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Roger Craig
Roger Lee Craig
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: February 17, 1930 in Durham, NC
School: North Carolina State University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1955
Final Game: July 10, 1966
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 25 BRO NL 5 3 .625 2.78 21 10 4 3 0 2 90.2 81 37 28 8 43 6 48 1 0 3 388 147 1.368 8.0 0.8 4.3 4.8 1.12
1956 26 BRO NL 12 11 .522 3.71 35 32 2 8 2 1 199.0 169 90 82 25 87 5 109 4 1 7 840 109 1.286 7.6 1.1 3.9 4.9 1.25
1957 27 BRO NL 6 9 .400 4.61 32 13 8 1 0 0 111.1 102 58 57 18 47 5 69 2 0 2 465 90 1.338 8.2 1.5 3.8 5.6 1.47
1958 28 LAD NL 2 1 .667 4.50 9 2 1 1 0 0 32.0 30 20 16 3 12 1 16 0 1 3 136 91 1.313 8.4 0.8 3.4 4.5 1.33
1959 29 LAD NL 11 5 .688 2.06 29 17 3 7 4 0 152.2 122 49 35 13 45 3 76 1 0 2 612 205 1.094 7.2 0.8 2.7 4.5 1.69 MVP-13
1960 30 LAD NL 8 3 .727 3.27 21 15 3 6 1 0 115.2 99 48 42 8 43 4 69 3 1 0 478 121 1.228 7.7 0.6 3.3 5.4 1.60
1961 31 LAD NL 5 6 .455 6.15 40 14 7 2 0 2 112.2 130 87 77 22 52 7 63 4 1 7 513 70 1.615 10.4 1.8 4.2 5.0 1.21
1962 32 NYM NL 10 24 .294 4.51 42 33 8 13 0 3 233.1 261 133 117 35 70 3 118 7 2 7 998 92 1.419 10.1 1.4 2.7 4.6 1.69
1963 33 NYM NL 5 22 .185 3.78 46 31 9 14 0 2 236.0 249 117 99 28 58 2 108 6 6 4 1014 91 1.301 9.5 1.1 2.2 4.1 1.86
1964 34 STL NL 7 9 .438 3.25 39 19 12 3 0 5 166.0 180 76 60 16 35 4 84 4 0 2 706 117 1.295 9.8 0.9 1.9 4.6 2.40
1965 35 CIN NL 1 4 .200 3.64 40 0 17 0 0 3 64.1 74 33 26 6 25 7 30 3 0 5 292 103 1.539 10.4 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.20
1966 36 PHI NL 2 1 .667 5.56 14 0 5 0 0 1 22.2 31 15 14 4 5 1 13 0 0 0 103 64 1.588 12.3 1.6 2.0 5.2 2.60
12 Seasons 74 98 .430 3.83 368 186 79 58 7 19 1536.1 1528 763 653 186 522 48 803 35 12 42 6545 104 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.54
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .430 3.83 45 23 10 7 1 2 189 188 94 80 23 64 6 99 4 1 5 803 104 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.1 4.7 1.54
LAD (7 yrs) 49 38 .563 3.73 187 103 28 28 7 5 814.0 733 389 337 97 329 31 450 15 4 24 3432 111 1.305 8.1 1.1 3.6 5.0 1.37
NYM (2 yrs) 15 46 .246 4.14 88 64 17 27 0 5 469.1 510 250 216 63 128 5 226 13 8 11 2012 92 1.359 9.8 1.2 2.5 4.3 1.77
PHI (1 yr) 2 1 .667 5.56 14 0 5 0 0 1 22.2 31 15 14 4 5 1 13 0 0 0 103 64 1.588 12.3 1.6 2.0 5.2 2.60
STL (1 yr) 7 9 .438 3.25 39 19 12 3 0 5 166.0 180 76 60 16 35 4 84 4 0 2 706 117 1.295 9.8 0.9 1.9 4.6 2.40
CIN (1 yr) 1 4 .200 3.64 40 0 17 0 0 3 64.1 74 33 26 6 25 7 30 3 0 5 292 103 1.539 10.4 0.8 3.5 4.2 1.20

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1955 25 BRO NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.500 6.0 1.5 7.5 6.0 0.80
1956 26 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 12.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 29 2.167 15.0 4.5 4.5 6.0 1.33
1959 29 LAD NL WS W CHW 0 1 .000 8.68 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 15 9 9 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 46 2.143 14.5 1.9 4.8 7.7 1.60
1964 34 STL NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 19 1.000 3.6 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 2 2 .500 6.49 7 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 31 19 19 6 16 2 25 0 0 1 122 1.785 10.6 2.1 5.5 8.5 1.56
4 WS 2 2 .500 6.49 7 4 1 0 0 0 26.1 31 19 19 6 16 2 25 0 0 1 122 1.785 10.6 2.1 5.5 8.5 1.56

