Bullet Rogan

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (Final season: 1938)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1998
W–L 117–52
ERA 2.74
WHIP 1.15
SO 904
Pitcher PIV 39682.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'7" / 160 lb
Born
7/28/1893 in Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Died
3/4/1967 in Kansas City, MO, USA
Last Game
1938-08-23
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1998 (Veterans)
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Charles Wilber Rogan

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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 .360 .421 .480 .901

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
26 6 28 25 10 1 270.1 237 110 58 11 82 160 1.93 1.18

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 1,316 454 31 400 904 2.74 39682.9

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

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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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 · 15 seasons 117 52 213 157 134 18 17 1,489.0 1,316 454 400 904 2.74 — 39,683

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
697 2,099 416 693 106 60 50 426 112 241 12 .330 .405 .509 .915 9,545

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 .915 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — +23.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .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 .357 — — — — 0.0
1934 KCM IND 7 28 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .107 — — — — 0.0
1935 KCM IND 7 22 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .136 — — — — 0.0
1936 KCM IND 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .667 — — — — 0.0
1937 KCM NAL 18 31 7 10 2 1 0 8 1 4 0 .323 — — — — 0.0
1938 KCM NAL 13 28 5 6 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 .214 — — — — 0.0
Career · 17 seasons 697 2,099 416 693 106 60 50 426 112 241 12 .330 — — — — 9,545

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

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 .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 .000
1926 NNC KCM 6 12 1 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 .583
1925 NNC KCM 7 20 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 .450
1924 NWS KCM 10 40 4 14 1 0 0 6 3 2 .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

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home3365172119.323
Away9223700.318

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home737.029812281.95
Away211.180360.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1938-08-23 KCMATNL 000000000
1938-08-22 KCMATNL 100000000
1938-08-21 KCMATNL 300000000
1938-08-21 KCMATNL 410000010
1938-07-31 KCMCAGL 100000000
1938-07-29 KCMCAGL 100000000
1938-07-08 KCMBIRW 401000110
1938-07-04 KCMMEMW 200000000
1938-07-04 KCMMEML 512100000
1938-07-03 KCMMEML 211000000

Last 9 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1937-06-12 KCMIN6 — 2.1310000
1937-05-31 KCMBIR L 5.08118130
1937-05-30 KCMBIR SV 1.0000020
1927-08-15 KCMBIR L 2.0210000
1924-04-27 KCMSSN W 4.0110220
1923-08-05 KCMMIL — 4.0000120
1921-06-12 KCMCNN W 9.0630560
1921-05-08 KCMCAG W 9.0510360
1920-08-01 KCMCAG W 12.012403130

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 Diamond

Circle size = games played at each 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

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  4. 82
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  5. 81
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  6. 74
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Frequently Asked Questions about Bullet Rogan

Was Bullet Rogan a pitcher?
Yes. Bullet Rogan pitched in the major leagues, recording 117 wins and 904 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bullet Rogan hit?
Bullet Rogan hit 50 career home runs with 693 hits.
Is Bullet Rogan in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Bullet Rogan was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.