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'''Goodwin "Goody" Rosen''' (born ], ] in ]) was a former professional baseball player. Toronto-born outfielder Goody Rosen broke into the major leagues in 1937 with the ]. He hit .312 in 22 games that year and then played full-time the following season. In his first full season in 1938 he hit a solid .281, finishing 6th in the National League in triples (11) and leading all National League outfielders in fielding (.989) and assists (19). His best year came in 1945. His .325 batting average (3rd in National League), 197 hits (2nd in National League), 126 runs scored (2nd in National League), 11 triples, 12 homeruns and 19 outfield assists that season earned him a 10th place finish in the MVP voting. Goody Rosen carries the distinction of being the first Canadian-born major leaguer to be named to an all-star team (1945). He said that his "proudest accomplishment was being the only Jewish Canadian ever to play in the majors." Goody Rosen held that distinction for almost 70 years. It was not until 2005 that the Major Leagues saw another Jewish Canadian when London-born outfielder ] suited up for the ].
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'''Goodwin George Rosen''' (August 28, 1912 – April 6, 1994) was a Canadian ] ]. He played in ] (MLB) before and after World War II for the ] and ]. He batted and threw left-handed.


==Early years==
Goody Rosen was inducted in to the ] in 1984.
Rosen was born in ], Canada, to ] immigrants from ] (now, ]), Samuel and Rebecca Rosen, was the fifth of eight children and was Jewish.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{cite book
]
| last1 = Horvitz
]
| first1 = Peter S.
]
| last2 = Horvitz
| first2 = Joachim
| title = The Big Book of Jewish Baseball
| page = 267
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZzxydPInwgC&q=goody+rosen&pg=PA267
| year = 2001
| place = New York
| edition = 1st
| publisher = S.P.I. Books
| isbn = 978-1-56171-973-0
}}
</ref><ref name = "Jews in Baseball">
{{cite book
| last1 = Boxerman
| first1 = Burton A.
| last2 = Boxerman
| first2 = Benita W.
| title = Jews and Baseball: Volume 1, Entering the American Mainstream, 1871–1948
| publisher = ]
| location = ]
| pages = 159–162
| year = 2007
| isbn = 978-0-7864-2828-1
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qETFBAAAQBAJ&dq=goody+rosen&pg=PA159
| access-date = 19 April 2024
}}</ref> Rosen played in the city's playground leagues, including two years with the Elizabeth Playground team under ],<ref name = "1963 Star Profile>
{{cite news
| last1 = Orr
| first1 = Frank
| title = Goody Rosen All-Star With Dodgers in '45
| work = Toronto Daily Star
| page = 20
| date = 5 March 1963
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/941604233/
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| url-access = subscription
| via = ]
}}</ref> and attended ].<ref name=autogenerated3></ref> His older brother Jake was a boxer who fought out of New York and Chicago in the 1920s under the name Johnny Rosen. Another brother, Willie, had a tryout with the ] in 1941. As a teenager, Rosen was a top player in Toronto's Jewish Fraternal Softball League. Rosen drove to ], to try out with some minor league professional baseball teams, but he was told he was too small (5&nbsp;ft 9 in) and returned to Toronto to play for the St. Mary's senior team.

==Professional baseball==
Rosen turned professional in 1931, signing a contract with the ] of the ], but did not stick with the team. In 1933, while weighing only 135 pounds, he hit .301 while playing for the ] of the AAA ],<ref name=autogenerated4 /> and played under manager ]. He batted .309 For Louisville in 1934, .293 in 1935, .314 in 1936, and .312 in 1937.<ref name=autogenerated1></ref>

When Grimes joined the ] in 1937, he convinced the team to acquire Rosen in August for $10,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10000|1937|r=-3}}}} today) and a player. Rosen hit .312 in 22 games with the Dodgers.<ref name=autogenerated4 />

In 1938, his first full season, he hit .281, finishing sixth in the ] in ] (11), leading all league ]s in ] (.989) and ]s (19).<ref name=autogenerated3 /> The next season, he split his time between the Dodgers and their Triple-A ] affiliate, the ], for whom he batted .302.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

He then joined the ] of the International League, playing there from 1940 until being re-acquired by the Dodgers during the 1944 season in exchange for ] and ].<ref name=autogenerated3 />

