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Minnie Minoso League
8-24-2069
George Roenicke Relief Pitcher
Retired (1994, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.05 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 91-114 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
SV 6 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 08-19-1957
K 1394 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1975)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(79 games)
IP 1794.1
WHIP 1.50
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C    Ldrship D-
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B+   Mentor Val C-
Speed D  Bunt D+ Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G IP SO BB H WHIP
1978 LHB 62 86.0 57 44 126 1.98
1978 RHB 54 59.2 41 27 75 1.71
1979 LHB 3 3.0 3 3 4 2.33
1979 RHB 3 1.1 2 0 2 1.50
1980 LHB 31 83.0 56 47 94 1.70
1980 RHB 33 99.0 73 33 105 1.39
1981 LHB 26 80.2 63 30 97 1.57
1981 RHB 26 69.1 45 33 91 1.79
1982 LHB 36 45.2 42 23 66 1.95
1982 RHB 32 48.2 31 25 63 1.81
1983 LHB 34 50.1 40 32 56 1.75
1983 RHB 30 51.2 42 21 36 1.10
1984 LHB 28 53.2 39 20 53 1.36
1984 RHB 27 46.1 36 17 40 1.23
1985 LHB 26 37.2 35 21 40 1.62
1985 RHB 27 43.0 41 19 34 1.23
1986 LHB 19 56.0 42 21 46 1.20
1986 RHB 18 48.1 37 19 60 1.63
1987 LHB 33 107.2 98 44 133 1.64
1987 RHB 32 111.1 89 39 101 1.26
1988 LHB 33 118.0 91 50 117 1.42
1988 RHB 32 107.1 92 32 111 1.33
1989 LHB 40 47.0 31 27 56 1.77
1989 RHB 40 51.0 40 17 37 1.06
1990 LHB 27 87.0 75 37 88 1.44
1990 RHB 25 71.0 58 27 68 1.34
1991 LHB 36 21.0 13 5 27 1.52
1991 RHB 26 11.2 8 9 13 1.89
1992 LHB 25 18.0 12 6 21 1.50
1992 RHB 22 12.2 10 7 13 1.58
1993 LHB 28 23.1 14 8 16 1.03
1993 RHB 24 13.0 12 3 12 1.15
1994 LHB 25 21.1 18 8 14 1.03
1994 RHB 16 9.2 8 5 14 1.97
2069 LHB 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
2069 RHB 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
Total LHB 512 939.1 729 426 1054 1.58
Total RHB 467 855.0 665 333 875 1.41
Total 529 1794.1 1394 759 1929 1.50
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1994-11-01George Roenicke has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1994-08-30The Chicago Cubs have waived George Roenicke.
1994-08-13The Chicago Cubs have promoted Leo Jones to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated George Roenicke for assignment.
1993-05-26George Roenicke of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1992-05-13The Chicago Cubs have placed George Roenicke on the trade block.
1987-03-07The Chicago Cubs have renamed Russ McDonnell to George Roenicke.
1986-07-27A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Pee Wees and the Chicago Cubs. The Chicago Cubs receive Russ McDonnell, Bubba Chubs, Shingo Takahashi, Draft Pick 1987 Round 2 CIN (Greg Dickson), Draft Pick 1988 Round 1 CIN (Alan Rader) from the Cincinnati Pee Wees in exchange for Martin Wells, Jimmy McAvoy.
1986-04-18A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Pee Wees and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive Juan L. Machina, Lamont Chang, Randy Perez, Draft Pick 1988 Round 2 CIN (John Shirley), Draft Pick 1987 Round 1 CIN (Andy Hewitt) from the Cincinnati Pee Wees in exchange for Dud Kelly, Russ McDonnell, George Gainer.
1986-03-01A trade has been completed between the Detroit River Cats and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive George Gainer, Russ McDonnell, Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 DET (Don Piez), Draft Pick 1986 Round 1 DET (Jeff Siebert) from the Detroit River Cats in exchange for Tommy Peden.
1981-04-26Russ McDonnell of the Detroit River Cats is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1980-04-01The Detroit River Cats have promoted Joe Shears to the major league team. The Detroit River Cats have promoted Russ McDonnell to the major league team. The Detroit River Cats have designated Jim Bryant for assignment. The Detroit River Cats have designated Don McMullen for assignment.
1979-07-31A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Stealers and the Detroit River Cats. The Detroit River Cats receive Bill "the Cat" Wilson, Russ McDonnell, Wege Cantori from the Pittsburgh Stealers in exchange for Leo Plasencia.
1979-04-05The Pittsburgh Stealers have demoted Russ McDonnell to the minor leagues.
1978-05-07The Pittsburgh Stealers have promoted Russ McDonnell to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stealers have sent Wege Cantori to the minors.
1978-04-05The Pittsburgh Stealers have demoted Russ McDonnell to the minor leagues.
1977-10-03The Pittsburgh Stealers have promoted Russ McDonnell to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stealers have sent Jim Forbes to the minors.
1977-03-13The Pittsburgh Stealers have renamed George Roenicke to Russ McDonnell.