------#17 - Brett Roneberg
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Personal

Position - Infield
Date of Birth - 5th February 1979
Height - 6' 2"
Weight - 216 lbs
Pro Experience - 11th Season
School - Smithfield HS (Australia)
Bats - Left
Throws - Left
Resides - Trinity Beach, Queensland, Australia

2007 Season Highlights

Spent entire season with Altoona, but was limited to just 77 games because of an injured right wrist

Hit .248 with eight home runs and 35 RBI in 77 games with the Curve

Connected for seven of his eight homers against right-handed pitchers

Hit exactly in .227 in April, May and June before posting a .306 average (19x62) over his final 24 games

Posted a .308 mark (20x65) with runners in scoring position

Was Altoona’s Opening Day first baseman and went 2-for-4 in the season opener on 4/9 v Akron

Homered and plated four runs, including a game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Curve’s 8-7 win v Harrisburg on 4/22

Reached base safely in eight of nine plate appearances in a series v Akron from 5/4-5/6

Out of action from 5/19-6/2 with a strained right wrist and landed on the Disabled List for the first time from 5/22-5/29

Equaled a franchise record by scoring four runs on 6/9 v Harrisburg

Posted a season-high four RBI’s twice in a three-game span 6/9 v Harrisburg and 6/12 v New Britain

Hit two home runs in the 6/12 contest v New Britain

Was placed on the Disabled List for the second time on 6/25 and remained out of action until being activated on 8/8

Delivered the eventual game-winning RBI double in the seventh inning of the Curve’s 4-3 win on 8/8 v Portland

Quick Facts

11th professional season

Re-signed with Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent this past off-season

Spent 2006 season with Altoona and was the team’s Most Valuable Player after hitting .303 with 10 HR and 74 RBI

Was also the MVP of the 2006 Eastern League All-Star Game, which was played at Blair County Ballpark in Altoona

Is a staple of the Australian National Team, having played in two Olympic Games and the inaugural World Baseball Classic in March 2006

Earned a Baseball Silver Medal at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece

Miscellaneous

Brett Nicholas Roneberg

Has played in two Olympic Games for Australia, winning a Silver Medal during the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece

Also was a member of the Australian entry in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in March 2006

Played for the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian League at the age of 16

Fans and family in Australia have followed his entire career on the family website - http://www.ronebergcairns.com/

Originally signed by Florida Marlins’ scout Jon Deeble