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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[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.

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[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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