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Edd Roush
1893May, 8

Edd Roush

Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
Edd J. Roush (May 8, 1893 – March 21, 1988) was an American professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Newark Peppers and Indianapolis Hoosiers from 1913 to 1931. Roush won the National League (NL) batting title two times and had a career batting average of .323. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

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