Editing Bullet Rogan (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Bullet Rogan
|image=Bullet_Joe_Rogan_1924.jpg
|width=200
|caption=Rogan in 1924
|position=[[Pitcher]] / [[Outfielder]] / [[Player-manager]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1893|7|28}}
|birth_place=[[Oklahoma City]], [[Indian Territory]]
|death_date={{death date and age|1967|3|4|1893|7|28}}
|death_place=[[Kansas City, Missouri]], U.S.
|debutleague=Negro leagues
|debutdate=1920 
|debutyear= 
|debutteam=Kansas City Monarchs
|finalleague=Negro leagues
|finaldate=1938  
|finalyear=
|finalteam=Kansas City Monarchs
|statleague=Negro leagues{{efn|On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared certain Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be "Major League".<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-officially-designates-the-negro-leagues-as-major-league|website=MLB.com|date=December 16, 2020|accessdate=December 5, 2024}}</ref> Rogan's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1920–1930, and 1937–1938.}}
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=120–52
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=2.65
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=918
|stat4label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat4value=.338
|stat5label=[[Home run]]s
|stat5value=50
|stat6label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat6value=419
|stat7label=Managerial record
|stat7value=257–111–1
|teams=<!--This forces MediaWiki to recognize the first bullet. Kind of a workaround to a bug.-->
;As Player
*[[Kansas City Monarchs]] ({{by|1920}}–{{by|1930}}, {{by|1933}}–{{by|1938}})
;As Player-manager
*[[Kansas City Monarchs]] ({{by|1926}}–{{by|1931}}, {{by|1933}}–{{by|1934}})
|highlights=
*[[Negro World Series]] champion ([[1924 Colored World Series|1924]])
* 4× [[Negro National League (1920–1931)#Pennant winners|Negro National League]] pennant ({{by|1923}}, {{by|1924}}, {{by|1925}}, {{by|1929}})
* [[Negro American League#Pennant winners|Negro American League]] pennant ({{by|1937}})
*[[East-West All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1936 East–West All-Star Game|1936]])
* Pitched a combined [[no-hitter]] with [[José Méndez]] against the [[Milwaukee Bears]] on August 6, 1923
* 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]]
|hoflink=National Baseball Hall of Fame
|hoftype=National
|hofdate=[[1998 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1998]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}

'''Charles Wilber Rogan''' (July 28, 1893 – March 4, 1967), nicknamed "'''Bullet Joe'''", was an American [[pitcher]], [[outfielder]], and [[player-manager]] for the [[Kansas City Monarchs]] in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro baseball leagues]] from 1920 to 1938. Renowned as a [[Two-way_player#Baseball|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 (baseball)|batting average]].<ref>Holway 2001, pp. 472, 476.</ref> He was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in  [[1998 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1998]].

Rogan's early baseball career took place in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], where he played for a famous team in the all-black [[25th Infantry Regiment (United States)|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]]. In addition to pitching and hitting, Rogan started [[Manager (baseball)|manag]]ing in 1926 and led his team to another league title in 1929.

"[[Oscar Charleston|Charleston]] was everything—but Rogan was more", said William "Big C" Johnson, one of Rogan's Army teammates. "Rogan could do everything, everywhere."<ref>Holway 1992, p. 171.</ref> "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]].<ref>Bruce 1985, p. 55.</ref> According to Rogan's longtime [[catcher]] [[Frank Duncan (baseball, born 1901)|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?"<ref name="Holway 1992, p. 169">Holway 1992, p. 169.</ref> [[Casey Stengel]] called Rogan "one of the best—if not the best—pitcher that ever lived."<ref name="Lester 2006, p. 90">Lester 2006, p. 90.</ref>