With the Dodgers, he enjoyed the best year of his career in 1945, when he was voted an All-Star and finished 10th in voting for ].<ref name = "Jewsish Sports Heroes">
{{cite book
| last1 = Silverman, Ph.D
| first1 = B.P. Robert Stephen
| title = The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: A Top 100 All-Time Ranking
| publisher = S.P.I. Books
| location = New York
| year = 2002
| page = 198
| isbn = 1-56171-907-2
| edition = 1st
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dDyEVDIA3aIC&dq=goody+rosen&pg=PA198
| access-date = 19 April 2024
}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated3 /> He led the NL in batting during most of 1945.<ref name = "JewishBaseballMuseum">
{{cite web
| title = Goody Rosen - Jewish Baseball Museum
| url = http://jewishbaseballmuseum.com/player/goody-rosen/
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160415194428/http://jewishbaseballmuseum.com/player/goody-rosen/
| archive-date = 15 April 2016
| url-status = live
}}
</ref> That season he had a .325 ] (3rd in NL), 197 ] (2nd), 126 ] (2nd), 11 triples (3rd), 606 at-bats (6th) and a .460 ] (6th), a .379 ] (9th), 14 ]s (10th), 12 ]s and 19 outfield assists.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

In that season, he also had the distinction of being the fourth Canadian-born major leaguer to be named to the ], after ] (1936 and 1939), ] (1943) and, ] who was also named to the 1945 All-Star game after two previous appearances (1941 and 1943).

Three games into the 1946 season, Rosen was traded to the Dodgers' cross-town rivals, the ].<ref name=autogenerated3 /> It would be his last year in the major leagues. That year he suffered a career-ending ] injury upon crashing into a fence.<ref name="JewsInSports">
{{cite web
| title = Rosen, Goody
| work = Jews In Sports
| url = http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=9
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020902185038/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=baseball&ID=9
| archive-date = 2 September 2002
| url-status = dead
}}
</ref> Before the end of the season, he was sent down to the ] of the International League.

In 551 games in six seasons, Rosen posted a .291 ] (557-for-1916) with 310 ], 71 ], 34 ], 22 ], 197 ], 218 ], .364 ] and, .398 ]. He finished his career with a .989 ] playing at all three outfield positions.<ref name="autogenerated3" />

Rosen rejected an offer from Jersey City to return in 1947 and said he would only continue to play if he were sent to Toronto, where he had opened a restaurant.<ref name="hot stove">
{{cite news
| author = Star Staff
| title = Goody finds own hot stove league is stirring business
| work = Toronto Daily Star
| page = 14
| date = 10 January 1947
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/939785515
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| url-access = subscription
| via = Newspapers.com
}}</ref> The deal was made, and Rosen played for the ] of the International League in 1947.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> After a season in which he batted .274/.397/.369, he was given an unconditional release,ending his professional baseball career.<ref name = "Professional Career Ends">
{{cite news
| author = CP Staff
| title = Goody Rosen Is Released
| work = ]
| location = ]
| agency = ]
| page = 10
| date = 26 February 1948
| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/729969452/
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| url-access = subscription
| via = Newspapers.com
}}</ref>

==Toronto softball, Ontario baseball==
In 1948, Rosen switched to softball, playing for the Daltons in the Toronto Ki-Y (]-]) senior league and then joining the Levys in the ] Fastball League, winning the league championship in 1949. Rosen started the 1950 season playing for the world champion ] team in the Beaches League but then returned to baseball as player-manager of the Galt Terriers of the ]. He was named manager of the Ontario all-star team that played the ] in an exhibition game in August. Rosen returned to softball and the Beaches League in 1951, playing for Peoples Credit Jewellers, then officially retired.

