Roger Craig

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Roger Craig was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager best known for managing the San Francisco Giants in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Roger Craig canonical 3
Roger Lee Craig 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball manager
Major League Baseball pitcher
human
bats Right
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1930-02-17
dateOfDeath 2023-06-04
employer Detroit Tigers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
eraManagedIn 1980s
1990s
eraPlayedIn 1950s
1960s
familyName Craig
finalMLBGameDate 1966-06-10
finalMLBGameLeague Major League Baseball
finalMLBGameTeam Philadelphia Phillies
givenName Roger
hallOfFame San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame
jerseyNumber 38
knownFor popularizing the split-finger fastball as a pitching coach and manager
leagueAsManager National League
ledTeamTo 1989 National League pennant
managedTeam San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
MLBDebutDate 1955-07-17
MLBDebutLeague Major League Baseball
MLBDebutTeam Brooklyn Superbas
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
name Roger Craig self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roger Lee Craig
notableFor managing the San Francisco Giants in the late 1980s and early 1990s
occupation baseball manager
pitching coach
professional baseball player
placeOfBirth Denton, North Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Escondido
surface form: Escondido, California, United States
playedFor Los Angeles Dodgers
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers

Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
positionPlayed pitcher
sport baseball
throws Right
worldSeriesChampionAsCoach 1963 World Series
1965 World Series
1968 World Series
worldSeriesChampionAsPlayer 1955 World Series
1959 World Series

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Game 3 homeManager Roger Craig
subject surface form: Game 3 of the 1989 World Series
Roger Craig name Roger Craig self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roger Lee Craig