Edd Roush – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Edd Roush – Oakland City Walkovers, pre-rookie, c. 1909

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Edd Roush, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Edd Roush as a member of the local town team, the Oakland City Walkovers, circa 1909. This image was featured in Lawrence Ritter’s profile of Roush in his classic Deadball book The Glory of Their Times. This image perfectly captures the essence of the Era.…

Edd Roush – Federal League, 1915

1- Photographs, Edd Roush, Federal League, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Western Newspaper Union

Roush demonstrates his classic slap hitter style, he was perhaps the preeminent place hitter of his generation. This photo shows him with the Newark Peppers of the Federal Leaugue in 1915. Here is a paragraph from SABR’s bio on Roush: “Roush wielded a short, thick-handled…