Editing Edd Roush (section)

===Later career===
Roush's career with the Giants started with a contract dispute. The Giants offered $19,000 ({{Inflation|US|19000|1927|fmt=eq}}), and Roush rejected the offer, demanding $30,000 ({{Inflation|US|30000|1927|fmt=eq}}).<ref name="Ritter, Lawrence pp.250">[[#Ritt92|Ritter, Lawrence]], pp. 250</ref> Roush met with [[John McGraw]], the Giants manager, in a hotel room in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] to work out the details of the contract.<ref name="Ritter, Lawrence pp.250"/> After a back-and-forth discussion about how Roush did not want to play in New York, the two sides agreed to a three-year $70,000 ({{Inflation|US|70000|1927|fmt=eq}}) contract.<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.171">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 171</ref><ref name="Ritter, Lawrence pp.251">[[#Ritt92|Ritter, Lawrence]], pp. 251</ref>

In 1927 Roush had a down year for the third place Giants, and batted only .304, the lowest average since 1916.<ref name="Complete"/> The following year he suffered torn muscles in his abdomen<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.175">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 175</ref> and only appeared in 46 games. After receiving surgery on the torn muscles in February, he returned to form and hit .324 over 115 games for the Giants.

In early 1930 Roush threatened to retire than to receive a pay cut. After the two sides could not agree on a number Roush held out for the whole season.<ref name="Suehsdorf"/> When the [[Great Depression]] hit in late 1929, the Roush family was largely unaffected due to his frequent holdouts and salary demands. Roush spent the season with his family and played in benefit baseball games in Oakland City and [[Princeton, Indiana|Princeton]].<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.179">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 179</ref> As the next season began, Roush refused to play for the Giants and retired from baseball.<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.181">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 181</ref> He was contacted by Reds President [[Sidney Weil]] to play for the team in 1931. After a short negotiation, both sides agreed to a one-year contract worth $15,000 ({{Inflation|US|15000|1931|fmt=eq}}). Roush struggled in his last season in baseball, only managing to hit .271 in 101 games.<ref name="Complete"/> In his final game he went 2–3 with a triple in a 5–3 loss against the pennant winning Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN193109272.shtml|title=September 27, 1931 Game Log|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref>

Roush finished his 18-year career with a .323 lifetime average, 268 [[stolen base]]s and 182 [[triple (baseball)|triples]]. He never struck out more than 25 times in a season and had 30 inside-the-park home runs.<ref name="Complete"/> Roush used a {{convert|48|oz|adj=on}} [[Louisville Slugger]],<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.3">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 3</ref> the heaviest bat used in baseball.

At the time of his retirement in 1931, he was second place behind [[Bid McPhee]] for hits and triples in [[Cincinnati Reds]] history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/leaders_bat.shtml|title=Cincinnati Career Records|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> Hall of Fame pitcher [[Grover Cleveland Alexander|Pete Alexander]] wrote of Roush, "Of all the batters I have faced ... Edd Roush and [[Ross Youngs]] are the trickiest. I won't say they are the hardest hitters but they are the trickiest, smartest."<ref name="Stinson, Mitchell pp.16">[[#Stin14|Stinson, Mitchell]], pp. 16</ref>