Groh's teammate, Hall of Famer Edd Roush, used a 48-ounce stick. There was also a long-standing competition in wood sources, with hickory rivaling ash for supremacy.

If there is any old-time Reds player fans should know, and who should have a statue at Crosley Terrace, it’s Edd Roush. The Reds’ best player of the era, Roush was a lifetime .323 hitter.

VC: Bill McKechnie, Edd Roush. 1961 — VC: Max Carey, Billy Hamilton. 1960 — None. 1959 — VC: Zack Wheat. 1958 — None. 1957 — VC: Sam Crawford, Joe McCarthy.

Some of baseball's greatest players, including Warren Spahn, Hank Greenberg and Edd Roush, did time in the minor leagues at Bosse Field. Jim Leyland managed teams there in the late 1970s and early ...

Some of baseball's greatest players, including Warren Spahn, Hank Greenberg and Edd Roush, did time in the minor leagues at Bosse Field. Jim Leyland managed teams there in the late 1970s and early ...

They had Edd Roush, a speedy center fielder with two batting titles. How about another overlooked Cincinnati champion, from 1940?

The inner-circle, all-time greats like Walter Johnson and Ty Cobb are joined by lesser-known greats in the Hall like Stan Coveleski and Edd Roush. There's room for all kinds of great players, of ...

Roush, named the greatest Reds player in franchise history in 1969, was inducted into Cooperstown in 1962 with a class that included Jackie Robinson and Bob Feller.