Roger Craig, pitcher for Dodgers' first championship team, dead at 93
The three-time World Series champ was also the manager of the San Francisco Giants during the 1989 World series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake.
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The three-time World Series champ was also the manager of the San Francisco Giants during the 1989 World series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake.
Https://apnews.com/article/roger-craig-giants-earthquake-world-series-ec20fb8ed8af832006ff2e6ac4100716 Craig was best known around these parts as the Pitching Coach for Sparky's Tigers, including the '84 championship team, but he was in baseball for 37 years as a player and a coach. The split-finger fastball he taught to Jack Morris and others was a lethal wipe-out pitch. R.I.P. to one of the greats.
Roger Craig, a former Dodgers pitcher in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died at age 93. Plus a look at recent successes of J.D. Martinez, Bobby Miller, and the Dodgers outfield platoon.
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then managed the
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.