Braggo Roth
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Robert Frank "Bobby" Roth (August 28, 1892 – September 11, 1936), also known as Braggo, was an American professional baseball player.
With the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Yankees, he was an outfielder over eight seasons in Major League Baseball.
Early life
Robert Frank Roth was born in Burlington, Wisconsin, on August 28, 1892. Roth's parents lived in Chicago but vacationed in Burlington each summer at his mother's sister's house on the Fox River. Frank Roth's brother, Frank, was 14 years older than Bobby. Between 1903 and 1910, he was a catcher in the major leagues.
Baseball career
Braggo began his minor league career in 1910 with Green Bay of the Wisconsin-Illinois League, where he played for the Class-D Wisconsin-Illinois League. Roth was signed by the Red Wing Manufacturers of the Class-D Minnesota–Wisconsin League after less than three months. He played for the St. Joseph Drummers of the Western League in 1912. In 1913 and 1914, he competed for the Kansas City Blues of the American Association. Roth played third base for the first four years of his career, but in 1914, he was converted into an outfielder. During the 1914 season, he also earned the nickname "Braggo" due to his boastful attitude towards hitting.
When the Chicago White Sox purchased Roth from the Blues in August 1914, he made his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox of the American League. He was recalled to third base in 1915 due to Eddie Murphy's poor defensive play and the signing of Eddie Murphy, resulting in the White Sox trading Roth with a player named later (later named him Larry Chappell), Ed Klepfer and $31,500 to the Cleveland Indians for Shoeless Joe Jackson in August 1915. Roth's season totals in the 1915 season reached seven runs, one more than Rube Oldring.
Braggo came out often, leading the American League in strikeouts in 1917 and finishing among the leaders four other times. However, he did get a good number of walks for the times, despite a.367 on-base percentage at the time. He was among the stolen base leaders several times, finishing second in the league in 1918. He was a coach for the league in 1918 and was also one of the leaders twice.
The Indians traded Roth to the Philadelphia Athletics for Larry Gardner, Charlie Jamieson, and Elmer Myers before the 1919 season. However, Roth's vivacious personality clashed with Connie Mack, so Mack sent Roth with Red Shannon to the Boston Red Sox for Jack Barry and Amos Strunk in June 1919.
The Red Sox traded Roth and Shannon to the Washington Senators for Eddie Foster, Harry Harper, and Mike Menosky before the 1920 season. Roth and the Senators were both defeated. He was traded by the Senators to the New York Yankees for Duffy Lewis and George Mogridge late in the season.
Roth sustained a knee injury in a substantial portion of the 1921 season. Roth said he was able to play before the 1922 season, but the Yankees released him due to his knee injury, which did not respond to therapy. Roth played for the Blues and St. Paul Saints, as well as the American Association in 1923. In 1928, he played for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.
Roth had a.284 batting average (804-for-2,831) in 811 games in the major leagues, with 427 runs, 30 home runs, 422 runs batted in, and 190 stolen bases.
