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 = Strikeouts
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 former Major League Baseball pitcher, born in Cleveland, Ohio. Roggenburk attended the University of Dayton where he participated in playing college baseball. In the by|1962 amateur draft, before the 1962 baseball season started, Roggenburk was signed as an amateur draft free agent when he was selected by the Minnesota Twins. Roggenburk batted right-handed and threw left-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 the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey 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 replace Bill Dailey in the 6th inning. 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 by Frank 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 on September 7, 1966. He played the by|1967, by|1968, and the by|1969 baseball seasons before being purchased by another team again which were the Seattle Pilots (who later moved and became the Milwaukee Brewers) on June 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 teammate Mike Hegan were teammates at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland. He played his final game on July 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 15 home runs, 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 became general manager (GM) from 1978 to 1983 for the Winter 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 a real-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]