Roger Slagle

Roger Slagle
Roger Slagle
	Slagle with the Nashville Sounds in 1980
	Pitcher
	Born: November 4, 1953 (age 71); Wichita, Kansas
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 7, 1979, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
	September 7, 1979, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	0.00
Strikeouts	2
Teams
	New York Yankees (1979);

Roger Lee Slagle (born November 4, 1953) is a retired Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played a single MLB game for the New York Yankees. He was drafted by the Yankees in the first round (19th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1976 amateur draft.

Slagle grew up in Larned, Kansas and attended a high school too small to field a baseball team. He instead played PONY League Baseball and, while attending Hutchinson Community College, American Legion Baseball. After a year at Hutchinson, he transferred to Kansas where he played for the Kansas Jayhawks baseball team for two years. He sat out one season due to an arm injury.^[1]

Slagle pitched two perfect innings of relief for the Yankees in 1979, his only Major League appearance. He was removed from the roster shortly thereafter to make room for pitcher Rick Anderson.^[2]

Slagle played his last professional season with the Yankees' Double-A Nashville Sounds in 1982. His playing career ended after he tore his rotator cuff for a second time.^[2] As of 2016^[update], he was teaching and coaching high school baseball in Frontenac, Kansas.^[2]

References

^ Boetel, Ray (23 June 1976). "He Wins First FSL Start: At 22, Slagle Can't Waste Time". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 2D. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Schremmer, Mark (December 18, 2016). "Frontenac assistant enjoyed one day in MLB sun". Joplin Globe. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[1] Boetel, Ray (23 June 1976). "He Wins First FSL Start: At 22, Slagle Can't Waste Time". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 2D. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

[schremmer-2] Schremmer, Mark (December 18, 2016). "Frontenac assistant enjoyed one day in MLB sun". Joplin Globe. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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