Fraley Rogers Explained

Fraley Rogers
Position:	Right fielder
Birth Date:	25 December 1850
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Bats:	Unknown
Throws:	Unknown
Debutleague:	MLB
Debutdate:	April 30
Debutyear:	1872
Debutteam:	Boston Red Stockings
Finalleague:	MLB
Finaldate:	July 16
Finalyear:	1873
Finalteam:	Boston Red Stockings
Statleague:	MLB
Stat1label:	Batting average
Stat1value:	.276
Stat2label:	Home runs
Stat2value:	1
Stat3label:	RBI
Stat3value:	30
Teams:	National Association of Base Ball Players Resolute of Brooklyn (1865) Star of Brooklyn (1866 - 1870)   National Association of Professional BBP Boston Red Stockings ( -)
Highlights:	Led the National Association in games played by a right fielder in Played on the National Association championship team, 1872

Fraley W. Rogers (December 25, 1850 – May 10, 1881) was an American baseball player at the dawn of the professional era. He played primarily for the amateur Star club of Brooklyn. In he moved to right field for the Boston Red Stockings in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the first professional league now in its second season.

Boston won the championship. It was Rogers' only full season with the pros, but he did play in two games for the Red Stockings in 1873.^[1]

Rogers committed suicide with a gun,^[2] at the age of 30 in New York City, and is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in Westborough, Massachusetts.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fraley Rogers Stats. baseball-reference.com. 2017-03-01.
2. Web site: Suicides. thedeadballera.com. 2008-11-11.
3. Web site: Fraley Rogers' career statistics. retrosheet.org. 2008-11-11.