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: 16-13 / in Starts: 11-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 8

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	98	67	Jun 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.00	2.99	33	11	14	2	0	1	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.210	1.22	0.32%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	99	72	Jun 24	LAD		PHI	W,9-6	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	7	6	1	1	3	2	0	1.80	4.34	27	12	8	1	0	3	46			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	.83	-0.263	2.60	-0.49%	-2.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
3	100	77	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	GS-9		4	9.0	7	4	4	4	3	2	0	2.63	5.00	36	13	15	3	0	1	56			1	0	0	32	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.31	-0.051	7.59	-0.18%	0.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
4	101	83	Jul 5(1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.10	4.61	25	7	9	5	0	2	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.096	6.12	-0.26%	-0.56	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a2
5	102	85	Jul 9	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	3-GF(13)	W(4-0)	3	11.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.25	3.89	35	18	14	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	1.121	9.58	4.16%	4.95	3b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
6	103	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-GF		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.89	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	-0.362	24.64	-1.08%	-0.94	9b 1-3 2 out tie	9b end d 1
7	104	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-9	1-5		1	4.2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.01	3.66	18	9	6	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.30	-0.012	1.58	-0.04%	1.11	1b 1-3 1 out d3	5b 3 out d5
8	105	91	Jul 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-1)	2	7.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	1	2.26	3.70	25	6	10	6	0	0	61			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.089	5.77	-0.25%	0.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
9	106	96	Jul 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.93	3.48	31	8	14	4	0	0	84			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.733	10.56	3.31%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	107	100	Jul 25	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GS-10	L(5-2)	3	9.1	9	4	1	1	3	1	0	1.80	3.50	39	18	17	6	0	0	62			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	1	0	3	1.51	-0.015	7.51	-0.05%	1.33	1t start tie	10t --3 1 out d1
11	108	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.59	3.25	31	12	11	7	0	0	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.27	0.641	7.61	2.30%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
12	109	107	Aug 2	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS-4		3	4.0	3	3	0	2	3	0	0	1.52	3.22	19	5	9	3	0	0	51			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.112	6.35	-0.41%	-0.88	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
13	110	108	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	7-8		1	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.59	3.39	8	4	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.047	4.63	0.18%	0.97	7t -23 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
14	111	111	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	GS-3	L(6-3)	4	2.2	6	6	3	1	1	1	0	1.85	3.53	15	9	4	2	0	0	28			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.06	-0.329	8.78	-1.64%	-4.65	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d6
15	112	113	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	1-3		2	3.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.89	3.59	11	5	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	.25	0.005	1.28	0.01%	0.45	1b --- 0 out d5	3b 3 out d5
16	113	114	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.99	3.73	3	1	2	2	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	-0.125	15.89	-0.32%	-2.18	9b 123 0 out a5	9b 1-- 1 out a1
17	114	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-4	L(6-4)	2	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.31	3.71	15	8	4	1	0	1	31			0	1	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.201	6.60	-0.67%	-1.92	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d1
18	115	119	Aug 17(2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	1-4		0	3.1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.23	3.66	15	2	10	5	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.47	0.076	3.09	0.30%	1.56	1b 1-- 2 out d3	4b 3 out d3
19	116	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	8-8	BS(1)	1	0.0	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.60	3.69	4	2	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.348	14.50	-1.34%	-4.14	8b 1-3 0 out a1	8b -23 0 out d3
20	117	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS-6	L(6-5)	2	6.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.53	3.70	25	14	5	1	0	0	56			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.162	6.15	0.60%	1.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	118	129	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	2-5		5	3.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.45	3.65	13	6	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.048	3.17	0.34%	1.70	2t --- 2 out d5	5t 3 out d5
22	119	130	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(7-5)	1	1.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.50	3.69	8	3	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.08	-0.266	28.47	-1.47%	-0.26	8t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end d 1
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
23	120	133	Sep 2	LAD		STL	W,9-6	3-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	3.69	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.005	1.55	0.02%	0.11	3t --- 2 out d4	3t 3 out d4
24	121	134	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	3-7		0	4.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.48	3.62	16	7	5	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.054	4.84	0.24%	1.36	3t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d3
25	122	139	Sep 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-5)	6	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.29	3.55	30	11	12	1	0	0	82			0	0	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.333	2.91	0.97%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	123	144	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	GS-4		4	4.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.36	3.63	21	5	10	4	0	2	40			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.023	7.61	-0.11%	0.12	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
27	124	147	Sep 19(1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.27	3.59	37	10	18	5	0	1	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.364	10.06	2.82%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	125	151	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.13	3.52	35	9	17	3	0	1	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.608	18.97	5.23%	4.72	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
29	126	154	Sep 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.06	3.55	35	13	16	9	0	1	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.244	11.94	3.36%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
							16-13		W-L:11-5,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.6	152.2	122	49	35	45	77	13	1	2.06	3.55	612	0.93		17%	0%	15	60	15	60%	2	3	1	563	12	2	3	18	1	11	1.05	2.359	7.63	15.84%	26.44

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