Bullet Rogan

⭐ Hall of Fame 1998

Born: 7/28/1893 in Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Died: 3/4/1967 in Kansas City, MO, USA

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 160 lbs

Full name: Charles Wilber Rogan

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Biography

Bullet Rogan, born in 1893, was a significant figure in the history of baseball, particularly known for his contributions during the early 20th century. His career, which spanned from 1938 until his retirement, was marked by his dual prowess as both a position player and pitcher, although his official statistics reflect no recorded games, hits, home runs, or RBIs. Despite this, Rogan's talent was evident, and he carved out a notable legacy in the sport. His playing style exemplified the versatility and athleticism that characterized many players of his era, making him a standout figure in the Negro Leagues. Rogan's impact extended beyond the diamond, as he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998, a testament to his influence and skill in a time when African American players faced significant barriers. His career unfolded during a pivotal period in baseball history, marked by the eventual integration of the sport, which highlighted the contributions of players like Rogan who had previously played in the segregated leagues. As a player who bridged different eras, Bullet Rogan remains a celebrated figure, remembered not only for his talent but also for his role in shaping the landscape of American baseball.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
367.0 325.0 62.0 117.0 21.0 3.0 4.0 40.0 32.0 10.0 18.0 0.360 0.421 0.480 0.901

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
82.0 0 0 28.0 25.0 0 0 0.0 237.0 110.0 58.0 11.0 0 0 1.93

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1920 5.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750
1921 14.0 12.0 1.0 4.0 0 0 1.0 0 2.0 0 0 0.333 0.429 0.583 1.012
1923 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000
1924 45.0 42.0 5.0 14.0 1.0 0 0 6.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 0.333 0.378 0.357 0.735
1925 91.0 75.0 12.0 28.0 5.0 0 0 11.0 12.0 3.0 6.0 0.373 0.466 0.440 0.906
1926 45.0 41.0 8.0 18.0 3.0 0 1.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 0 0.439 0.467 0.585 1.052
1927 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 4.0 4.0 0 3.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.750 0.750 1.250 2.000
1929 24.0 21.0 11.0 10.0 4.0 0 1.0 0 1.0 0 3.0 0.476 0.522 0.810 1.332
1933 26.0 25.0 4.0 7.0 1.0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0 0.280 0.308 0.440 0.748
1934 8.0 8.0 1.0 3.0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.750
1935 12.0 11.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0 0.091 0.167 0.091 0.258
1936 6.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 0 3.0 2.0 0 0 0.500 0.667 0.500 1.167
1937 51.0 45.0 9.0 16.0 4.0 1.0 0 10.0 5.0 0 3.0 0.356 0.431 0.489 0.920
1938 33.0 30.0 7.0 8.0 2.0 0 0 2.0 2.0 0 1.0 0.267 0.312 0.333 0.645

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1920 3.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 12.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1921 8.0 0 0 2.0 2.0 0 0 0.0 11.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1923 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1924 11.0 0 0 3.0 3.0 0 0 0.0 28.0 10.0 9.0 1.0 0 0 2.53
1925 32.0 0 0 10.0 10.0 0 0 0.0 69.0 38.0 25.0 6.0 0 0 2.53
1926 23.0 0 0 8.0 7.0 0 0 0.0 81.0 35.0 16.0 2.0 0 0 1.80
1927 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1928 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.00
1929 3.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 10.0 3.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.00
1936 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1937 1.0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 11.0 12.0 8.0 0 0 0 8.64
1938 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
117 52 213 157 134 18 17 1489.0 1316 454 31 400 904 2.74 0

Career ERA 2.74 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 34.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1920 KCM NNL 6 5 12 12 11 0 0 105.3 96 40 38 83 3.42 3.45 (+1%) 2599.4
1921 KCM NNL 16 8 25 23 22 3 0 202.7 167 41 71 122 1.82 4.02 (+55%) 3579.2
1922 KCM NNL 13 8 25 20 19 2 2 186.7 159 62 43 113 2.99 4.18 (+28%) 5897.8
1923 KCM NNL 14 11 34 24 20 4 4 248.3 212 82 77 151 2.97 4.03 (+26%) 6640.1
1924 KCM NNL 16 5 23 22 17 1 0 175.0 155 61 57 101 3.14 4.13 (+24%) 3922.5
1925 KCM NNL 15 2 22 16 15 4 3 155.3 126 30 31 96 1.74 4.55 (+62%) 6370.3
1926 KCM NNL 12 3 19 12 10 0 1 122.7 119 39 33 68 2.86 4.11 (+30%) 3061.3
1927 KCM NNL 13 7 29 15 12 4 4 155.3 137 43 34 104 2.49 4.08 (+39%) 4370.8
1928 KCM NNL 10 2 17 10 8 0 2 114.0 122 43 14 54 3.39 4.13 (+18%) 3241.3
1929 KCM NNL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 2 0 0 3 0.00 — 0.0
1933 KCM IND 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.3 4 2 0 0 13.50 — 0.0
1935 KCM IND 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.7 6 3 1 1 4.76 — 0.0
1936 KCM IND 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 3 0.00 — 0.0
1937 KCM NAL 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 5.3 7 8 1 5 13.50 — 0.0
1938 KCM NAL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0.00 — 0.0

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
697 2099 416 693 106 60 50 426 112 241 12 0.330 0.405 0.509 0.915 9545.1

Career AVG .330 vs. league average .282 across their career seasons — +17.2% above league average.

Career OBP .405 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — +17.7% above league average.

Career SLG .509 vs. league average .396 across their career seasons — +28.5% above league average.

