Braggo Roth Stats & Facts
Braggo Roth Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 67 Weight: 170 Born: 8 28, 1892 in Chicago, IL USA Died: 9 11 1936 in Chicago, IL USA Debut: 9/1/1914 Last Game: 10/1/1921 Full Name: Robert Frank Roth
Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack makes one of his biggest player mistakes
1919 – Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack makes one of his biggest player mistakes, trading third baseman Larry Gardner, outfielder Charlie Jamieson, and pitcher Elmer Myers to the Cleveland Indians for OF Braggo Roth. Veteran writer Ernest Lanigan predicts that Roth will lead the circuit in home runs at Shibe Park, but Roth will be shipped to the Boston Red Sox by midseason. Gardner will put in six more .300 years, and Jamieson will be a top leadoff man and .303 hitter for the next 14 years.
Tris Speaker has three hits against lefty Babe Ruth to finally drive him from the mound in the 8th inning
1916 – Tris Speaker has three hits against lefty Babe Ruth to finally drive him from the mound in the 8th inning. Reliever Rube Foster wild pitches home a run and Braggo Roth’s second double gives Cleveland a 5 – 3 lead. The Tribe wins it, 5 – 4, with Ruth the loser. Ruth is 2 for 4 with a two-run single.
Chicago White Sox acquire outfielder Joe Jackson from the Cleveland Indian
Chicago White Sox acquire outfielder Joe Jackson from the Cleveland Indian
