Career
He pitched in four games with the Chicago Cubs in 1991. Renfroe pitched with a sidearm delivery and appeared primarily as a relief pitcher and closer throughout his nine-year professional career. Renfroe pitched for the University of Mississippi where he set a school record for the most wins during his career.
While in college, he experimented with a sidearm delivery, which he eventually adopted permanently.
He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 25th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft, and began the 1984 season with the Geneva Cubs. After three seasons in Class-A ball, Renfroe split both the 1987 and 1988 seasons between the Double-A Pittsfield Cubs and Triple-A Iowa Cubs.
He was promoted back to Iowa in 1990, and spent the following three seasons with the club He was called up to the Chicago Cubs on July 2, 1991, and made his Major League debut the following day at Wrigley Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He returned to Iowa on July 25.
The resultant head trauma caused him speech and vision problems, and he retired thereafter, in part because of sustained complications from the injury.
