On July 21, 1926, team officials celebrated "Roush Day" at Redland Field in honor Roush and his decade spent with the team. At the end of the season it was clear that with three younger outfielders, Curt Walker, Cuckoo Christensen and Rube Bressler, the Reds would part ways with the 34 year old Roush. In February 1927 Roush was traded to the Giants for George Kelly and an undetermined amount of cash. From 1917 to 1926 Roush hit .339 and collected over 1,600 hits. The Reds were trading the player with the highest career batting average for the team at that point. He had the most triples for the team for any player after 1900. From 1917 to 1926, he never had a batting average under .323.