Garry Roggenburk

Garry Earl Roggenburk

• Bats Right, Throws Left
• Height 6' 6", Weight 195 lb.
• School University of Dayton
• High School St. Ignatius High School
• Debut April 20, 1963
• Final Game July 27, 1969
• Born April 16, 1940 in Cleveland, OH USA

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Biographical Information

Garry Roggenburk pitched five years in the majors.

He was born in Cleveland, OH in 1940 and attended high school there. After going to the University of Dayton from 1959 to 1962, he started in the minors in 1962 with a record of 13-4 at Erie. He was a good enough college basketball player that he was also drafted by the pros to play basketball.

He came up originally with the Minnesota Twins in 1963, posting a 2.16 ERA in 36 games and getting 4 saves. He was the same age as teammate Zoilo Versalles and a year younger than fellow pitcher Jim Kaat. He missed the 1964 season due to surgery. In 1965, on a pennant-winning Twins team, he had an ERA of 3.43 in 12 games. The following season, 1966 he was traded to the Boston Red Sox in September.

Garry started spending time in the minors again beginning in 1965. With the Denver Bears in 1965 and 1966 he was 9-3 and then 6-3. With the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1967, he went 5-10 with a 2.60 ERA and was not up in the majors. With the Louisville Colonels in 1968 and 1969, he was in a few games each year, and went a notable 5-1 in 1969.

Also in 1969 he spent some time with the Seattle Pilots during their year in Seattle before moving to Milwaukee.

After his playing days he worked in the Boston Red Sox organization.

• 1972-1978 Coach Cleveland State University
• 1979-1983 GM Winter Haven Red Sox
• 1991-1992 Pitching coach Elmira Pioneers
• 1993-1994 Pitching coach Utica Blue Sox

Further Reading

• Mark Armour: "Garry Roggenburk", in Gregory H. Wolf, ed.: A Pennant for the Twin Cities: the 1965 Minnesota Twins, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2015, pp. 234-236. ISBN 978-1-943816-09-5

Related Sites

• Garry Roggenburk at the SABR Bio Project