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Name Team Age
Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger Retired (1972, Age 38) Died (2015, Age 81)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15
(1952)
1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Tony Conigliaro League 0 17 years (6 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
Endurance Velocity Control
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 2/19/1934
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (RF)
(62.4 %) (43.5 %) (12.5 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1955 PIT 43 179 31 49 8 3 9 27 13 27 4 2 2 .829 .326 .503 .274
1956 PIT 162 647 106 168 27 5 28 96 43 124 18 7 23 .752 .305 .447 .260
1957 PIT 160 654 100 173 15 2 31 106 43 131 14 7 7 .746 .310 .436 .265
1958 PIT 160 673 97 178 27 9 27 92 62 132 9 7 8 .777 .326 .452 .264
1959 PIT 160 644 123 196 23 6 34 79 66 99 11 5 7 .886 .369 .517 .304
1960 PIT 160 679 114 176 31 5 32 70 67 110 24 8 7 .789 .328 .461 .259
1961 PIT 160 695 106 186 20 7 40 79 55 135 19 8 1 .812 .323 .489 .268
1962 PIT 160 652 108 185 23 16 36 119 58 104 34 9 8 .877 .343 .534 .284
1963 PIT 160 626 87 187 33 12 27 132 59 112 28 4 5 .878 .359 .519 .299
1964 PIT 162 532 78 162 32 4 23 98 54 86 19 4 5 .877 .368 .509 .305
1965 PIT 162 497 74 131 22 6 18 82 52 99 15 5 4 .769 .328 .441 .264
1966 PIT 160 638 85 172 24 9 25 82 51 119 9 5 7 .777 .324 .453 .270
1967 PIT-STL 160 601 84 190 41 10 22 98 63 95 25 4 18 .913 .385 .527 .316
1968 STL 160 623 119 202 31 12 30 124 58 98 29 4 8 .937 .380 .557 .324
1969 STL 147 278 49 74 10 3 10 41 33 37 9 3 3 .779 .347 .432 .266
1970 STL 136 204 34 60 11 2 10 40 15 35 7 3 0 .863 .348 .515 .294
1971 STL 139 224 26 55 6 4 10 28 20 36 4 3 1 .754 .312 .442 .246
1972 STL 84 166 29 49 8 0 3 23 16 33 4 4 0 .754 .357 .398 .295
Total 2635 9212 1450 2593 392 115 415 1416 828 1612 282 92 114 .825 .341 .484 .281
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger has retired from the St. Louis Slugs
1967-06-08A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Silver Cats and the St. Louis Sluggers. The St. Louis Sluggers receive Guy "Sir" Clontz, Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger from the Pittsburgh Silver Cats in exchange for Marty Sconiers.
1955-08-20The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted Chris "Rib Roaster" Ricci to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have sent Larry Pena to the minors. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have sent Dave Camelli to the minors.
1955-06-20The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted Les "the Bull" Caraballo to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have sent Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger to the minors.
1955-06-18The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have sent Les "the Bull" Caraballo to the minors.
1955-03-29The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted Rafael Gulliver to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have sent Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger to the minors.
1955-03-29The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have promoted Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have sent Pedro Fondy to the minors.
1954-04-01The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have renamed Bobby "Uncle Robby"Roettger to Bobby "Uncle Robby" Roettger.
1954-04-01The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have renamed Bobby Roettger to Bobby "Uncle Robby"Roettger.
1953-06-11A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Silver Cats and the St. Louis Sluggers. The St. Louis Sluggers receive Wayne "Willie" McCorry, Wilcy Baldwin from the Pittsburgh Silver Cats in exchange for Bobby Roettger, Bill Caldwell.
1952-03-31The St. Louis Sluggers have acquired Bobby Roettger from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Sluggers have waived Jack Biggio.
1952-03-29The Pittsburgh Silver Cats have waived Bobby Roettger.