Died: August 16, 2002(2002-08-16) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 14, 1957, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
August 11, 1970, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average
.249
Home runs
104
Runs batted in
548
Teams
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1957–1967)
Minnesota Twins (1968–1969)
Washington Senators (1970)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (1958, 1961–1962², 1969)
3× World Series champion (1959, 1963, 1965)
2× Gold Glove Award (1961, 1966)
John Junior Roseboro (May 13, 1933 – August 16, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 until 1970, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. A four-time All-Star player, Roseboro is considered one of the best defensive catchers of the 1960s, winning two Gold Glove Awards. He was the Dodgers' starting catcher in four World Series with the Dodgers winning three of those.[1]
Roseboro is known for his role in one of the most violent incidents in baseball history, when San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal struck him in the head with a bat during a game between the rival Dodgers and the Giants on August 22, 1965.[2]
^"John Roseboro (SABR BioProject)". Society for American Baseball Research.
^Stone, Kevin (August 19, 2015). "Juan Marichal clubbed John Roseboro 50 years ago in ugly, iconic incident". ESPN.
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sometimes allow trusted catchers, such as Elrod Hendricks, Ed Herrmann, or JohnRoseboro, to umpire for him: It would work just fine. If they held the ball,...
decision was influenced by his offensive statistics and that either JohnRoseboro or Tom Haller were more deserving of the award. In an article for the...
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(1952) 6 x MLB All-Star; 1959 AL Home Run Leader; 1965 AL RBI Leader JohnRoseboro (1955) 4 x MLB All-Star Denis Menke (1958–59) 2 x MLB All-Star Tony...
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