Fraley Rogers Baseball player

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 1872 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 one game for the Red Stockings in 1873.Rogers committed suicide with a gun, at the age of 30 in New York City, and is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Personal facts

Fraley Rogers
Alias (AKA)Rogers Fraley W.
Birth dateDecember 25, 1850
Birth place
Brooklyn , New York
Date of deathMay 10, 1881
Place of death
New York City

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Baseball player

Career startApril 30, 1872
Career endJuly 16, 1873
batting sideUnknown
former teams
History of the Atlanta Braves
position
Right fielder
teams
History of the Atlanta Braves
throwing sideUnknown

Fraley Rogers on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bigleaguesports.net/blb/cgi-bin/StatsLab/player.php?player_id=12027