Bobby Rose (baseball)

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Bobby Rose
Rose with the Yokohama BayStars
Second baseman
Born: (1967-03-15) March 15, 1967 (age 57)
Covina, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: August 12, 1989, for the California Angels
NPB: April 10, 1993, for the Yokohama BayStars
Last appearance
MLB: May 19, 1992, for the California Angels
NPB: October 9, 2000, for the Yokohama BayStars
MLB statistics
Batting average.245
Hits49
Home runs5
Runs batted in23
NPB statistics
Batting average.325
Hits1,275
Home runs167
Runs batted in808
Teams
Career highlights and awards
NPB

Robert Richard Rose (born March 15, 1967) is an American former

hitting coach in Minor League Baseball
.

Baseball career

North America

Rose played baseball for

runs batted in (RBIs).[6] Primarily a used as a third baseman, second baseman, and shortstop, Rose made several appearances as a catcher, first baseman, and outfielder—he also pitched in one game.[6]

Rose played a total of 73 major league games during 1989–1992; the most MLB games he played during one season was 30 in 1992.

Yokohama Taiyo Whales in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[9]

Japan

After Rose's contract was sold by the Angels to the then-Yokohama Taiyo Whales of NPB's Central League (CL),[10] the team was renamed as the Yokohama BayStars prior to the 1993 season.[11] In his first season with the team, he played in all 130 games and tied for the most RBIs in the CL with 94. He also received the Best Nine Award for best second baseman in the league. Rose's success continued over the next several seasons and he became a central figure in Yokohama's famed "machine gun" batting lineup as its cleanup hitter. In 1998, he helped the BayStars win their first CL title and Japan Series in 38 years.[12]

Next season, Rose batted a career-high .369 along with 37 home runs and 153 RBIs.[6] His batting average won him the 1999 CL batting title and was the highest ever in Japanese baseball among right-handed hitters at the time. His RBIs that season also ranks second-most in a season in NPB history.[12] He also hit his third cycle, the most in NPB-history,[13] and was named the Most Valuable Player in Game 2 of the 1999 All-Star Series.[12] In June of that season, Rose had indicated that he would retire at the end of the year. After his success, however, he played another season in which he batted .332 with 97 RBIs with 21 home runs. Rose announced his retirement after the season in October 2000. The BayStars and Rose failed to reach an agreement on a new contract after the team only offered a salary decrease from his estimated ¥360 million salary that season. He noted that he did not want to play for any other team.[14]

Rose's NPB career spanned eight season from 1993–2000.[6] During that time, he won six Best Nine Awards and was selected to four All-Star Series.[15][16][17][18][19] Defensively, he played predominantly as a second baseman in NPB, with limited appearances at first base and third base.[6] In 1998, he was awarded the Golden Glove Award for second basemen.[20] He is often regarded as one of the best foreign players in BayStars and Japanese professional baseball history.[21][12][22] For the BayStars 70th anniversary in 2019, Rose was voted by fans as the best second baseman in the team's history.[21]

Coaching

Rose first served as a

Class A-Advanced Rangers farm team in the California League, during the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[25] In 2017, he served in the same capacity for the Down East Wood Ducks, also a Rangers Class A-Advanced farm team, in the Carolina League.[26]

Rose moved to the Baltimore Orioles organization for the 2018 season, as hitting coach of the Delmarva Shorebirds in the South Atlantic League.[27] In February 2019, he was named hitting coach for the Frederick Keys, then a farm team of the Orioles in the Carolina League.[28] After the 2019 season, the Orioles chose not to renew the contracts of the Keys' coaching staff.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Rose Player Card". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Haakenson, Joe (July 25, 1993). "American League (column)". Pasadena Star-News. p. 24. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Prep Baseball". Los Angeles Times. June 26, 1985. p. 39. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bobby Rose". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Weekend Sports Transactions: Baseball". Santa Cruz Sentinel. AP. June 10, 1985. p. 11. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Bobby Rose Minor & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  7. ^ Ludovise, Barbie (August 17, 1989). "By Any Other Name, Rose's First Home Run Would Be Sweet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via latimes.com.
  8. ^ a b "Bobby Rose Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  9. ^ Nightengale, Bob (May 21, 1993). "They'll Never Forget A Year Later, Angels Are Still Haunted by Memory of Crash". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Baseball Notes". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. October 17, 1992. p. 42. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Japan shells out some big bucks for former major-league players". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. April 2, 1993. p. 34. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^
    Livedoor News
    . Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  13. ^ "【６月30日】1999年（平11） 史上初！横浜最強助っ人３度目のサイクルヒット！" [[June 30] 1999 (Hei 11) First ever! The third cycle hit by Yokohama's best foreign player!]. Sports Nippon. June 26, 2008. Archived from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "BayStars' Rose retiring". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. October 11, 2000. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  15. ^ "ＤｅＮＡ新監督、ＯＢのローズ氏が最有力　９８年Ｖメンバー" [DeNA's new manager, '98 victor alumnus Rose strong candidate]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). October 8, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  16. ^ "1995年度サンヨーオールスターゲーム　試合結果（第1戦）" [1995 Sanyo All-Star Game Game Results (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "1997年度サンヨーオールスターゲーム　試合結果（第1戦）" [1997 Sanyo All-Star Game Game Results (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "1999年度サンヨーオールスターゲーム　試合結果（第1戦）" [1999 Sanyo All-Star Game Game Results (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  19. ^ "2000年度サンヨーオールスターゲーム　試合結果（第1戦）" [2000 Sanyo All-Star Game Game Results (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  20. ^ "歴代受賞選手〜ポジション別〜" [Award Winners by Position] (in Japanese). Mitsui Public Relations Committee. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  21. ^ a b "ベストナイン投票　横浜DeNAベイスターズ70周年" [Best Nine Vote - Yokohama DeNA BayStars 70th Anniversary]. Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ^ "黄金期の最強助っ人、１試合１０打点" [The best foreign player of the golden age, 10 hits per game]. Kanagawa Shimbun (in Japanese). June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  23. ^ "Rangers announce 2013 Minor League coaching staffs". MiLB.com. January 3, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  24. ^ "Rangers Announce 2014 Minor League Coaching Staffs". MiLB.com. January 8, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  25. ^ "Texas Rangers Announce 2016 High Desert Mavericks Field Staff". MiLB.com. December 3, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  26. ^ "Wood Ducks Announce 2017 Coaching Staff". MiLB.com. December 1, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  27. ^ Coon, Bobby (February 16, 2018). "2018 Shorebirds Coaching Staff Announced". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  28. ^ "Minor Returns as Keys Manager in 2019: Lord and Rose Join Coaching Staff". MiLB.com. February 8, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  29. ^ Grill, Grace (September 10, 2019). "Baltimore Orioles Parting Ways with Keys Coaching Staff". WDVM-TV. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

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