Roger William Salkeld (born March 6, 1971) is an American former professional baseball
pitcher
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. Salkeld played
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for the
Seattle Mariners
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in and and the
Cincinnati Reds
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in . His career ended in , with the
Akron Aeros
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of
Minor League Baseball.
He is the grandson of
Bill Salkeld
William Franklin Salkeld (March 8, 1917 – April 22, 1967) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher in the Major Leagues from – 50 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves and Chicago White Sox. A native of Pocatello, Idaho ...
, who played five years in MLB from to .
He attended
Saugus High School in
Santa Clarita, California
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. He currently resides in Santa Clarita, and is president of Skaggs Concrete Sawing.
References
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Retrosheet
1971 births
Living people
Akron Aeros players
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from California
Bellingham Mariners players
Calgary Cannons players
Cincinnati Reds players
Indianapolis Indians players
Jacksonville Suns players
Major League Baseball pitchers
New Orleans Zephyrs players
San Bernardino Spirit players
Seattle Mariners players
Sportspeople from Burbank, California
Tacoma Rainiers players
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