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Former Giants manager Roger Craig, seen here in 1990, died Sunday. He was 93. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images) ... Facebook owner investing up to $65 billion toward AI in 2025. Finance.
Roger Lee Craig (February 17, 1930 – June 4, 2023) was an American pitcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball ().After playing for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies between 1955 and 1966, Craig became an acclaimed pitching coach, [1] and a manager, between 1969 and 1992.
Roger Craig, who pitched for the Dodgers in the 1950s and '60s before embarking on a successful coaching and managerial career, has died at 93. Roger Craig, coach who taught split-fingered ...
Roger Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake ...
Giants manager Roger Craig (affectionately known as "Humm Baby") was fired after the 1992 season and replaced by Dusty Baker, who managed the team to their next World Series. The final member of the 1989 team, Matt Williams , was traded to the Cleveland Indians after the 1996 season in a trade that brought future Giants star Jeff Kent to the team.
In 1992, Giants manager Roger Craig was fired while Bob Quinn was named general manager (the week prior, Rosen resigned) by the new ownership that was led by Peter Magowan. [41] On December 16, 1992, Baker was hired to manage the club, becoming the seventh black manager hired to manage a Major League Baseball team.
He won 823 games as the Giants' manager, fourth-most in Giants history, and won three National League championships, in 1933, 1936 and 1937, winning the World Series in 1933. [8] Hall of Famers Mel Ott and Leo Durocher managed the team from 1942 through 1955. Durocher was the manager for the Giants' World Series championship in 1954. [9]
The 1989 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 107th season in Major League Baseball, their 32nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 30th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. It was their second ...