Bullet Rogan

CTL-E-6957 · Person · other · 1893–1967

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Charles Wilber "Bullet" Rogan was an American two-way star of the Kansas City Monarchs — a pitcher who also played the outfield, hit in the middle of the order, and later managed the club. Born in Oklahoma City on July 28, his birth year is disputed: his Hall of Fame plaque and the Oklahoma Historical Society give 1889, while SABR's biography, drawing on Phil Dixon's research and federal census records, concludes 1893, and this record follows 1893 with the split shown. Rogan developed with the U.S. Army's all-Black 25th Infantry Wreckers, joined the Monarchs in 1920, and starred as they won three straight Negro National League pennants (1923–1925) and the 1924 Colored World Series. The National Park Service credits him with a 120–52 pitching record and a .338 batting average in Negro National League play. He was player-manager from 1926 and died in Kansas City on March 4, 1967. The Veterans Committee elected him to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

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• Also known as: Charles Wilber Rogan, Bullet Joe Rogan, Bullet Joe, Wilber Rogan

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0258. Firsts disposition: NO 'first' is asserted. BIRTH-YEAR SPLIT SHOWN, NOT BLENDED: 1889 (Hall of Fame plaque, Oklahoma Historical Society, NLBM listing) vs. 1893 (SABR/Dixon census research, NPS) — the description and era follow 1893 and state the split. FLAG: the NLBM profile page carries an internal error (a line saying he was inducted in 2006); its header and all other sources here give the 1998 induction, which this record uses. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Rogan is the two-way standard of the Negro National League's first decade — an ace who batted cleanup on the days he pitched, on the league's flagship team. That the Hall waited until 1998, thirty-one years after his death, measures the institution's delay, not his standing among the men who faced him. Photo: CLEARED — 1917 Bullet Rogan.jpg, Public domain; the Commons file description names Charles Wilber "Bullet" Rogan.

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• Kansas City Monarchs — played for
  Bullet Rogan was a pitcher and outfielder for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1920 to 1938 and was the top pitcher on the Monarchs teams that won three straight pennants (1923–1925) and the 1924 Colored World Series — per SABR and the U.S. National Park Service.

Sources

• Society for American Baseball Research. "Bullet Rogan" (Thomas Kern, SABR BioProject). Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• U.S. National Park Service. "Charles Wilber Rogan." Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. "Wilbur 'Bullet' Rogan" (Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum, Personal Profiles). Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)

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