After his retirement he owned and ran the Dunsway Restaurant in Toronto at ] and ] for a time.<ref name="hot stove"/> He was also a business executive with a major Canadian brewery, ], in their sales staff and was still so popular in baseball circles he was answering around 2,000 pieces of fan mail annually in his later years.<ref name="star obit">
{{cite news
| first = Proudfoot
| last = Jim | title = Goody Rosen jumped from Toronto sandlots to the major leagues

| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/947105312/?
| newspaper = ]
| date = 7 April 1994
| page = F5
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| url-access = subscription
| via = Newspapers.com
}}</ref> He died of ] in Toronto's ] on April 6, 1994, at age 81 and was buried at ].<ref name="star obit"/><ref>
{{cite news
| author = AP Staff
| title = Goody Rosen; Baseball Player, 81
| newspaper = ]
| agency = ]
| date = 8 April 1994
| page = B10
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/obituaries/goody-rosen-baseball-player-81.html
}}</ref>

==Achievements==
Rosen was inducted into the ] in {{Baseball year|1984}} in its second year.<ref name = "CAN Baseball HoF}>
{{cite web
| author = HoF Staff
| title = Goody Rosen
| work = ] and Museum
| location = ]
| year = 2024
| url = https://baseballhalloffame.ca/hall-of-famer/goody-rosen/
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231112200123/https://baseballhalloffame.ca/hall-of-famer/goody-rosen/

| archive-date = 12 November 2023
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

His .291 career batting average was eighth-best of all ]ish major leaguers, through 2010.<ref name = ".291 Life Ave">
{{cite web
| url = http://jewishmajorleaguers.org/crrldrs/crrldrs.html |title=Jewish Major Leaguers career batting leaders
| work = Jewishmajorleaguers.org
| access-date = 19 April 2024
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120711003607/http://jewishmajorleaguers.org/crrldrs/crrldrs.html
| archive-date = 11 July 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> He held the distinction of being the only Jewish-Canadian major leaguer for almost 70 years until ]-born ] suited up for the ].<ref name = "JewishBaseballMuseum"/>

==See also==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Van Blair|first=Rick|year=1994|title=] |location=Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher=McFarland & Company Publishers}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=r/rosengo01|brm=rosen-001goo|fangraphs=1011209}}
*{{sabrbio|goody-rosen}}

{{Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame}}

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Canadian baseball player (1912-1994)

Baseball player
Goody Rosen
Outfielder
Born: (1912-08-28)August 28, 1912
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 6, 1994(1994-04-06) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Batted: LeftThrew: Left
MLB debut
September 14, 1937, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1946, for the New York Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average.291
Home runs22
Runs batted in197
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1984

Goodwin George Rosen (August 28, 1912 – April 6, 1994) was a Canadian professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) before and after World War II for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. He batted and threw left-handed.

Early years

Rosen was born in Toronto, Canada, to Russian Jewish immigrants from Minsk (now, Belarus), Samuel and Rebecca Rosen, was the fifth of eight children and was Jewish. Rosen played in the city's playground leagues, including two years with the Elizabeth Playground team under Bob Abate, and attended Parkdale Collegiate Institute. His older brother Jake was a boxer who fought out of New York and Chicago in the 1920s under the name Johnny Rosen. Another brother, Willie, had a tryout with the Syracuse Chiefs in 1941. As a teenager, Rosen was a top player in Toronto's Jewish Fraternal Softball League. Rosen drove to Tampa, Florida, to try out with some minor league professional baseball teams, but he was told he was too small (5 ft 9 in) and returned to Toronto to play for the St. Mary's senior team.

Professional baseball

Rosen turned professional in 1931, signing a contract with the Rochester Red Wings of the International League, but did not stick with the team. In 1933, while weighing only 135 pounds, he hit .301 while playing for the Louisville Colonels of the AAA American Association, and played under manager Burleigh Grimes. He batted .309 For Louisville in 1934, .293 in 1935, .314 in 1936, and .312 in 1937.

When Grimes joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937, he convinced the team to acquire Rosen in August for $10,000 ($212,000 today) and a player. Rosen hit .312 in 22 games with the Dodgers.

In 1938, his first full season, he hit .281, finishing sixth in the National League in triples (11), leading all league outfielders in fielding percentage (.989) and assists (19). The next season, he split his time between the Dodgers and their Triple-A International League affiliate, the Montreal Royals, for whom he batted .302.

He then joined the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League, playing there from 1940 until being re-acquired by the Dodgers during the 1944 season in exchange for Bill Lohrman and Fritz Ostermueller.

