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Roger Craig
Roger Lee Craig

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 191 lb.
School North Carolina State

MLB Debut July 17, 1955
Final Game July 4, 1966
Born February 17, 1930 in Durham, NC
Died June 4, 2023 (age 93)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1955 25 DEA AL   2   2  .500  40   0   0  15   3   0   37.2   32   160   15   13   0   18   3   2   18   2  0  3.11  
 1956 26 DEA AL   8   9  .471  33  32   0   0   0   0  166.1  148   712   95   87  28   69   0   9  102   4  0  4.71  
 1957 27 MLN NL   5   5  .500  13  12   0   1   1   0   66.1   75   295   43   39  12   31   0   0   41   0  0  5.29  
 1958 28 MLN NL   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   14    60    6    6   0    7   1   0    9   0  0  3.95  
 1959 29 MLN NL  10   9  .526  25  18   8   6   1   0  143.1  121   585   47   44  19   40   2   6   68   1  0  2.76  
 1960 30 MLN NL   6   3  .667  18   8   5   9   1   2   88.0   78   354   17   16   6   25   1   1   61   0  1  1.64  
 1961 31 MLN NL   0   0  .000  29   1   0  10   1   0   48.0   59   221   39   39  13   25   0   0   25   1  0  7.31  
 1962 32 NYN NL   8  16  .333  37  30   1   3   0   0  196.1  231   858  121  112  41   56   5   0   96  10  0  5.13  
 1963 33 NYN NL   7  22  .241  36  30   2   3   0   0  204.1  223   891  126  107  21   71  11   2   72   1  7  4.71  
 1964 34 NYN NL   4  11  .267  65   7   0  28   4   0  125.2  148   552   68   62  20   35   6   5   73   2  0  4.44  
 1965 35 NYN NL   0   2  .000  36   0   0   8   0   0   34.2   62   173   18   18   1    9   3   0   21   2  0  4.67  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 11 Seasons      51  79  .392 334 140  16  83  11   2 1124.1 1191  4861  595  543 161  386  32  25  586  23  8  4.35
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With NYN      19  51  .271 174  67   3  42   4   0  561.0  664  2474  333  299  83  171  25   7  262  15  7  4.80
   With MLN      22  17  .564  87  41  13  26   4   2  359.1  347  1515  152  144  50  128   4   7  204   2  1  3.61
   With DEA      10  11  .476  73  32   0  15   3   0  204.0  180   872  110  100  28   87   3  11  120   6  0  4.41
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      74  98  .430 368 186  58  79  19   7 1537.1 1528  6545  763  653 186  522  48  35  803  42 12  3.83
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1955 25 DEA AL  27   14   3.5   5          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    2  .000 -118   
 1956 26 DEA AL  45   89   4.8   0  5.44   52   3   0  .058   0    7    7 1.000    3    1  .750   21   
 1957 27 MLN NL  42   43   6.0   1  4.58   24   4   0  .167   0    3    3 1.000    5    0 1.000   21   
 1958 28 MLN NL  57    6   4.2   0  6.00    4   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    2    0 1.000  -35   
 1959 29 MLN NL  42   55   3.4   2  4.67   45   3   0  .067   1    7    6  .857    0    1  .000   31   
 1960 30 MLN NL  41   28   2.9   1  4.50   28   0   0  .000   0    6    3  .500    1    2  .333  -56   
 1961 31 MLN NL  36   42   7.9   1  5.00    4   1   0  .250   0    4    4 1.000    2    2  .500   47   
 1962 32 NYN NL  46  127   5.8   0  3.73   47   4   0  .085   0    3    3 1.000    3    2  .600   -4   
 1963 33 NYN NL  47  106   4.6   1  2.33   57   5   0  .088   7    8    1  .125   16   11  .593  -32   
 1964 34 NYN NL  32   83   6.0   9  3.29   17   5   0  .294   1    4    2  .500    3    2  .600   42   
 1965 35 NYN NL  39   29   7.9   0          1   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    1    0 1.000   70   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 11 Seasons          626   5.0  20        280  25   0  .089   9   43   29  .674   36   23  .610    1   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register 

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    3  0.00   2-0   0  0   2.2   1   0   0   1
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  DEA   98-56   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  MLN   86-68   John Storer
 1958  MLN   80-74   John Storer
 1959  MLN   91-63   Jeff Tripodi
 1960  MLN   75-79   Jeff Tripodi
 1961  MLN   81-73   Jeff Tripodi
 1962  NYN   67-95   Jon Fellows
 1963  NYN   54-108  Steve Dewing, Jon Fellows
 1964  NYN   66-96   Steve Dewing
 1965  NYN   60-102  Steve Dewing

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