Fraley Rogers
Encyclopedia
Fraley W. Rogers 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 one game for the Red Stockings in 1873.
Rogers committed suicide with a gun, at the age of 30 or 31 in New York City
, and is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in Westborough, Massachusetts
.
United States
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baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
player at the dawn of the professional era. He played primarily for the amateur Star club of Brooklyn. In he moved to right field
Right fielder
A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound...
for the Boston Red Stockings in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , or simply the National Association , was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season...
, 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 or 31 in New York City
New York City
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, and is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in Westborough, Massachusetts
Westborough, Massachusetts
Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,272 at the 2010 census. The town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed by a five member elected Board of Selectmen whose duties include licensing, appointing various...
.