Nat Rogers
Brooklyn Royal Giants 1923; Harrisburg Giants 1924; Chicago American Giants 1927; Memphis Red Sox 1927; Chicago American Giants 1928; Memphis Red Sox 1928–1929; Birmingham Black Barons 1930; Memphis Red Sox 1930; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Kansas City Monarchs 1931; Chicago American Giants 1932–1936; Memphis Red Sox 1937–1939; Chicago American Giants 1940; Memphis Red Sox 1940–1941; Birmingham Black Barons 1942; Memphis Red Sox 1942–1943; Chicago American Giants 1944; Memphis Red Sox 1944–1945
Percentile snapshot
1933 season — qualified batters
of 150 qualified 1933 batters (min 164 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .636 | .909 | 133.0 | 149.2 | .398 | 0.1 |
| 1924 | 17 | 66 | 56 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .304 | .637 | 80.8 | 73.8 | .311 | 0.1 |
| 1927 | 68 | 279 | 247 | 35 | 73 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .296 | .356 | .421 | .777 | 108.0 | 108.5 | .358 | 0.9 |
| 1928 | 49 | 189 | 175 | 18 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .291 | .337 | .371 | .708 | 93.6 | 94.0 | .329 | 0.3 |
| 1929 | 54 | 207 | 183 | 27 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .295 | .361 | .383 | .744 | 96.4 | 94.2 | .346 | 0.4 |
| 1930 | 69 | 281 | 257 | 43 | 90 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .350 | .395 | .529 | .924 | 137.3 | 143.8 | .415 | 2.0 |
| 1931 | 36 | 153 | 140 | 23 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .343 | .395 | .471 | .866 | 132.8 | 139.7 | .404 | 1.0 |
| 1932 | 44 | 184 | 159 | 20 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .327 | .406 | .390 | .795 | 142.1 | 143.1 | .387 | 1.4 |
| 1933 | 38 | 174 | 160 | 29 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .313 | .357 | .400 | .757 | 106.2 | 106.7 | .346 | 0.6 |
| 1934 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .394 | .433 | .827 | 128.5 | 131.7 | .391 | 0.2 |
| 1935 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 70.7 | 68.8 | .306 | 0.0 |
| 1936 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -63.1 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 1937 | 17 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .224 | .278 | .239 | .517 | 55.5 | 44.0 | .250 | -0.2 |
| 1938 | 27 | 107 | 102 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .353 | .371 | .520 | .891 | 141.8 | 154.9 | .409 | 0.8 |
| 1939 | 24 | 76 | 69 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .293 | .290 | .583 | 73.5 | 69.8 | .284 | -0.1 |
| 1940 | 24 | 60 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .467 | 42.4 | 40.8 | .226 | -0.3 |
| 1941 | 13 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .372 | .378 | .750 | 123.3 | 122.8 | .368 | 0.2 |
| 1942 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 115.9 | 122.4 | .347 | 0.1 |
| 1943 | 17 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .240 | .191 | .431 | 39.9 | 33.0 | .217 | -0.3 |
| 1944 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 1.8 | 23.2 | .160 | -0.1 |
| 1945 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 82.1 | 72.2 | .294 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938-06-22 | MEM @ JRC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1933-05-01 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1930-08-09 | BBB @ SLS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1930-08-10 | BBB @ SLS Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1923-05-13 | BRG @ BBS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-05-12 | BRG @ HIL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-13 | BRG @ BBS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-13 | BRG @ BBS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-14 | BRG @ BBS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-27 | BRG @ NYL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.