Editing Edd Roush (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1988)}}
{{distinguish|J. Edward Roush}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Edd Roush
|image=Edd Roush, Cincinnati NL (baseball) LCCN2014716308.Cropped.jpg
|caption=Edd Roush with the Cincinnati Reds in 1923
|position=[[Center fielder]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1893|5|8}}
|birth_place=[[Oakland City, Indiana]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1988|3|21|1893|5|8}}
|death_place=[[Bradenton, Florida]], U.S.
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 20
|debutyear=1913
|debutteam=Chicago White Sox
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 27
|finalyear=1931
|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.323
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,376
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=68
|stat4label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=981
|teams=
* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1913}})
* [[Newark Peppers|Indianapolis Hoosiers / Newark Peppers]] ({{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1915}})
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{mlby|1916}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|1916}}–{{mlby|1926}})
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{mlby|1927}}–{{mlby|1929}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|1931}})
|highlights=
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1919}})
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|NL batting champion]] (1917, 1919)
* [[Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1962 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1962]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}
'''Edd J. Roush''' (May 8, 1893 – March 21, 1988) was an American professional [[baseball]] player and [[Coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] as a [[center fielder]] from 1913 to 1931, most prominently as a member of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] where he was a two-time [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|National League (NL) batting champion]] and led the team to the [[1919 World Series]] championship. He also played for the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]], [[Chicago White Sox]] as well as the [[Newark Peppers]] and the [[Indianapolis Hoosiers (Federal League)|Indianapolis Hoosiers]] of the [[Federal League]]. Roush accumulated a .323 batting average over his 18-year playing career and was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1962.