Vintage 1939-1942 Buddy Rosar New York Yankees Type 1 Photo

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Vintage 1939-1942 Buddy Rosar New York Yankees Type 1 Photo. Great pitching shot of Buddy Rosar in Yankees home pinstripe uniform . Rosar played for the Yankees from . The photo measures 8X10. Near Mint condition, small minor creases. On the back of the photo, there is player, team and position identified in pencil.Buddy Rosar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Buddy Rosar Catcher Born: July 3, 1914Buffalo, New York Died: March 13, 1994 (aged 80)Rochester, New York Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut April 29, 1939, for the New York Yankees Last MLB appearance September 19, 1951, for the Boston Red Sox MLB statistics Batting average .261 Hits 836 Runs batted in 367 Teams New York Yankees ( 1939 - 1942 ) Cleveland Indians ( 1943 - 1944 ) Philadelphia Athletics ( 1945 - 1949 ) Boston Red Sox ( 1950 - 1951 ) Career highlights and awards 5× All-Star ( 1942 , 1943 , 1946 , 1947 , 1948 ) 2× World Series champion ( 1939 , 1941 )Warren Vincent "Buddy" Rosar (July 3, 1914 - March 13, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1939 to 1951 for the New York Yankees , Cleveland Indians , Philadelphia Athletics , and Boston Red Sox . A five-time All-Star , Rosar was regarded as an excellent defensive catcher, setting a major league record for consecutive games without an error by a catcher. [1] He is one of only three catchers in Major League history to catch at least 100 games in a single season without committing an error. [2]Contents 1 Baseball career 2 Career statistics 3 Later life 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Baseball careerRosar was first discovered in 1934 when he was chosen to play in an All-Star game for Buffalo, New York amateur baseball players. [3] The wife of New York Yankees manager , Joe McCarthy , attended the game and was so impressed with Rosar's catching ability that she told her husband about him. [3] McCarthy sent Yankees' scout, Gene McCann to look at Rosar before the team signed him as an amateur free agent . [3] He played for the 1937 Newark Bears team that won the International League pennant by 25½ games to become known as one of the best minor league teams of all time. [3] [4] Rosar hit .387 with the Bears in 1938 to win the International League batting championship. [5]Rosar made his major league debut with the Yankees on April 29, 1939 at the age of 24. [6] From 1939 to 1942 , he served as the Yankees' back up catcher to the future Hall of Fame inductee Bill Dickey . [7] By the middle of the 1940 season, Rosar was out-hitting Dickey with a .343 batting average compared to Dickey's .226 average although, he appeared in only half as many games as, the Yankees were reluctant to relegate Dickey to second string status. [8] [9] [10] On July 19, 1940 , he hit for the cycle in a game against the Cleveland Indians . [11] Rosar appeared in 73 games in 1940 and set career-highs with a .298 batting average and a .357 on-base percentage . [6] In 1941 , he hit well above .300 until the final month of the season before tapering off to end the year with a .287 average in 67 games as, the Yankees won the American League pennant by 17 games over the Boston Red Sox . [12] Rosar made only one appearance in the 1941 World Series as a late-inning defensive replacement for Dickey in Game 2 as, the Yankees went on to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in five games. [13] [14]Despite being a second string catcher, American League managers chose Rosar to be a reserve player in the 1942 All-Star Game over all other starting catchers in the league, with the exception of Birdie Tebbetts of the Detroit Tigers , who was selected to start the game. [15] In July 1942, Rosar asked Yankees manager, Joe McCarthy, for permission to travel to Buffalo to take examinations to join the Buffalo police force and, to be with his wife who was about to have a baby. [16] McCarthy refused to allow him to leave because Dickey was sidelined with an injury leaving only unseasoned rookie catcher Eddie Kearse available but, Rosar decide... read more

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