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Brett Roneberg

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Brett Roneberg
Outfield
Born: (1979-02-05) 5 February 1979 (age 45)
Melbourne, Australia
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Medals
Representing  Australia
Men's Baseball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place Athens 2004 Team Competition

Brett Roneberg (born 5 February 1979 in Sandringham, Victoria) is an Australian former professional baseball player.

Career

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Roneberg spent 11 seasons playing Minor League Baseball, most recently in 2007 was with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, playing for their Double-A affiliate, the Altoona Curve.[1]

His most productive season in the minors came in 2001, when he posted a combined batting average of .287 with 16 home runs and 82 RBI in 137 games for Class A+ Brevard County Manatees and Double-A Class Portland Sea Dogs.[1]

Roneberg represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and batted for a .333 average. In 2004 he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, which achieved a silver medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. Again he batted well with a .360 average.[2]

In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Roneberg led the tournament in average (.714), slugging percentage (1.286), and on-base plus slugging (2.036).[3]

In between, Roneberg played winter ball with the Leones del Caracas and Pastora de los Llanos clubs of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League in parts of two seasons spanning 2004–2006.[4]

Baseball retirement

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After retiring from playing professional baseball, Roneberg now plays in a small baseball league in Cairns called CBL [Cairns Baseball League] as a breakthrough Bandits player.

References

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  1. ^ a b Minor League Baseball statistics
  2. ^ "Olympic Baseball Statistics". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "WBC Batting Leaders". Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  4. ^ Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League).
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