Tom Rogers

Baseball Player

1892 – 1936

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Who was Tom Rogers?

Thomas Andrew "Shotgun" Rogers was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1917 to 1921 for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, and New York Yankees. Nicknamed "Shotgun", Rogers was involved in an incident in 1916 in which he accidentally killed an opposing batter. While playing for the Minor League Nashville Vols, Rogers hit Johnny Dodge, a longtime friend who was playing for the Mobile Sea Gulls, with a pitch, killing him. Rogers later suffered emotional problems as a result of the incident and died prematurely at age 44.

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Born
Feb 12, 1892
Sparta
Profession
Lived in
  • Sparta
Died
Oct 1, 1936
Nashville

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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