Eddie Rose

Edward E. Rose

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

• Born February 8, 1902 in Oakland, CA USA
• Died November 30, 1970 in Chatham County, GA USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Eddie Rose had a long minor league career, lasting from 1926 to 1940, the bulk of it in the Southern Association. Originally from California, he was first signed by the Mission Bells of the Pacific Coast League before the 1926 season. He started off with the Idaho Falls Spuds of the Utah-Idaho League in 1926 and hit .393 in 110 games and led the circuit in hits with 177, which earned him a look with the higher-level club, where he hit .344 in 21 games. In 1927, he spent a full season with Mission, playing 182 games and batting .334 with a league-leading 54 doubles (tied with Buzz Arlett) and 15 homers. In 1928, he played for both Mission and the Portland Beavers in the PCL, but also 36 games for the Des Moines Demons of the Western League. Stats for the PCL are unavailable, but he hit .310 for Des Moines.

Starting in 1929, he found a long-term in the Southern Association, playing there every season until 1939, and exclusively except for a brief 12-game sojourn with the Kansas City Blues of the American Association in 1931. He was with the Little Rock Travelers in 1929 and 1930, the New Orleans Pelicans from 1931 to 1937, the Atlanta Crackers in 1937 and 1938, and the Chattanooga Lookouts in 1939. He continued to hit well in the Class A circuit, with batting averages in the .290s and low .300s with a peak of .328 in 1930. He had middling home run power, with a few years in double figures and a high of 16 in 1930 as well, but collected a lot of doubles, with seasons of 34, 35 (twice), 45 and 49, in addition to a good share of triples. On August 11, 1935, playing for New Orleans, it is reported that he hit a high fly ball off pitcher LeGrant Scott of the Birmingham Barons which hit a pigeon, killing it instantly; he was awarded a base hit on the play.

After just 10 games with Chattanooga in 1939, he moved down to the Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League where he played his final two seasons, hitting .353 and .303 in 116 and 147 games in 1939 and 1940. He settled down in Georgia after his playing career.