Dodgers Catcher from the Past Dies
 

67 year old catcher Johnny Roseboro died. He was a four time All-Star and played in four World Series, winning three of them(his team that is).

He was involved in one of baseball's most violent acts. SF pitcher Juan Marichal hit him twice upside the head with a bad, splitting his head. Roseboro later sued him for that incident and won. Both became good friends 10 years later.

Moved to History.

Roseboro was a good defensive catcher who had a little pop to his bat, a fact almost entirely masked by the Dodger's move to Chavez Ravine in 1962.

Roseboro hit for double digit home runs in three of the four seasons before the move, with a high of 18 in 1961. He never hit more than 9 thereafter.

He was a solid citizen

RIP

Good guy and a favorite of Dodger fans of his era.

Johnny Roseboro was one of my favorites as a kid; I rooted for him to do well, even though I hated the Dodgers. He was a Brooklyn Dodger, so he was OK.

Paul LoDuca is kind of a modern Roseboro, following Piazza as Roseboro followed Campy. LoDuca's stats look better, but Roseboro played in the worst hitters' era in history.

Here's something I didn't realize: Johnny Roseboro scores 71.0 on the Baseballreference.com HOF monitor, putting him at the bottom of the HOF gray area. Now, I'm not advocating his selection for the HOF, but here you have a catcher who was the 1st stringer on 4 pennant winners (3 of them world champs) in the pitcher's era scoring 71.0 on the HOF monitor. I realize that a good part of that comes from being the starting catcher on championship teams, but Johnny Roseboro may be one of the most underrated players in the history of baseball.

I'll miss him!

I'm sorry, but in reviewing this thread, I realize my first post, regarding moving the thread to a more appropriate forum, may have been the most unintentionally funny thing (though morbid) I've ever said sober.

Sorry again.

Roseboro was a great catcher. It's a shame he's mostly remembered by the media because of the fight with Marichal.

I think if Roseboro had played in a better hitter's park he'd be in the 90s on the HOF monitor. He and Willie Davis really got shafted by their ballpark

That's a good idea for a new thread. The 1965 Dodgers were World Champs, but if you look at their players' offensive stats, you wonder how these guys could have been regulars with the cellar-dwelling Mets.