Editing Edd Roush (section)

===Early career===
Roush made his major league debut as a 20-year-old for the [[Chicago White Sox]] on August 20, 1913.<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="Complete"/> After nine games he was sent to the minors<ref name="Minors">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=roush-001edd|title=Edd Roush Minors Statistics and History|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> to play for Lincoln Railsplitters of the [[Western League (1900–1958)|Western League]]. After only ten games he quit and returned to Oakland City.<ref name="Cava, Pete pp.167"/>

Roush joined the [[Indianapolis Hoosiers (Federal League)|Indianapolis Hoosiers]] of the [[Federal League]] in 1914 and hit .325 through 74 games as the Hoosiers won the pennant. The Hoosiers became the [[Newark Peppers]] in {{Baseball year|1915}} and Roush continued to play outfield for the team under manager, and fellow [[1962 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1962 Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37069977/robinson_feller_mckechnie_and_roush/ |title=Robinson, Feller, McKechnie and Roush Inducted into Hall of Fame |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |newspaper=[[The Daily Register]] |location=[[Harrisburg, Illinois]] |page=7 |date=July 24, 1962 |access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> [[Bill McKechnie]]. After the Federal League disbanded in early 1916, the Giants picked up Roush, McKechnie and [[Bill Rariden]]. Midway through the 1916 season, the Giants traded Roush, McKechnie, and Hall of Famer [[Christy Mathewson]] to the Cincinnati Reds.<ref name="sabr"/><ref name="Cava, Pete pp.167"/>