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 25 BRO NL 21 28 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .077 .111 .077 .188 -49 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 26 BRO NL 35 73 61 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 33 .016 .103 .016 .119 -66 1 0 0 5 1 0 1
1957 27 BRO NL 32 32 29 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .138 .167 .138 .305 -20 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1958 28 LAD NL 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 29 LAD NL 29 57 52 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .058 .075 .058 .133 -65 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 MVP-13
1960 30 LAD NL 21 43 36 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .056 .150 .056 .206 -42 2 1 0 3 0 0 1
1961 31 LAD NL 40 33 27 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .148 .233 .185 .419 10 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1962 32 NYM NL 42 85 76 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 33 .053 .111 .053 .164 -54 4 1 1 4 0 0 1
1963 33 NYM NL 46 77 69 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 39 .087 .149 .087 .236 -30 6 2 0 3 0 0 1
1964 34 STL NL 39 54 48 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 24 .208 .283 .229 .512 42 11 2 0 1 0 0 1
1965 35 CIN NL 40 13 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 36 PHI NL 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 368 509 448 15 38 2 0 0 12 0 2 31 219 .085 .146 .089 .235 -35 40 6 1 28 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 224 197 7 17 1 0 0 5 0 1 14 96 .085 .146 .089 .235 -35 18 3 0 12 0 0
LAD (7 yrs) 187 276 240 9 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 17 116 .067 .128 .071 .199 -46 17 1 0 18 1 0
NYM (2 yrs) 88 162 145 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 72 .069 .129 .069 .198 -43 10 3 1 7 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 39 54 48 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 24 .208 .283 .229 .512 42 11 2 0 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 40 13 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 2 0 0 2 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 25 BRO NL WS NYY W 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1956 26 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 29 LAD NL WS CHW W 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1964 34 STL NL WS NYY W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 7 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 2 0 0
4 WS 7 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 BRO NL 25 P 21 10 90.2 18 6 11 1 1 .944 1.69 0.81 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 BRO NL 26 P 35 32 199.0 32 10 22 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.91 .966 2.05 0.83
1957 BRO NL 27 P 32 13 111.1 30 11 19 0 4 1.000 2.43 0.94 .960 2.06 0.82
1958 LAD NL 28 P 9 2 32.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.84 0.33 .975 1.97 0.77
1959 LAD NL 29 P 29 17 152.2 38 19 18 1 2 .974 2.18 1.28 .953 1.99 0.82 MVP-13
1960 LAD NL 30 P 21 15 115.2 26 10 16 0 2 1.000 2.02 1.24 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 LAD NL 31 P 40 14 112.2 21 5 15 1 1 .952 1.60 0.50 .957 2.18 0.88
1962 NYM NL 32 P 42 33 233.1 81 23 54 4 4 .951 2.97 1.83 .948 2.07 0.82
1963 NYM NL 33 P 46 31 236.0 86 18 60 8 4 .907 2.97 1.70 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 STL NL 34 P 39 19 166.0 51 13 37 1 2 .980 2.71 1.28 .951 2.14 0.84
1965 CIN NL 35 P 40 0 64.1 16 2 13 1 0 .938 2.10 0.38 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 PHI NL 36 P 14 0 22.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 3.57 0.64 .944 1.95 0.74
12 Seasons P 368 186 1536.1 412 120 274 18 21 .956 2.31 1.07 .954 2.07 0.83
12 Seasons TOT 368 186 1536.1 412 120 274 18 21 .956 2.31 1.07 .910 2.07 0.83

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (13, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 NL  .688 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL  7.643 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 NL  4.930 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL  32 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1962 NL  13 (9th)
1963 NL  14 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 NL  2 (10th)
1959 NL  4 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  25 (10th)
1962 NL  35 (2nd)
1963 NL  28 (2nd)
Career  186 (234th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  87 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 NL  261 (7th)
1963 NL  249 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL  24 (1st)
1963 NL  22 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1962 NL  117 (3rd)
1963 NL  99 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (674), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Vern Ruhle (944)
  7. Rick Langford (944)
  8. Steve Hargan (943)
  9. Jim Colborn (942)
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Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1961 expansion draft.

November 4, 1963: Traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for George Altman and Bill Wakefield.

December 14, 1964: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Charlie James to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Purkey.

April 11, 1966: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

April 11, 1966: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 23, 1966: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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