Born:(1893-07-28)July 28, 1893 Oklahoma City, Indian Territory
Died: March 4, 1967(1967-03-04) (aged 73) Kansas City, Missouri
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
1917, All Nations
Last appearance
1938, Kansas City Monarchs
Career statistics
Win–loss record
120–52
Earned run average
2.65
Strikeouts
918
Batting average
.338
Home runs
50
Runs batted in
419
Managerial record
257–111–1
Teams
As Player
25th Infantry Wreckers (1914–1920)
All Nations (1917)
Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1938)
As Manager
Kansas City Monarchs (1926–1934, 1936)
Career highlights and awards
Negro World Series champion (1924)
4× Negro National League pennant (1923, 1924, 1925, 1929)
Negro American League pennant (1937)
All-Star (1936)
On August 6, 1923, combined with José Méndez on no-hitter against the Milwaukee Bears
Played in first night game in baseball history, April 29, 1930
Toured the Philippines, Japan, and China in 1933–34 with the Philadelphia Royal Giants
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1998
Election method
Veterans Committee
Wilber Joe Rogan, also known as "Bullet Joe" (July 28, 1893 – March 4, 1967), was an American pitcher, outfielder, and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro baseball leagues from 1920 to 1938. Renowned as a two-way player who could both hit and pitch successfully, one statistical compilation shows Rogan winning more games than any other pitcher in Negro leagues history and ranking fourth highest in career batting average.[1] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Rogan's early baseball career took place in the U.S. Army, where he played for a famous team in the all-black 25th Infantry. After joining the Kansas City Monarchs, he was the top pitcher and one of the best hitters on a team that won three pennants from 1923 to 1925 and the 1924 Colored World Series. He became a playing manager in 1926 and led his team to another league title in 1929.
"Charleston was everything—but Rogan was more", said William "Big C" Johnson, one of Rogan's Army teammates. "Rogan could do everything, everywhere."[2] "He was the onliest pitcher I ever saw, I ever heard of in my life, was pitching and hitting in the cleanup place", said Satchel Paige.[3] According to Rogan's longtime catcher Frank Duncan, "If you had to choose between Rogan and Paige, you'd pick Rogan, because he could hit. The pitching, you'd as soon have Satchel as Rogan, understand? But Rogan's hitting was so terrific. Get my point?"[4] Casey Stengel called Rogan "one of the best—if not the best—pitcher that ever lived."[5]
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one each year. There were seven selections: Leon Day, Bill Foster, BulletRogan, Hilton Smith, Turkey Stearnes, Willie Wells, and Smokey Joe Williams...
Kansas City Monarchs. Within Negro league baseball, Buck Leonard and BulletRogan each had careers in excess of a decade with a single major-league team...
mound and hit at least 10 home runs in the same season. Ed Rile and BulletRogan also accomplished this feat in the Negro leagues as well. Ohtani's 25th...
629 Bill Foster 2.629 66 Barney Pelty 2.632 67 Claude Hendrix 2.649 68 BulletRogan * 2.652 69 Jack Taylor 2.653 70 Joe McGinnity 2.657 Dick Rudolph 2.657...
Pitcher/center fielder BulletRogan - .396 batting average, .617 slugging percentage, five home runs, 33 RBIs in 49 games (Rogan was later inducted into...
Baseball Awards" Pitcher of the Year (in each league) NLBM Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan Legacy Award ("Pitchers of the Year") (in each league) Sporting News...
This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Philadelphia Phillies professional baseball team. Note: This award was known as the Kenesaw...
Glasscock 61.6 Tommy John 61.6 176 Sal Bando 61.5 Stan Coveleski * 61.5 BulletRogan * 61.5 179 Jake Beckley * 61.1 Early Wynn * 61.1 181 Tommy Bond 60.9...
RBIs in 95 games Pitcher BulletRogan - .362 batting average, .551 slugging percentage, seven home runs, 44 RBIs in 68 games (Rogan was later inducted into...
Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2011. "Hall of Famers: BulletRogan". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 6, 2011...
multiple classified ballots: George Davis, Larry Doby, Lee MacPhail, and BulletRogan. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July...
played its home games at Muehlebach Field in Kansas City, Missouri. BulletRogan was the team's player-manager. He played center field, compiled a .359...
Day, played in one of the games that was not counted, Monarchs legend BulletRogan umpired in that same game. The Monarchs and Grays had met during the...
Internet Baseball Awards NL Cy Young, and the winner of the NLBM Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan Legacy Award (NL Pitcher of the Year). He also was named the MLB "This...
Huachuca in 1913 and was later Huachuca commandant from 1918 to 1919. BulletRogan (Negro league baseball) 25th Infantry Regiment Cornelius C. Smith Jr...
the NL and AL: Leroy "Satchel" Paige Legacy Award (2000–2005) Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan Legacy Award (2006–present) Larry Doby Legacy Award – "Rookies of the...
Crystal Robinson (born 1974), New York Liberty, WNBA basketball player BulletRogan (1893–1967), Baseball Hall of Famer Matt Roney (born 1980), MLB relief...
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