Where does Edd Roush rank among baseball greats?
Edd Roush ranks #24 among the Top 50 all-time at CF. Rankings ⇒ Edd Roush Teammates Ivy Wingo Jake Daubert Rogers Hornsby Heinie Groh Buck Weaver Greasy Neale Benny Kauff Mel Ott Hod Eller Dolph Luque Eppa Rixey Burleigh Grimes Carl Hubbell Red Lucas Christy Mathewson Best Season: 1917 Roush won his first batting title, hitting .341 with 19 doubles, 14 triples, four homers, 67 RBI, 21 steals, and just 24 strikeouts. Later, he would hit for higher averages but so was everyone else. Batting Races Roush was involved in several batting races — from 1917 to 1921 he never finished lower than third in the NL. In 1917 he defeated Rogers Hornsby by 14 points, in 1918 he just missed winning his second straight title, losing out to Brooklyn’s Zack Wheat. Through August 1, 1918, Heinie Groh was leading the NL with a .340 mark, Wheat was second at .337 and Roush was way back at .296. Roush then made a furious dash for the title, hitting .427 (53-for-124) over the last 32 games of the season to fin
