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: 13-27 / in Starts: 7-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 12

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	148	3	Apr 13	LAD		PHI	L,7-8	GS-6		99	6.0	6	4	4	1	4	2	0	6.00	6.07	25	12	9	4	1	0	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.140	3.16	-0.24%	-0.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
2	149	8	Apr 18	LAD		STL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.2	7	4	3	5	3	2	1	4.97	7.23	32	13	8	4	1	2	44			0	0	1	26	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.46	-0.042	3.31	-0.06%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
3	150	13	Apr 23	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.32	5.48	34	10	17	4	1	0	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.454	2.16	0.75%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	151	18	Apr 30(2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-10	GS-2	L(2-1)	6	1.2	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	5.40	5.40	11	2	8	5	0	0	20			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.383	3.83	-0.73%	-4.35	1b start a 1	2b --3 2 out d4
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
5	152	20	May 3	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.18	5.20	5	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.25	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
6	153	23	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS-1	L(2-2)	2	0.1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	6.57	5.29	6	1	4	3	0	0	24			0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.39	-0.338	4.29	-0.63%	-4.44	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out d4
7	154	30	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,8-10	11-GF(11)		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.39	5.34	3	0	2	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.046	4.54	-0.10%	-0.04	11t 12- 1 out d1	11t end d 2
8	155	32	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,3-5	5-7		1	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.72	4.97	8	4	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.071	1.24	0.14%	2.03	5t 1-- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d2
9	156	35	May 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	5.06	4.80	34	8	17	5	0	0	66			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.437	4.61	1.08%	1.39	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
10	157	39	May 24	LAD	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	7	6	3	0	5	1	0	4.98	4.56	28	14	7	4	1	2	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	3	.74	-0.269	3.00	-0.65%	-2.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
11	158	43	May 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-3		3	3.0	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	5.24	4.82	14	3	6	3	0	0	40			0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.204	4.30	-0.43%	-1.60	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d1
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
12	159	47	Jun 2	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	GS-5		4	4.1	8	2	2	2	2	2	0	5.15	5.18	22	11	7	2	0	0	39			2	0	0	19	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.070	5.29	-0.20%	-0.51	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
13	160	51	Jun 6	LAD		PIT	W,8-7	GS-4		3	3.2	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.47	5.30	19	9	8	4	0	1	28			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.24	-0.237	5.57	-0.64%	-1.94	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d3
14	161	57	Jun 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-2	L(3-4)	5	1.0	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	6.02	5.41	8	3	2	1	0	0	28			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.251	6.91	-0.83%	-2.99	1b start tie	2b -23 0 out d2
15	162	60	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,6-3	1-9		2	7.1	5	2	2	3	7	0	0	5.60	5.00	30	5	14	6	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.254	6.31	0.70%	2.92	1t 12- 2 out d1	9t 1-3 0 out tie
16	163	67	Jun 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-6		6	5.1	8	5	4	1	4	3	0	5.69	5.31	26	9	12	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.358	4.87	-0.90%	-2.22	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d1
17	164	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.61	5.27	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.094	7.21	0.33%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
18	165	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-7		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.58	5.26	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.058	6.49	-0.23%	-0.69	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 1-3 1 out d1
19	166	72	Jun 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-9	3-4		2	2.0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.55	5.21	8	2	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	.27	-0.040	1.28	-0.11%	-1.00	3b 12- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d6
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
20	167	79	Jul 5	LAD		STL	L,1-9	3-7		6	4.1	6	5	3	2	4	1	0	5.59	5.20	22	6	11	5	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	.39	-0.101	1.81	-0.28%	-2.19	3t -23 2 out d3	7t 3 out d7
21	168	81	Jul 7(1)	LAD		CIN	L,7-11	4-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.57	5.19	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.007	1.89	0.03%	0.25	4t 1-- 2 out d5	4t 3 out d5
22	169	84	Jul 9	LAD		CIN	L,3-14	GS-3	L(3-5)	1	2.1	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	5.86	5.36	13	4	7	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.205	7.05	-0.87%	-1.99	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out tie
23	170	86	Jul 14	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	8-GF(10)	BL(3-6)	4	2.1	3	3	3	2	4	1	1	6.02	5.45	13	3	3	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.69	-0.405	8.95	-0.81%	-1.11	8t 123 2 out a1	10t end d 2
24	171	88	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	W,12-11	5-5		1	0.2	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	6.31	5.66	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.091	2.96	-0.17%	-1.26	5t --- 0 out a4	5t 123 2 out a3
25	172	93	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	S(2)	5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.23	5.66	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.218	16.43	0.72%	0.55	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
26	173	97	Jul 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-6	4-6	W(4-6)	4	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.04	5.57	12	4	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.067	9.03	0.24%	0.71	4b --- 0 out d2	6b 123 2 out a1
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
27	174	101	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	7-8		5	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.00	5.52	9	1	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.016	1.32	-0.06%	0.09	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
28	175	110	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,0-5	6-7		11	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.97	5.45	8	3	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.018	1.68	-0.07%	0.09	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
29	176	111	Aug 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.84	5.37	6	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.027	2.32	0.22%	1.09	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
30	177	115	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	6-6		3	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	6.11	5.56	5	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.125	4.18	-0.47%	-3.03	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 1-- 1 out d5
31	178	119	Aug 24	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	4-4		4	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.07	5.61	4	1	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.030	6.28	-0.10%	-0.41	4b 123 0 out d2	4b 123 2 out d4
32	179	123	Aug 27(2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-8	6-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.04	5.63	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.004	1.28	0.03%	0.33	6b -2- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
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
33	180	128	Sep 2	LAD	@	MLN	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.98	5.57	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.35	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
34	181	132	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,9-5	8-8	W(5-6)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.96	5.54	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.040	10.62	0.19%	0.34	8t -2- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d1
35	182	133	Sep 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-7	1-4		1	3.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.92	5.57	14	4	8	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.030	1.91	-0.17%	-0.28	1b --- 1 out d4	4b 3 out d5
36	183	137	Sep 12	LAD		PHI	L,10-19	2-4		3	2.2	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	6.03	5.69	14	5	4	1	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	.31	-0.140	1.52	-0.41%	-4.29	2t 123 1 out d3	4t 3 out d10
37	184	141	Sep 16	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	GS-6		3	5.2	8	6	5	1	2	1	0	6.13	5.64	25	9	13	5	1	0	32			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	-0.197	2.16	-0.25%	-3.08	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a1
38	185	144	Sep 19	LAD		CHC	L,3-7	5-6		2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	5.57	4	2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.063	.76	0.08%	1.77	5t 1-3 1 out d4	6t 3 out d4
39	186	148	Sep 24	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	4-6		4	3.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	6.04	5.49	13	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.001	.26	0.00%	-0.34	4b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d6
40	187	150	Sep 26(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-8	6-8		1	2.1	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.15	5.49	15	6	7	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.005	.08	-0.01%	-2.02	6b --- 0 out d5	8b 1-- 1 out d8
							13-27		W-L:5-6,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.1	112.2	130	87	77	52	63	22	4	6.15	5.49	513	0.74		23%	2%	9	40	23	35%	3	4	2	451	21	2	7	13	3	9	.95	-2.056	3.76	-4.90%	-26.76

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