Roger Craig

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: February 17, 1930 in Durham, NC us

Died: June 4, 2023 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Durham, NC

High School: Durham HS (Durham, NC)

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: July 17, 1955 (Age 25-150d, 11,273rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 9.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: July 10, 1966 (Age 36-143d)
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Roger Lee Craig

Nicknames: Rock Hawk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.3

ERA

3.83

368

186

1536.1

803

WHIP

1.334

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 18-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	22	3	Apr 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.00	0.93	31	5	15	3	1	2	86			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.359	1.54	0.55%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
2	23	8	Apr 27	BRO		PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	4	2	2	5	4	1	0	1.00	2.76	36	11	13	4	0	3	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	1	1	.90	0.156	2.96	0.31%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	24	13	May 2	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-10	GS-1	L(2-1)	4	0.1	4	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.44	4.22	6	0	2	2	0	2	23			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.372	3.07	-0.71%	-3.91	1b start a 2	1b -23 1 out d1
4	25	16	May 5	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-2)	2	5.0	7	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.24	4.64	24	9	4	2	0	4	36			0	0	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.47	-0.250	1.46	-0.46%	-1.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
5	26	19	May 11	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	6	4	3	4	8	1	0	3.90	4.29	35	12	9	3	0	2	65			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.000	1.50	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	27	23	May 16	BRO		STL	W,5-3	GS-3		4	3.0	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.33	4.63	16	2	8	4	0	1	38			0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	-0.162	4.49	-0.36%	-1.44	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
7	28	31	May 26	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-2)	9	9.0	3	0	0	6	5	0	0	3.45	4.35	36	11	13	2	0	1	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.294	2.36	0.49%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	29	36	Jun 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-6		5	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.04	4.10	20	8	9	2	0	0	67			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.347	2.58	0.55%	2.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	30	41	Jun 5	BRO	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.73	4.00	31	10	16	2	0	1	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.189	1.97	0.37%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
10	31	46	Jun 10	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-2		4	1.2	6	4	4	0	3	2	1	3.25	4.34	12	3	3	3	0	2	30			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.359	3.02	-0.83%	-3.60	1b start a 2	2b -23 2 out d2
11	32	50	Jun 16	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.1	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.16	4.37	28	12	10	1	0	3	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.285	5.04	0.86%	2.62	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
12	33	54	Jun 20	BRO		STL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-2)	3	8.0	7	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.07	4.26	34	11	12	6	0	2	59			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.235	4.74	0.64%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
13	34	58	Jun 24(1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-10	GS-2		3	1.1	2	4	4	3	0	2	1	3.48	4.71	10	2	2	0	0	2	31			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.319	4.21	-0.98%	-3.89	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d4
14	35	62	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	GS-8	W(7-2)	2	7.1	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.39	4.52	32	9	14	2	0	2	57			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.100	2.83	0.23%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	36	67	Jul 1(2)	BRO		PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	5	1	0	4	9	0	0	3.06	4.25	36	10	12	5	0	1	80			2	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.352	4.73	0.88%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	37	72	Jul 7	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-7	L(8-3)	5	6.1	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.23	4.34	30	7	16	7	0	1	41			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.066	5.74	0.19%	0.73	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a2
17	38	75	Jul 12	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	1	3.22	4.35	27	10	10	3	0	2	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	.96	-0.002	6.03	-0.01%	0.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	39	80	Jul 16	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG(6)	W(9-4)	3	6.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.12	4.23	23	10	7	3	1	0	66			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.210	3.27	0.41%	1.83	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a3
19	40	85	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,6-13	GS-6	L(9-5)	4	5.1	8	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.21	4.15	25	13	8	3	0	2	38			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.49	-0.375	4.28	-0.65%	-2.05	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
20	41	90	Jul 26	BRO		CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.20	4.22	33	10	14	4	0	3	65			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.332	2.98	0.87%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	42	95	Jul 30	BRO		MLN	L,6-8	GS-5	L(10-6)	3	5.0	6	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.42	4.34	24	8	8	3	0	3	36			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.266	6.88	-1.09%	-2.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	43	97	Aug 1	BRO		MLN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	4.33	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.167	13.70	0.63%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
23	44	99	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,8-11	GS-2		1	2.0	4	3	2	2	2	1	0	3.48	4.41	13	3	5	4	0	1	38			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.15	-0.194	5.97	-0.61%	-1.96	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
24	45	104	Aug 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-8	GS-4	L(10-7)	4	3.0	6	6	5	3	1	1	0	3.73	4.51	19	7	6	3	0	2	23			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	1	.91	-0.469	5.56	-1.71%	-5.09	1b start a 2	4b -23 0 out d3
25	46	108	Aug 12	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	GS-9	W(11-7)	3	8.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.71	4.38	34	8	19	6	0	1	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.197	4.95	0.73%	1.16	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
26	47	112	Aug 17	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	L(11-8)	4	8.1	4	3	2	4	4	0	0	3.62	4.30	32	11	12	4	0	1	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.54	0.274	7.98	0.85%	2.67	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out a2
27	48	116	Aug 22	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(12-8)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.58	4.23	27	13	7	5	0	1	60			0	1	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.043	4.89	0.15%	1.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	49	120	Aug 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-6	GS-6	L(12-9)	3	6.0	5	4	3	3	2	1	0	3.61	4.27	26	8	13	5	0	0	47			1	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	.59	-0.174	7.59	-1.36%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
29	50	125	Aug 30	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		3	6.2	6	3	3	5	2	1	0	3.63	4.34	30	8	15	6	0	0	47			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	-0.109	12.88	-0.56%	-0.45	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	51	131	Sep 3(1)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.2	10	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.64	4.34	29	11	10	6	0	3	43			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.23	-0.144	8.72	-0.61%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out tie
31	52	136	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	2	0	7	1	0	3.64	4.28	22	3	10	4	0	2	50			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.093	7.78	-0.57%	-0.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
32	53	139	Sep 12	BRO		MLN	L,7-8	8-8	L(12-10)	3	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.67	4.29	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.47	-0.189	53.09	-2.43%	-0.48	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
33	54	140	Sep 14	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	GS-7		1	6.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.59	4.21	23	10	9	2	0	0	64			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.197	11.53	1.28%	2.31	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
34	55	144	Sep 18	BRO		STL	L,5-6	GS-3		3	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.72	4.26	14	4	6	3	0	0	37			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.242	9.93	-1.92%	-2.44	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
35	56	149	Sep 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-6	6-GF(8)	L(12-11)	5	3.0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.71	4.28	13	6	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	-0.198	23.41	-2.53%	0.39	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
							19-16		W-L:12-11,Sv:1	3.6	199.0	169	90	82	87	109	25	4	3.71	4.28	840	0.84		19%	0%	50	53	0	---%	7	6	1	732	29	3	5	14	8	12	.96	-0.114	5.74	-7.39%	9.01

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