Chief Roseman

{{Short description|American baseball player (1856–1938)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Chief Roseman

|position=Outfielder

|image=Chief Roseman 1888.jpg

|caption=1888 baseball card of Roseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1856|7|4}}

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1938|7|4|1856|7|4}}

|death_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= May 1

|debutyear= 1882

|debutteam= Troy Trojans

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate= August 25

|finalyear= 1890

|finalteam= Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.263

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=17

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=222

|teams=

;As player

• Troy Trojans ({{Baseball year|1882}})
• New York Metropolitans ({{Baseball year|1883}}–{{Baseball year|1887}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{Baseball year|1887}})
• Brooklyn Grays ({{Baseball year|1887}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{Baseball year|1890}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{Baseball year|1890}})

;As manager

• St. Louis Browns ({{Baseball year|1890}})

|highlights=

}}

James John "Chief" Roseman (July 4, 1856 – July 4, 1938) was an American Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn, New York. He played in the outfield for six teams, mainly in American Association, during his seven-season career.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosemch01.shtml Baseball-Reference player page] In {{Baseball year|1890}} he was the player-manager over a short period for the St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1890.shtml Baseball-Reference manager page]

Roseman died on his 82nd birthday in 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, and is interred at St. John Cemetery in Middle Village, New York.[http://www.super70s.com/Baseball/Players.asp?page=Prosec101.htm Super '70s baseball player page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041555/http://www.super70s.com/Baseball/Players.asp?page=Prosec101.htm |date=September 28, 2007 }}