Brett Roneberg

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

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

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

  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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