Max Rosenfeld (December 23, 1902, in New York City – March 10, 1969, in

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), was a professional baseball player who played

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from 1931 to 1933 with the Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers.

Biography

Rosenfeld was Jewish. He has a great background as both a baseball player and manager. He started out in both football and baseball as a student at the

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. After college, he played for the

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of the American League as an outfielder. The Browns sent him to Birmingham, his home town team for two years, where he batted .302 and .344. He was later sold by the Browns to the

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and he was farmed out to the

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of the

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for two years, batting .352 and .330. Next he went to play for the Hartford Conn. Senators in the Eastern League. Normally an outfielder, 28-year-old Rosenfeld was Hartford's regular second baseman in 1931, batting a .312 average with 3 home runs and 68 RBIs. And then Max was finally sent to the Majors, back to the Dodgers in Brooklyn for two years. He hit .298/.322/.474 with appearances in 42 games. Then Brooklyn farmed him out to

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and when Jersey City's franchise was transferred to

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he went there, and later to

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for two years with the

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. He also played for Dallas, Tex., in the

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and then became manager of the Jackson, Miss., team in the Southeastern 'B' League. Later he became manager of the old

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for three years. He piloted the Miami Beach team in that league until it expired in 1942. In January 1946 Rosenfeld became the manager of the new

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franchise in the

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. That team was aligned with the Boston Braves of the

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for provision of talent. By that time, Rosenfeld had already lived in Miami Beach for 21 years, where he eventually finished out his career in sports, and later retired.

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