Roger Craig (MLB)
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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