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Gary Roenicke
- Selected as the 8th overall pick in the 1973 amateur draft.
- Suffered a severe facial injury from a pitch in 1979, leading to the use of a custom-modified helmet featuring bars taken from a professional football quarterback's headgear.
- Played alongside a younger brother who also reached the major leagues as both a player and a manager.
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Career Totals
| WAR | AB | H | HR | BA | R | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|
| 15.4 | 2708 | 670 | 121 | .247 | 367 | 410 | 16 | .351 | .434 | .785 | 117 |
Statistics via Baseball-Reference.com
The Original Clue
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