Career OPS 0.915 vs. league average 0.741 across their career seasons — +23.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1920 KCM NNL 43 169 18 49 5 8 1 16 9 8 0 0.290 .271 (+7%) .331 (-2%) .363 (+19%) .694 (+9%) 171.8
1921 KCM NNL 82 255 46 77 12 8 5 44 19 31 0 0.302 .286 (+5%) .344 (+11%) .395 (+19%) .739 (+15%) 748.5
1922 KCM NNL 73 238 57 88 11 7 15 55 16 35 3 0.370 .285 (+30%) .345 (+32%) .397 (+67%) .743 (+51%) 2309.0
1923 KCM NNL 68 207 38 75 12 3 7 44 5 19 0 0.362 .282 (+28%) .344 (+21%) .390 (+41%) .734 (+32%) 1180.1
1924 KCM NNL 49 149 31 59 8 5 5 33 5 12 3 0.396 .283 (+39%) .345 (+29%) .389 (+59%) .734 (+44%) 1141.2
1925 KCM NNL 50 125 24 45 7 8 2 40 6 14 0 0.360 .288 (+25%) .349 (+21%) .407 (+45%) .756 (+34%) 742.5
1926 KCM NNL 53 136 30 39 7 3 1 18 7 23 2 0.287 .279 (+3%) .345 (+17%) .390 (+4%) .735 (+10%) 333.1
1927 KCM NNL 61 123 21 41 4 3 2 25 5 12 0 0.333 .282 (+18%) .344 (+20%) .392 (+18%) .736 (+19%) 475.3
1928 KCM NNL 64 201 40 70 14 5 3 41 5 16 0 0.348 .280 (+24%) .342 (+18%) .395 (+30%) .737 (+24%) 876.4
1929 KCM NNL 72 262 65 89 15 9 7 68 27 40 2 0.340 .289 (+17%) .353 (+23%) .415 (+31%) .769 (+27%) 1465.5
1930 KCM NNL 30 108 26 32 6 0 1 21 5 21 2 0.296 .293 (+1%) .354 (+16%) .429 (-12%) .784 (+1%) 101.7
1933 KCM IND 5 14 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0.357 — — — — 0.0
1934 KCM IND 7 28 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.107 — — — — 0.0
1935 KCM IND 7 22 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.136 — — — — 0.0
1936 KCM IND 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.667 — — — — 0.0
1937 KCM NAL 18 31 7 10 2 1 0 8 1 4 0 0.323 — — — — 0.0
1938 KCM NAL 13 28 5 6 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.214 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
24 78 8 30 2 0 0 10 6 2 0.385

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1937 ALC KCM 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1926 NNC KCM 6 12 1 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.583
1925 NNC KCM 7 20 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.450
1924 NWS KCM 10 40 4 14 1 0 0 6 3 2 0.350

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
8 2 11 8 0 79.7 69 24 21 44 2.71

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1926 NNC KCM 3 1 4 2 0 25.7 21 8 10 14 2.81
1925 NNC KCM 3 0 3 3 0 26.0 23 7 2 17 2.42
1924 NWS KCM 2 1 4 3 0 28.0 25 9 9 13 2.89

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 26 6 134 5 4 12
2B 30 24 48 74 6 10
3B 8 6 6 7 0 0
C 1 0 0 1 0 0
OF 395 297 505 35 24 6
P 213 158 76 438 18 15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1920 KCM 1B 1 1 17 0 0 0
1920 KCM OF 31 29 42 5 0 0
1920 KCM P 12 12 5 38 2 0
1921 KCM 2B 5 3 7 6 2 0
1921 KCM C 1 0 0 1 0 0
1921 KCM OF 56 40 86 4 6 2
1921 KCM P 25 23 9 79 7 0
1922 KCM 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1922 KCM OF 47 36 62 6 1 1
1922 KCM P 25 20 12 66 1 2
1923 KCM 1B 3 0 4 0 0 0
1923 KCM 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1923 KCM 3B 1 1 2 1 0 0
1923 KCM OF 26 18 34 1 1 0
1923 KCM P 34 25 19 81 1 1
1924 KCM 2B 1 1 3 2 0 0
1924 KCM OF 22 12 21 2 1 1
1924 KCM P 23 22 12 71 2 5
1925 KCM 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 KCM OF 18 0 0 0 0 0
1925 KCM P 22 16 0 0 0 0
1926 KCM 1B 15 4 82 4 2 10
1926 KCM 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 KCM OF 20 15 28 4 1 0
1926 KCM P 19 12 4 38 3 2
1927 KCM 1B 1 0 2 0 0 0
1927 KCM OF 23 14 22 2 2 0
1927 KCM P 29 15 9 35 1 2
1928 KCM 1B 1 0 4 0 0 0
1928 KCM 2B 22 20 38 65 4 10
1928 KCM OF 24 11 24 0 2 0
1928 KCM P 17 10 6 26 0 3
1929 KCM 1B 1 0 12 1 2 1
1929 KCM 3B 5 5 3 6 0 0
1929 KCM OF 67 66 120 6 5 2
1929 KCM P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1930 KCM OF 31 30 42 2 4 0
1933 KCM OF 4 4 5 1 0 0
1933 KCM P 1 1 0 2 0 0
1934 KCM OF 7 7 7 1 0 0
1935 KCM 1B 1 1 7 0 0 1
1935 KCM 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1935 KCM OF 5 4 2 0 0 0
1935 KCM P 1 0 0 0 1 0
1936 KCM 1B 1 0 4 0 0 0
1936 KCM P 1 1 0 0 0 0
1937 KCM 1B 1 0 2 0 0 0
1937 KCM OF 6 6 7 0 1 0
1937 KCM P 2 1 0 2 0 0
1938 KCM OF 8 5 3 1 0 0
1938 KCM P 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 213
Catcher 1
First Base 26
Second Base 30
Third Base 8
Left Field 86
Center Field 200
Right Field 109