Roggenburk made his Major League debut on April 20,
1963, with the Twins, playing against the
Chicago White Sox at
Comiskey Park with 7,137 people attending the game. Roggenburk was called to replace
Bill Dailey in the sixth
inning. He pitched only of an inning while
walking one batter and allowing one run. Roggenburk was then replaced by
Frank Sullivan, who surrendered a two-run
home run to
Dave Nicholson, one of those
earned runs charged against Roggenburk. The Twins lost the game 10–7 in the tenth inning, with Roggenburk getting a
no-decision. Roggenburk appeared in 60 games for the Twins over parts of three seasons before being purchased by the
Boston Red Sox on September 7, 1966. He worked in 12 total games for Boston and seven for Seattle. In 79 MLB appearances, 73 of them as a
relief pitcher, he fashioned a 6–9
won–lost record, with a 3.64
earned run average and seven
saves. In 126 big-league
innings pitched, he surrendered 132 hits and 64 walks; he
struck out 56. ==Activity after retirement==