367| .786  .705| 123  .648  12.1   1.2     
         PHA AL  214  134   40   8.0    96| .323  .277| .377  .344| .549  .373| .926  .716| 157  .776  13.5   1.4     
         BOS AL  260  174   25   3.9    90| .256  .269| .337  .334| .330  .361| .667  .695|  92  .477  -1.4  -0.2     
 1920 27 WSH AL  561  356   79   6.0   104| .291  .288| .395  .352| .432  .395| .827  .746| 122  .617  17.7   1.7  66%
 1921 28 NYY AL  176  114   22   5.2   116| .283  .302| .370  .368| .408  .424| .778  .793|  97  .508  -0.4   0.0  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3284 2151  426   5.3    92| .284  .271| .367  .342| .416  .358| .783  .700| 123  .650  87.4   9.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 21 CHW AL OF 34 54 7 5 1 .924 .956 1.79 1.92 0 12 22 1915 22 TOT AL OF 69 105 10 12 1 .906 .958 1.67 1.98 29 40 0 CHW AL 3B 35 34 43 15 1 .837 .925 2.20 3.01 OF 30 45 5 3 0 .943 .958 1.67 1.98 29 1 0 CLE AL OF 39 60 5 9 1 .878 .959 1.67 1.98 0 39 0 1916 23 CLE AL OF 112 166 20 9 6 .954 .963 1.66 2.03 0 9 103 1917 24 CLE AL OF 135 228 18 11 6 .957 .967 1.82 2.14 0 0 135 1918 25 CLE AL OF 106 175 16 13 3 .936 .962 1.80 2.17 2 0 104 1919 26 TOT AL OF 106 203 8 10 3 .955 .958 1.99 2.16 1 57 48 PHA AL OF 48 78 1 2 2 .975 .958 1.65 2.16 0 0 48 BOS AL OF 58 125 7 8 1 .943 .958 2.28 2.16 1 57 0 1920 27 WSH AL OF 128 184 15 10 0 .952 .962 1.55 2.16 7 0 121 1921 28 NYY AL OF 37 69 3 6 0 .923 .960 1.95 2.21 3 17 17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 22 CHW AL 3B 35 34 43 15 1 .837 .925 2.20 3.01 1914 21 CHW AL OF 34 54 7 5 1 .924 .956 1.79 1.92 0 12 22 1915 22 TOT AL OF 69 105 10 12 1 .906 .958 1.67 1.98 29 40 0 CHW AL OF 30 45 5 3 0 .943 .958 1.67 1.98 29 1 0 CLE AL OF 39 60 5 9 1 .878 .959 1.67 1.98 0 39 0 1916 23 CLE AL OF 112 166 20 9 6 .954 .963 1.66 2.03 0 9 103 1917 24 CLE AL OF 135 228 18 11 6 .957 .967 1.82 2.14 0 0 135 1918 25 CLE AL OF 106 175 16 13 3 .936 .962 1.80 2.17 2 0 104 1919 26 TOT AL OF 106 203 8 10 3 .955 .958 1.99 2.16 1 57 48 PHA AL OF 48 78 1 2 2 .975 .958 1.65 2.16 0 0 48 BOS AL OF 58 125 7 8 1 .943 .958 2.28 2.16 1 57 0 1920 27 WSH AL OF 128 184 15 10 0 .952 .962 1.55 2.16 7 0 121 1921 28 NYY AL OF 37 69 3 6 0 .923 .960 1.95 2.21 3 17 17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 727 1184 97 76 20 .944 .962 1.76 2.11 42 135 550 3B 35 34 43 15 1 .837 .925 2.20 3.01 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 762 1218 140 91 21 .937 .960 1.78 2.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
1915 AL-.438-5
1918 AL-.411-8

OPS
1915 AL-.799-8
1918 AL-.794-7

Doubles
1917 AL-30-4
1918 AL-21-10

Triples
1915 AL-17-3
1918 AL-12-4
1919 AL-12-6

Home Runs
1915 AL-7-1
1916 AL-4-9

RBI
1916 AL-72-9
1917 AL-72-7
1918 AL-59-9

Bases on Balls
1920 AL-75-5

Strikeouts
1915 AL-72-6
1917 AL-73-1
1918 AL-41-8
1919 AL-53-4
1920 AL-57-6

Stolen Bases
1916 AL-29-10
1917 AL-51-4
1918 AL-35-2
1920 AL-24-3

Adjusted OPS+
1915 AL-136-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1918 AL-16-9

Batting Wins
1918 AL-1.8-8

Extra-Base Hits
1917 AL-40-9
1918 AL-34-8

Offensive Win%
1915 AL-.699-9
1918 AL-.697-8

Hit By Pitch
1918 AL-8-1
1919 AL-6-9
1920 AL-6-10

Power/Speed Number
1915 AL-11.0-1
1916 AL-7.0-8
1920 AL-13.1-3

At Bats per Home Run
1915 AL-54.9-1
1916 AL-102.3-6
1920 AL-52.0-9

 

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 43 (568) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August, 1914: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Kansas City (American Association).

August 21, 1915: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500 to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Jackson. The Chicago White Sox sent Larry Chappell (February 14, 1916) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

March 1, 1919: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Athletics for Larry Gardner, Elmer Myers, and Charlie Jamieson.

June 27, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Red Shannon to the Boston Red Sox for Amos Strunk and Jack Barry.

January 20, 1920: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Red Shannon to the Washington Senators for Mike Menosky, Harry Harper, and Eddie Foster.

December 31, 1920: Traded by the Washington Senators to the New York Yankees for Duffy Lewis and George Mogridge.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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