Thought
it’d be fun to create a 1974 coach card for former All-Star catcher
John Roseboro since I found this image recently. So here goes:
Before I get into his bio, please let me explain why it will be so
short. With all the stuff going on regarding the Coronavirus, and all
the terrifying news blasting us 24/7 lately, I’m really trying my
hardest to stay motivated to keep this blog and Twitter feed going, much
to my dismay.
Anyway, without getting into the intense anxiety enveloping me with it
all, seems the only way I can keep it going is with creating the cards,
and just posting them up. The bio’s will suffer a bit.
My apologies, but here we go.
After Roseboro’s very nice 14-year MLB career as an All-Star catcher
with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins and Washington Senators,
he went on to coaching, with a stint for the California Angels in the
mid-70’s.
One of the games better defensive backstops in the 1960’s, he took home
two Gold Gloves while making the All-Star team four-times.
As a member of the Dodgers, Roseboro was a 3-time World Champion (1959,
1963 and 1965), getting to catch Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Don
Drysdale and Don Sutton during the Dodger hey days of the decade.
Check out Roseboro’s career statistics here:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosebjo01.shtml
Time
to go and give former all-star catcher Johnny Roseboro a “caeer
Capping” and “missing” 1971 card as he closed out a very nice career
after the 1970 season:
Roseboro played the final 46 games of his career with the Washington
Senators in 1970, posting a .233 batting average with 20 hits over 86
at-bats.
It was nice 14-year career that saw him named to four all-star teams,
while taking home two Gold Gloves, both while still with the Los Angelos
Dodgers, for whom he played 11-years and had his finest seasons as a
big leaguer.
He would be a member of three world champion clubs while in L.A., in
1959, 1963 and 1965, and would help manage the incredible pitching staff
that included the likes of Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Don Sutton.
Not too shabby!
Over all he batted .249 for his career, with 1206 hits in 4847 at-bats,
hitting 104 homers and driving in 548 runs in 1585 games.
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