Editing Bullet Rogan (section)

==Professional career==
[[File:Bullet Joe Rogan.jpg|thumb|Rogan with the [[Kansas City Monarchs]], {{c.|1924}}]]
In July 1920, Rogan and Dobie Moore joined the Monarchs. Rogan quickly became the premier pitcher and biggest box-office draw in the young league. By his third season with the Monarchs, 1922, he hit .390, and his 13 [[home run]]s were good for second in the league.<ref name="Hogan, 396–97, 406–7">Hogan 2006, pp. 396–97, 406–7.</ref> On August 6, 1923, Rogan combined with teammate and manager [[José Méndez]] to pitch a no-hitter against the [[Milwaukee Bears]], Méndez pitching the first five innings and Rogan the last four. That season he hit .364 with a league-leading 16 wins and 151 [[strikeout]]s to lead the Monarchs to their first pennant.<ref>Dixon 2002, pp. 44–45; Rock 2004, p. 11.</ref>

In 1924 Rogan hit .395 while compiling an 18–6 record and leading the Monarchs to their second league title.<ref name="Hogan, 396–97, 406–7"/> He starred in the first [[1924 Colored World Series|Black World Series]], leading the Monarchs with 13 hits and winning two games as Kansas City defeated the [[Eastern Colored League]] champion [[Hilldale Club|Hilldales]].<ref>Lester 2006, pp. 42–43, 184–85.</ref> That winter he led the 1924/25 [[Cuban League]] with nine victories for the champion [[Almendares (baseball)|Almendares]] club.<ref name="Figueredo 2003, pp. 158–59">Figueredo 2003, pp. 158–59.</ref>

Rogan may have reached his peak in 1925, leading Kansas City to its third straight league championship with a 17–2 record and a .381 batting average.<ref name="Hogan, 396–97, 406–7"/> In the playoffs against the [[St. Louis Stars (baseball)|St. Louis Stars]] he hit .450 and won three more games, including one [[shutout]].<ref>Dixon 2002, p. 59.</ref> However, before the World Series rematch with Hilldale, Rogan suffered a knee injury while playing with his young son. Forced to undergo surgery, he missed the series. Without their star, the Monarchs were defeated in six games.<ref>Dixon 2002, p. 60.</ref>

The following season, Rogan took over from José Méndez as manager of the Kansas City Monarchs. In that season's NNL playoffs against the [[Chicago American Giants]], he pitched and lost both games of a series-deciding doubleheader to the younger [[Bill Foster (baseball)|Bill Foster]].<ref>Dixon 2002, p. 63.</ref> As late as 1928 at the age of 34, Bullet Rogan was the best hitter (.358) and arguably the best pitcher (10–2) on the Monarchs.<ref name="Hogan, 396–97, 406–7"/> That year he slammed three home runs in a game against the [[Detroit Stars]].<ref>Dixon 2002, p. 73.</ref>

Rogan continued at the Monarchs' helm in 1929 when they won their fourth NNL championship and recorded the best record (62–17) in the history of the league.<ref>Clark and Lester 1994, p. 160.</ref> On April 29, 1930, in [[Enid, Oklahoma]], Rogan played for the Monarchs in baseball's first night game.<ref>Dixon 2002, p. 155.</ref> In August he was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness.  He remained out of the lineup for more than a year, finally returning on September 28, 1931.<ref>Holway 1992, pp. 182–83; Dixon 2002, pp. 156–57.</ref>

When Wilkinson did not organize a Kansas City Monarchs team for 1932, Rogan joined a white independent team in [[Jamestown, North Dakota]], where he played until August.  He batted .315 and went 20–3 as a pitcher before returning to the reorganized Monarchs in September.<ref>Dixon 2002, pp. 160–61, 163–64.</ref> In the winter of 1933 and 1934, Rogan returned to Hawaii and the Philippines as a member of the Philadelphia Royal Giants, a black all-star team. The Royal Giants toured Japan and China as well.<ref>Dixon 2002, pp. 185–86.</ref> In 1936, at the age of 43, Rogan appeared in the [[East-West All-Star Game]].<ref>Lester 2001, p. 92.</ref>