- Garry Roggenburk
Infobox MLB player
name = Garry Roggenburk
width = 300
caption =
team = Retired
number = 39
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1940|4|16
birthplace = city-state|Cleveland|Ohio
bats = Right
throws = Left
debutdate = April 20
debutyear = 1963
debutteam = Minnesota Twins
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 6-9
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 3.64
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 56
teams =
*Minnesota Twins (by|1963) (by|1965-by|1967)
*Boston Red Sox (by|1967-by|1969)
*Seattle Pilots (by|1969)Garry Earl Roggenburk (born
April 16 ,1940 ) is a formerMajor League Baseball pitcher , born in Cleveland,Ohio . Roggenburk attended theUniversity of Dayton where he participated in playingcollege baseball . In the by|1962 amateur draft, before the 1962baseball season started, Roggenburk was signed as an amateur draftfree agent when he was selected by theMinnesota Twins . Roggenburk battedright-handed and threwleft-handed during his baseball career.Major League Baseball career
Garry Roggenburk made his major league debut on
April 20 ,1963 with the Minnesota Twins. On that day of his major league debut, the Minnesota Twins were playing against theChicago White Sox atComiskey Park I with 7,137 people attending the game.citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA196304200.shtml|publisher=www.baseball-reference.com|title=Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox on April 20, 1963|accessdate=2008-07-04] Roggenburk was called to replaceBill Dailey in the 6thinning . Roggenburk pitched only 0.1 part of an inning while walking one batter and allowing only 1 hit. Roggenburk was then called to be replaced byFrank Sullivan . At the and of the game, the Minnesota Twins lost the game against the Chicago White Sox in the 10th inning with the score at 7 to 10.Roggenburk played the by|1963, by|1965, and by|1966 baseball seasons with the Minnesota Twins before being purchased to play for the
Boston Red Sox onSeptember 7 ,1966 . He played the by|1967, by|1968, and the by|1969 baseball seasons before being purchased by another team again which were theSeattle Pilots (who later moved and became theMilwaukee Brewers ) onJune 23 .1969 .citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roggega01.shtml#TRANS|title=Transactions of Garry Roggenburk|publisher=www.baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-07-04] Roggenburk and his Pilots teammateMike Hegan were teammates atSaint Ignatius High School in Cleveland. He played his final game onJuly 27 ,1969 with the Seattle Pilots.Roggenburk ended his career with an
earned run average (ERA) of 3.64, pitching 126 total innings, allowing 132 hits, allowing 15home run s, playing a total of 69 games, winning 6 games and losing 9 games. [citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=roggega01|title=Statistics|publisher=www.baseball-almanac.com|accessdate=2008-07-04]Activity after retirement
After Roggenburk's retirement playing Major League Baseball, Roggenburg became a
pitching coach in the minor-league system of the Boston Red Sox, and later becamegeneral manager (GM) from 1978 to 1983 for theWinter Haven Red Sox in the Boston Red Sox farm system. [citeweb|url=http://www.jimperrylegends.com/legends_2007.php|publisher=www.jimperrylegends.com|title=2007 List of Legends|accessdate=2008-07-04] After leaving baseball, he returned to his home town of Cleveland, Ohio and he worked as areal-estate appraiser . Today, Roggenburk lives in Avon,Ohio and is now 66 years of age.citeweb|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060709&slug=pilotsbios09|title=Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now?|publisher=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|accessdate=2008-07-05]References
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roggega01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=roggega01 Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Garry_Roggenburk&page=news Baseball Library]
* [http://www.twinscards.com/viewplayerscareer.php?PlayerID=roggega01 Minnesota Twins baseball cards of Garry Roggenburk]
* [http://www.sportspool.com/baseball/players/R/roggega01.php Biography and statistics]
* [http://www.baseballchronology.com/Baseball/Players/Proggg101.asp Baseball chronology] statistics
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/all_time_stats/players/r/41363/index.html Sports illustrated] statistics
* [http://www.twinscards.com/viewplayerscareer.php?viewcards=Y&PlayerID=roggega01 Statistics, baseball cards, and autographs]
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