Roger Craig, who won three World Series titles as a pitcher and then, as a coach and manager, championed the split-finger baseball, died at age 93.
His death was announced by the San Francisco Giants, the moribund team he took over as manager in 1985 and led to the National League pennant four years later. No further details wereMr. Craig was a colorful, old-school baseball lifer who looked like President Lyndon B. Johnson and prodded his players with his signature, folksy expression, “Humm Baby.” During a mound visit, he once told a struggling pitcher, “Get him out. I need a beer.
When Mr. Craig was managing the Padres, Sutter showed him the pitch one day before a game, according to Tyler Kepner’s bookThe first few times, nothing happened when Morris threw it. Mr. Craig suggested a couple adjustments. At 6 foot 4, he played basketball and baseball in high school, winning a hoops scholarship to what is now
In 1951, he married Carolyn Anderson. In addition to his wife, survivors include four children; seven grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
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