# Roger Slagle

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**Roger Lee Slagle** (born November 4, 1953) is an American former [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) (MLB) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher). He played a single MLB game for the [New York Yankees](/source/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](/source/Larned,_Kansas) and attended a high school too small to field a baseball team. He instead played [PONY League Baseball](/source/PONY_League_Baseball) and, while attending [Hutchinson Community College](/source/Hutchinson_Community_College), [American Legion Baseball](/source/American_Legion_Baseball). After a year at Hutchinson, he transferred to Kansas where he played for the [Kansas Jayhawks baseball](/source/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](/source/Rick_Anderson_(pitcher)).[2]

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

## References

1. Boetel, Ray (23 June 1976). ["He Wins First FSL Start: At 22, Slagle Can't Waste Time"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112527212/he-wins-first-fsl-start-at-22-slagle/). *[Fort Lauderdale News](/source/Fort_Lauderdale_News)*. p. 2D. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

1. Schremmer, Mark (December 18, 2016). ["Frontenac assistant enjoyed one day in MLB sun"](https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_sports/mark-schremmer-frontenac-assistant-enjoyed-one-day-in-mlb-sun/article_db335dd8-47cc-5441-bdd5-8a4507ae3ac2.html). *[Joplin Globe](/source/Joplin_Globe)*. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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