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Name Team Age
George Roenicke Retired (1994, Age 37) Died (2026, Age 69)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20
(1975)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Minnie Minoso League 0 15 years (79 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ D 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- D- D 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D- D+
Endurance Velocity Control
C  B+ B 
Leadership   Mentor Value  
D- C-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 8/19/1957
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
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 AHB 16 92.2 64 48 98 1.58
1980 HHB 17 89.1 65 32 101 1.49
1980 LHB 31 83.0 56 47 94 1.70
1980 RHB 33 99.0 73 33 105 1.39
1981 AHB 9 59.1 45 22 70 1.55
1981 HHB 17 90.2 63 41 118 1.75
1981 LHB 26 80.2 63 30 97 1.57
1981 RHB 26 69.1 45 33 91 1.79
1982 AHB 17 33.1 26 22 48 2.10
1982 HHB 20 61.0 47 26 81 1.75
1982 LHB 36 45.2 42 23 66 1.95
1982 RHB 32 48.2 31 25 63 1.81
1983 AHB 21 61.1 50 36 52 1.43
1983 HHB 13 40.2 32 17 40 1.40
1983 LHB 34 50.1 40 32 56 1.75
1983 RHB 30 51.2 42 21 36 1.10
1984 AHB 13 38.0 24 18 32 1.32
1984 HHB 15 62.0 51 19 61 1.29
1984 LHB 28 53.2 39 20 53 1.36
1984 RHB 27 46.1 36 17 40 1.23
1985 AHB 15 46.0 52 20 43 1.37
1985 HHB 12 34.2 24 20 31 1.47
1985 LHB 26 37.2 35 21 40 1.62
1985 RHB 27 43.0 41 19 34 1.23
1986 AHB 10 53.1 39 19 57 1.43
1986 HHB 9 51.0 40 21 49 1.37
1986 LHB 19 56.0 42 21 46 1.20
1986 RHB 18 48.1 37 19 60 1.63
1987 AHB 16 103.0 94 41 118 1.54
1987 HHB 17 116.0 93 42 116 1.36
1987 LHB 33 107.2 98 44 133 1.64
1987 RHB 32 111.1 89 39 101 1.26
1988 AHB 16 108.2 90 47 115 1.49
1988 HHB 17 116.2 93 35 113 1.27
1988 LHB 33 118.0 91 50 117 1.42
1988 RHB 32 107.1 92 32 111 1.33
1989 AHB 24 45.1 34 20 45 1.43
1989 HHB 18 52.2 37 24 48 1.37
1989 LHB 40 47.0 31 27 56 1.77
1989 RHB 40 51.0 40 17 37 1.06
1990 AHB 17 93.0 74 37 85 1.31
1990 HHB 10 65.0 59 27 71 1.51
1990 LHB 27 87.0 75 37 88 1.44
1990 RHB 25 71.0 58 27 68 1.34
1991 AHB 18 16.2 10 6 23 1.74
1991 HHB 20 16.0 11 8 17 1.56
1991 LHB 36 21.0 13 5 27 1.52
1991 RHB 26 11.2 8 9 13 1.89
1992 AHB 14 13.1 7 1 12 0.98
1992 HHB 15 17.1 15 12 22 1.96
1992 LHB 25 18.0 12 6 21 1.50
1992 RHB 22 12.2 10 7 13 1.58
1993 AHB 17 23.0 18 6 18 1.04
1993 HHB 13 13.1 8 5 10 1.13
1993 LHB 28 23.1 14 8 16 1.03
1993 RHB 24 13.0 12 3 12 1.15
1994 AHB 9 11.0 8 5 17 2.00
1994 HHB 17 20.0 18 8 11 0.95
1994 LHB 25 21.1 18 8 14 1.03
1994 RHB 16 9.2 8 5 14 1.97
2069 AHB 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
2069 HHB 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
2069 LHB 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
2069 RHB 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00
Total AHB 232 798.0 635 348 833 1.48
Total HHB 230 846.1 656 337 889 1.45
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.