GaryMrMets
08-12-2003, 02:00 AM
:rip: Former Tigers Shortstop Rogell Dies :rip:
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- Former major league shortstop Billy Rogell, who helped the Detroit Tigers win the 1935 World Series and later became a city councilman, died at age 98.
Rogell died Saturday of pneumonia, his family said.
After 15 years in the major leagues -- with the Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs -- Rogell was a councilman for nearly 40 years, with the exception of a two-year break in the late 1940s.
He played for the Tigers from 1930 to 1939, teaming in the infield with Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer and Marv Owen. In 1934, they knocked in at least 100 runs apiece, a total of 462 RBI for the infield.
Born in Springfield, Ill., on Nov. 24, 1904, Rogell came up in the majors with the Red Sox in 1925 and finished his career with one season in Chicago, retiring in 1940.
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -- Former major league shortstop Billy Rogell, who helped the Detroit Tigers win the 1935 World Series and later became a city councilman, died at age 98.
Rogell died Saturday of pneumonia, his family said.
After 15 years in the major leagues -- with the Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs -- Rogell was a councilman for nearly 40 years, with the exception of a two-year break in the late 1940s.
He played for the Tigers from 1930 to 1939, teaming in the infield with Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer and Marv Owen. In 1934, they knocked in at least 100 runs apiece, a total of 462 RBI for the infield.
Born in Springfield, Ill., on Nov. 24, 1904, Rogell came up in the majors with the Red Sox in 1925 and finished his career with one season in Chicago, retiring in 1940.