VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA

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Roger Craig

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)
Born: February 17, 1930 in Durham, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Debut: July 17, 1955 (11,287th in major league history)
vs. CIN 9.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, W
Last Game: July 10, 1966
vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Full Name: Roger Lee Craig
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Nine Players Who Debuted in 1955

Brooks Robinson
Roberto Clemente
Ken Boyer
Rocky Colavito
Clete Boyer
Elston Howard
Sandy Koufax
Jim Bunning
Bill Virdon

Notable Events and Chronology for Roger Craig Career

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July 17, 1955

In what will be their most important move of the season, the Brooklyn Dodgers bring up rookie pitchers Roger Craig and Don Bessent from the minor leagues. They immediately pay dividends as they beat the Redlegs in both ends of a doubleheader. Craig wins, 6 – 2, and Bessent matches it, 8 – 5.

October 2, 1955

Surprise Brooklyn starter rookie Roger Craig pitches 6 innings for the 5-3 win.

July 30, 1956

Hank Aaron homerun puts Braves 23 games over 500

October 1, 1959

White Sox crush Dodgers in Game 1 1959 World Series (Radio Broadcast)

October 5, 1959

Dodgers take a 3-1 lead in World Series over White Sox – Full Broadcast

May 18, 1962

Warren Spahn tops the Mets 5-2 on 3 hitter Hank Aaron and Gil Hodges homer

July 21, 1962

Craig Anderson throws a seven-hit, complete-game against Cincinnati, but New York cannot overcome Marv Throneberry’s error which would have ended the fifth inning, giving Vada Pinson the opportunity to hit a two-out, two-run homer. The eventual 5-3 defeat at Crosley Field makes the right-hander the third consecutive Mets’ starter, following losing efforts by Jay Hook and Roger Craig, to pitch a complete game and not get a victory.

September 8, 1962

Colt’s walk off in 10 innings on Craig Wild Pitch Radio Broadcast

September 26, 1962

Hank Aaron leads Braves past Mets who lose there 118th game – Full Radio Broadcast

April 19, 1963

Hank Aaron hits 300th career homerun

May 24, 1963

Musial and Gibson homer as St Louis gets by Mets 10-4

July 7, 1963

Pirates win 10th Straight loss for the Mets Full Radio Broadcast

July 19, 1963

Roy Sievers hits his 300th career home run to give the Phils a 2 – 1 win over the Mets

August 9, 1963

Jim Hickman hits a walk off grandslam ending his lossing streak at 18 games

November 4, 1963

The Cardinals trade outfielder George Altman and pitcher Bill Wakefield to the Mets for veteran right-hander Roger Craig

October 11, 1964

Ken Boyer grand-slam caps off St. Louis rally vs Yankees

March 21, 1978

The San Diego Padres fire manager Alvin Dark, replacing him with pitching coach Roger Craig. Dark becomes the second manager ever fired during spring training. Phil Cavarretta, fired by the Chicago Cubs in 1954, was the other.

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