Stephen Douglas Rogers (born October 26, 1949) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher.

During Rogers' sophomore year, the team made it to the College World Series title game, losing 10–1 to Arizona State.

[6] Still, manager Gene Mauch was frustrated by Rogers's failure to repeat his success of the previous year.

Rogers finished in the top ten of numerous categories, such as innings pitched (ninth), games started (tenth), complete games (eighth), hits (sixth), home runs per nine innings (seventh with 0.465), batters faced (sixth), and errors by a pitcher (first, with seven).

For 1976, Rogers was selected to start the Opening Day game for the Expos, facing the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

In six innings of work, he allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits, with six strikeouts and three walks, taking the loss as the Expos lost 3–2.

At the helm as manager for the Expos was Dick Williams, who had led the Oakland Athletics to back-to-back World Series championships earlier in the decade.

In his book No More Mister Nice Guy, he accused Rogers of being unwilling to step up when his team needed him in big games once the Expos became contenders.

Although he did not receive an All-Star Game nod, he finished fifth in the Cy Young Award race to Steve Carlton.

A strike occurred in June that lasted until August, causing the season to be split into two halves, which meant the winners of each half for the respective division would face off against each other.

The alienation by manager Williams of players such as Rogers and closer Jeff Reardon led to his firing on September 7, 27 games before the second half ended, replaced by Jim Fanning.

[12] Rogers was tasked to start the opening game of the National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies and ace Steve Carlton at Olympic Stadium.

In the first postseason game in Canada on October 7, Rogers threw 8+2⁄3 innings while allowing one run on ten hits as the Expos triumphed 3–1.

[13] He was sent to the mound for Game 5 four days later at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia to try and give Montreal a postseason series win.

On the mound against Carlton, he lined a single into center field, scoring Larry Parrish and Chris Speier that proved to be the winning hit as the Expos won 3–0.

[14] He started Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on October 16, facing off against Jerry Reuss in Montreal.

Rogers made his seventh Opening Day start that year, against the Phillies on April 9 on the road.

He threw a complete game while allowing no runs on three hits, with two walks and ten strikeouts, defeating Larry Christenson for his first career Opening Day victory.

Rogers pitched the opening three innings in front of his home crowd, allowing one run on four hits with two strikeouts.

Rogers made the Opening Day start for the Expos, his ninth and final occasion, against the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium.

Facing Mario Soto on April 8, he allowed three runs on eight hits, striking out three and walking one as the Reds prevailed 4–1.

Rogers was first eligible to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the 1991 ballot, but received no votes and fell off.

Rogers now resides in Princeton Junction, New Jersey, and works for the Major League Baseball Players Association.