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Name Team Age
Roosevelt Taft Retired (1955, Age 34) Died (1986, Age 65)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 18, Pick 283
(1950)		 RF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League 0 5 years (117 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ C  D 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C+ C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B  B 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  C+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- C  D 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D- 0 7/23/1921
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 4 5
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---)
A- (80.9 %) F  (0.1 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 BRO 124 406 75 131 28 3 21 72 40 63 0 0 10 .944 .383 .562 .323
1951 BRO 118 406 65 116 22 4 21 77 43 75 0 0 11 .872 .357 .515 .286
1952 BRO 97 354 49 112 21 1 16 60 30 56 0 0 5 .894 .377 .517 .316
1953 BRO 82 291 36 71 8 3 11 41 27 58 0 0 14 .717 .312 .405 .244
1954 BRO 120 396 61 108 26 2 13 72 47 66 6 1 10 .796 .349 .447 .273
1955 BRO-BAL 120 368 41 84 12 2 10 45 31 68 7 9 8 .645 .292 .353 .228
Total 661 2221 327 622 117 15 92 367 218 386 13 10 58 .817 .347 .471 .280
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1955-11-01Roosevelt Taft has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1955-10-13The Baltimore Ex-Browns have designated Roosevelt Taft for assignment.
1955-05-13A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Black Dodgers and the Baltimore Ex-Browns. The Baltimore Ex-Browns receive Dude Esterbrook, Roosevelt Taft, Jim Poloni, Gene Smith from the Brooklyn Black Dodgers in exchange for Fred Powell, Dick Guetterman.
1950-04-01The Brooklyn Black Dodgers have renamed Russ Sessi to Roosevelt Taft.