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Roger Craig (MLB)

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Full Name: Roger Lee Craig Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/185 First Game: July 17, 1955
Birthdate: February 17, 1930 Final Game: July 10, 1966
Birthplace: Durham, North Carolina MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 17, 1930 in Durham, North Carolina, Roger Craig (Roger Lee Craig) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 12 year career. Craig broke into the bigs on July 17, 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.78 ERA in 90.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Roger Craig's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.06 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 76 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1955 BRO N 21 10 5 3 2.78 48 37 28 3 0 2 90.2 81 8 43 6 3 1
1956 BRO N 35 32 12 11 3.71 109 90 82 8 2 1 199 169 25 87 5 7 4
1957 BRO N 32 13 6 9 4.61 69 58 57 1 0 0 111.1 102 18 47 5 2 2
1958 LA N 9 2 2 1 4.50 16 20 16 1 0 0 32 30 3 12 1 3 0
1959 LA N 29 17 11 5 2.06 76 49 35 7 4 0 152.2 122 13 45 3 2 1
1960 LA N 21 15 8 3 3.27 69 48 42 6 1 0 115.2 99 8 43 4 0 3
1961 LA N 40 14 5 6 6.15 63 87 77 2 0 2 112.2 130 22 52 7 7 4
1962 NY N 42 33 10 24 4.51 118 133 117 13 0 3 233.1 261 35 70 3 7 7
1963 NY N 46 31 5 22 3.78 108 117 99 14 0 2 236 249 28 58 2 4 6
1964 STL N 39 19 7 9 3.25 84 76 60 3 0 5 166 180 16 35 4 2 4
1965 CIN N 40 0 1 4 3.64 30 33 26 0 0 3 64.1 74 6 25 7 5 3
1966 PHI N 14 0 2 1 5.56 13 15 14 0 0 1 22.2 31 4 5 1 0 0
Total 368 186 74 98 3.83 803 763 653 58 7 19 1536.1 1528 186 522 48 42 35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 BRO N P 21 0 0 6 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1956 BRO N P 35 0 0 10 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 BRO N P 32 13 111.1 11 19 0 4 0 0 4 7 2 1.000
1958 LA N P 9 2 32 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .750
1959 LA N P 29 17 152.2 19 18 1 2 0 2 2 3 1 .974
1960 LA N P 21 15 115.2 10 16 0 2 0 0 1 5 2 1.000
1961 LA N P 40 14 112.2 5 15 1 1 0 0 3 4 2 .952
1962 NY N P 42 33 233.1 23 54 4 4 0 1 12 7 11 .951
1963 NY N P 46 31 236 18 60 8 4 0 0 7 7 3 .907
1964 STL N P 39 19 166 13 37 1 2 0 1 5 3 3 .980
1965 CIN N P 40 0 64.1 2 13 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 .938
1966 PHI N P 14 0 22.2 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000
Total P 368 144 1246.2 120 274 18 21 0 6 41 37 24 .956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1955 BRO N 21 26 2 2 0 0 .077 .111 .077 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 0
1956 BRO N 35 61 1 1 0 1 .016 .103 .016 0 0 6 33 0 5 0 0 0
1957 BRO N 32 29 0 4 0 0 .138 .167 .138 0 0 1 14 0 2 0 0 0
1958 LA N 9 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LA N 29 52 1 3 0 3 .058 .075 .058 0 0 1 28 0 4 0 0 0
1960 LA N 21 36 2 2 0 2 .056 .150 .056 0 0 4 16 0 3 0 0 1
1961 LA N 40 27 3 4 0 0 .148 .233 .185 1 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 0
1962 NY N 42 76 1 4 0 2 .053 .111 .053 0 0 4 33 1 4 0 0 1
1963 NY N 46 69 0 6 0 0 .087 .149 .087 0 0 5 39 0 3 0 0 2
1964 STL N 39 48 4 10 0 3 .208 .283 .229 1 0 5 24 0 1 0 0 2
1965 CIN N 40 11 1 2 0 1 .182 .182 .182 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
1966 PHI N 14 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Total 368 448 15 38 0 12 .085 .146 .089 2 0 31 219 1 28 0 0 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1950).
  • Selected by New York Mets from Los Angeles Dodgers in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
  • Traded by New York Mets to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for George Altman and Bill Wakefield (November 4, 1963).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Charlie James to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bob Purkey (December 14, 1964).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (April 11, 1966).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (April 11, 1966).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (July 23, 1966).

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