Tommy Raub
Utility
1903 Chicago NL
Playing first base in the doubleheader, “Raub was not a success, getting a total of five errors for the day.”
— Chicago Tribune, September 8, 1903
Fred Raymer
Second base
1904 Boston NL
“Raymer flashed out a terrific drive to the right field corner for three bases,” and while pitcher Cronin “was leisurely winding up, Raymer made a clean steal of home.”
— Boston Globe, June 26, 1904
Bugs Raymond
Pitcher
1908 St. Louis NL
Raymond “has a curve ball that he starts one time back of his collar and the next time down by his shoe tops.”
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 21, 1908
Bill Reidy
Pitcher
1903 Brooklyn NL
Reidy’s “slow one looked too easy for anything, yet the Giants swiped at it in a vain attempt to do something, while Reidy grinned wickedly at their ineffectual tries.”
— Brooklyn Standard Union, September 3, 1903
Tom Reilly
Shortstop
1908 St. Louis NL
“Young Tom Reilly, the boy who is being tried out at shortstop, handled many difficult chances with accuracy and precision.”
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 21, 1908
Ed Reulbach
Pitcher
1905 Chicago NL
“Mister Reulbach seems to be the baseball find of the year.”
— Chicago Tribune, June 20, 1905
Bob Rhoads
Pitcher
1904 Cleveland AL
The fans “flayed” Rhoads “unmercifully when he attempted to field bunts. He went after them with elephantine grace and the batters had no difficulty whatever in reaching the initial corner.”
— Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 15, 1904
Claude Ritchey
Second base
1903 Pittsburgh NL
Ritchey is “the cleverest little second baseman in the baseball business.”
— Pittsburgh Press, June 20, 1903
Lew Ritter
Catcher
1903 Brooklyn NL
Ritter is “the gamest backstop that ever donned a pad and mask.”
— Brooklyn Times, July 22, 1903
Rabbit Robinson
Utility
1904 Detroit AL
Robinson “is a remarkably valuable all around player.”
— Detroit Free Press, April 5, 1904
Wilbert Robinson
Catcher and manager
1902 Baltimore AL
“Capt. Wilbert Robinson, known everywhere as Robbie, is one of the most popular players who ever wore a Baltimore uniform.”
— Baltimore Sun, July 19, 1902
Robinson was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1945.
George Rohe
Second base and
third base
1905 Chicago AL
Rohe, “the blond recruit, met an eel ball squarely between the eyes and lined it past the left fielder like a bullet. It bounded high over the screen into the knot of spectators out there, and never came back.”
— Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1905
Ernie Ross
Pitcher
1902 Baltimore AL
“The Senators punished the ball with Ross in the box to the tune of 15 hits, including four doubles and five three-baggers.”
— Baltimore Sun, September 23, 1902
Claude Rossman
First base
1906 Cleveland AL
“Big Claude Rossman now leads the Clevelands in batting with the fat average of .353.”
— Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 21, 1906
Frank Roth
Catcher
1903 Philadelphia NL
Roth “is a very graceful and natural catcher.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 1903
Jack Rowan
Pitcher
1909 Cincinnati NL
“Rowan was very wild. He walked man after man,” ten in all.
— Cincinnati Enquirer, September 27, 1909
Nap Rucker
Pitcher
1908 Brooklyn NL
Rucker “shut out the Bostons without a hit and equaled the National League record with fourteen strikeouts in a regulation nine-inning engagement.”
— Brooklyn Standard Union, September 6, 1908
Jimmy Ryan
Center field
1902 Washington AL
In center field, “Jimmy Ryan captured everything that came his way.”
— Washington Star, August 4, 1902