With the Dodgers, he enjoyed the best year of his career in 1945, when he was voted an All-Star and finished 10th in voting for Most Valuable Player Award. He led the NL in batting during most of 1945. That season he had a .325 batting average (3rd in NL), 197 hits (2nd), 126 runs (2nd), 11 triples (3rd), 606 at-bats (6th) and a .460 slugging percentage (6th), a .379 on-base percentage (9th), 14 sacrifice hits (10th), 12 home runs and 19 outfield assists.

In that season, he also had the distinction of being the fourth Canadian-born major leaguer to be named to the All-Star Game, after George Selkirk (1936 and 1939), Oscar Judd (1943) and, Jeff Heath who was also named to the 1945 All-Star game after two previous appearances (1941 and 1943).

Three games into the 1946 season, Rosen was traded to the Dodgers' cross-town rivals, the New York Giants. It would be his last year in the major leagues. That year he suffered a career-ending clavicle injury upon crashing into a fence. Before the end of the season, he was sent down to the Jersey City Giants of the International League.

In 551 games in six seasons, Rosen posted a .291 batting average (557-for-1916) with 310 runs, 71 doubles, 34 triples, 22 home runs, 197 runs batted in, 218 bases on balls, .364 on-base percentage and, .398 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .989 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions.

Rosen rejected an offer from Jersey City to return in 1947 and said he would only continue to play if he were sent to Toronto, where he had opened a restaurant. The deal was made, and Rosen played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1947. After a season in which he batted .274/.397/.369, he was given an unconditional release,ending his professional baseball career.

Toronto softball, Ontario baseball

In 1948, Rosen switched to softball, playing for the Daltons in the Toronto Ki-Y (Kiwanis-YMCA) senior league and then joining the Levys in the Beaches Fastball League, winning the league championship in 1949. Rosen started the 1950 season playing for the world champion Tip Top Tailors team in the Beaches League but then returned to baseball as player-manager of the Galt Terriers of the Intercounty Baseball League. He was named manager of the Ontario all-star team that played the Intercounty Maple Leafs in an exhibition game in August. Rosen returned to softball and the Beaches League in 1951, playing for Peoples Credit Jewellers, then officially retired.

After his retirement he owned and ran the Dunsway Restaurant in Toronto at Bloor and Dundas Streets for a time. He was also a business executive with a major Canadian brewery, John Labatt Limited, in their sales staff and was still so popular in baseball circles he was answering around 2,000 pieces of fan mail annually in his later years. He died of pneumonia in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital on April 6, 1994, at age 81 and was buried at Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.

Achievements

Rosen was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 in its second year.

His .291 career batting average was eighth-best of all Jewish major leaguers, through 2010. He held the distinction of being the only Jewish-Canadian major leaguer for almost 70 years until London, Ontario-born Adam Stern suited up for the Boston Red Sox.

See also

References

  1. ^ Horvitz, Peter S.; Horvitz, Joachim (2001). The Big Book of Jewish Baseball (1st ed.). New York: S.P.I. Books. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-56171-973-0.
  2. Boxerman, Burton A.; Boxerman, Benita W. (2007). Jews and Baseball: Volume 1, Entering the American Mainstream, 1871–1948. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 159–162. ISBN 978-0-7864-2828-1. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  3. Orr, Frank (March 5, 1963). "Goody Rosen All-Star With Dodgers in '45". Toronto Daily Star. p. 20. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Goody Rosen Stats | Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Goody Rosen Minor Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Silverman, Ph.D, B.P. Robert Stephen (2002). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: A Top 100 All-Time Ranking (1st ed.). New York: S.P.I. Books. p. 198. ISBN 1-56171-907-2. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Goody Rosen - Jewish Baseball Museum". Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  8. "Rosen, Goody". Jews In Sports. Archived from the original on September 2, 2002. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Star Staff (January 10, 1947). "Goody finds own hot stove league is stirring business". Toronto Daily Star. p. 14. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. CP Staff (February 26, 1948). "Goody Rosen Is Released". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian Press. p. 10. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Jim, Proudfoot (April 7, 1994). "Goody Rosen jumped from Toronto sandlots to the major leagues". Toronto Star. p. F5. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. AP Staff (April 8, 1994). "Goody Rosen; Baseball Player, 81". The New York Times. The Associated Press. p. B10. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  13. HoF Staff (2024). "Goody Rosen". Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. St. Marys, Ontario. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  14. "Jewish Major Leaguers career batting leaders". Jewishmajorleaguers.org. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

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