Jim Rogers (baseball)

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name=Jim Rogers
position=Infielder/Manager
bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
birthdate=April 9 1872
city-state|Hartford|Connecticut
deathdate=death date and age|1900|1|21|1872|4|9
city-state|Bridgeport|Connecticut
debutdate=April 17
debutyear=by|1896
debutteam=Washington Senators
finaldate=June 15
finalyear=by|1897
finalteam=Louisville Colonels
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.236
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=3
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=90
teams=As Player
*Washington Senators (by|1896)
*Louisville Colonels (by|1896–by|1897)As Manager
*Louisville Colonels (by|1897)
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James F. "Jim" Rogers (April 9 1872 – January 21 1900) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was an infielder for two different Major League Baseball teams, the by|1896 Washington Senators and the 1896 – by|1897 Louisville Colonels.cite web| title = Jim Rogers' Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Progej102.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-03 ]

Career

Jim began his Major League career with the 1896 Washington Senators of the National League, and split time between second base and third, hitting .279, driving in 30 runs, in 38 games played. On July 3 of that year, the Senators traded him, along with Jack Crooks and $1000 to the Louisville Colonels, also of the National League, for John O'Brien.

He hit .259 for Louisville that season, splitting his playing time at first base and second base. The following season, his last in the Majors, he began the season as player-manager, but was released on June 16, after 44 games and a 17–24 record. He signed the following day with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but did not play.

Post-career

Rogers died at the age of 27 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and is interred at St. Michael's Cemtery in nearby Stratford.

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=r/rogerji01

Persondata
NAME = Rogers, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Rogers, James F.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = April 9, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH = Hartford, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH = January 21, 1900
PLACE OF DEATH = Bridgeport, Connecticut