Oscar Roettger
Oscar Frederick Louis Roettger was an American first baseman and right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he first played as a pitcher for the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1924, and later returned to the major leagues with the Brooklyn Robins in 1927 and as a first baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1932.
In 1983, in Nashville, Tennessee, he was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball at the annual Baseball Winter Meetings.
He died at age 86 in St. Louis.
He had two brothers, Wally Roettger and Hal Roettger.
