Chief Roseman Stats

Chief Roseman was born on Friday, July 4, 1856, in Brooklyn, New York. Roseman was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1882, with the Troy Trojans. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Chief Roseman baseball stats page.

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Chief Roseman



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Birth Name:   James John Roseman
Nickname:   Chief
Born On:   07-04-1856  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Brooklyn, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-04-1938 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Brooklyn, New York
Cemetery:   St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, New York
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07   Player Weight Chart Weight:   167
First Game:   05-01-1882 (Age 25)
Last Game:   08-25-1890
Draft:   Not Applicable

Chief Roseman

Chief Roseman Pitching Stats

1885 29 Metropolitans 1 1 0 0 1 .000 27.00 0 0 0 1.0 11 3 3 5 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0
1886 30 Metropolitans 1 0 1 0 0 .000 5.14 0 0 0 7.0 25 6 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1887 31 Metropolitans 2 0 1 0 0 .000 7.88 0 0 0 8.0 34 11 7 14 0 5 - 1 0 2 0 -
3 Years 4 1 2 0 1 .000 7.88 0 0 0 16.0 70 20 14 25 0 7 0 1 0 2 0 0

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Chief Roseman Hitting Stats

1882 26 Trojans 82 331 41 78 21 6 1 0 29 3 - - - - 0 - .236 .243 .344
1883 27 Metropolitans 93 398 48 100 13 6 0 0 0 11 - - - 0 0 - .251 .271 .314
1884 28 Metropolitans 107 436 97 130 16 11 4 0 0 21 - - - 0 6 - .298 .339 .413
1885 29 Metropolitans 101 410 72 114 13 14 4 0 46 25 - - - - 10 - .278 .335 .407
1886 30 Metropolitans 134 559 90 127 19 10 5 0 53 24 - - - - 8 - .227 .269 .324
1887 31 Athletics 21 73 16 16 2 1 0 0 8 10 - - - - 5 - .219 .352 .137
1887 31 Metropolitans 60 241 30 55 10 1 1 0 27 9 - - - - 3 - .228 .265 .253
1887 31 Trolley Dodgers 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - - - 1 - .333 .500 .333
1890 34 Browns 80 302 47 103 26 0 2 0 58 30 - - - - 29 - .341 .449 .447
1890 34 Colonels 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - .250 .250 .250
7 Years 681 2,761 443 726 120 49 17 0 222 133 0 - - 0 62 - .263 .312 .360

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Chief Roseman Fielding Stats

1882 Trojans OF 82 - - 150 1.8 128 107 21 22 6 n/a n/a n/a .853 0.00
1883 Metropolitans 1B 2 - - 19 9.5 18 18 0 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00
1883 Metropolitans OF 91 - - 145 1.6 124 105 19 21 3 n/a n/a n/a .855 0.00
1884 Metropolitans OF 107 - - 191 1.8 169 157 12 22 0 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00
1885 Metropolitans OF 101 - - 215 2.1 186 177 9 29 1 n/a n/a n/a .865 0.00
1885 Metropolitans P 1 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1886 Metropolitans OF 134 - - 248 1.9 221 203 18 27 6 n/a n/a n/a .891 0.00
1886 Metropolitans P 1 0 21 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1887 Athletics CF 21 - - 56 2.7 46 41 5 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .821 0.00
1887 Metropolitans 1B 3 - - 23 7.7 22 22 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00
1887 Metropolitans OF 59 - - 121 2.1 105 99 6 16 2 n/a n/a n/a .868 0.00
1887 Metropolitans P 2 0 24 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1887 Trolley Dodgers RF 1 - - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Browns 1B 22 - - 232 10.5 226 216 10 6 12 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00
1890 Browns OF 58 - - 83 1.4 68 61 7 15 2 n/a n/a n/a .819 0.00
1890 Colonels 1B 2 - - 22 11.0 19 19 0 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .864 0.00
OF Totals 632 0 0 1,153 1.8 1,001 909 92 152 20 n/a n/a n/a .868 0.00
1B Totals 29 0 0 296 10.2 285 275 10 11 18 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00
CF Totals 21 0 0 56 2.7 46 41 5 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .821 0.00
P Totals 4 1 48 3 0.8 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.69
RF Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
7 Years 687 1 48 1,511 2.2 1,338 1,229 109 173 39 n/a n/a n/a .886 752.63

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Chief Roseman Miscellaneous Stats

1882 Trojans - - - 0 0 n/a 331.0 0.0 11.4 - - -
1883 Metropolitans - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1884 Metropolitans - - - 0 0 n/a 109.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1885 Metropolitans - - - 0 0 n/a 102.5 0.0 8.9 0.00 0.00 18.00
1886 Metropolitans 6 - - 0 0 n/a 111.8 0.0 10.5 0.00 0.00 0.00
1887 Athletics 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 9.1 - - -
1887 Metropolitans 3 - - 0 0 n/a 241.0 0.0 8.9 0.20 1.13 5.63
1887 Trolley Dodgers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 3.0 - - -
1890 Browns 7 - - 0 0 n/a 151.0 0.0 5.2 - - -
1890 Colonels 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
7 Years 19 - - 0 0 n/a 162.4 0.0 12.4 0.14 0.56 3.94

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Chief Roseman Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1882 Troy Trojans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 New York Metropolitans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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