| DATE SHOT: 1955-57 SUBJECT: Roger Craig APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: Hand-signed by Roger Craig ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Signature is original, Photo is Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period SIGNER: Roger Craig COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for signature quality and photo condition. BIO: Roger Lee Craig was born in 1930 in Durham, NC and died in 2023 in San Diego, CA. He went to college at North Carolina State University. He played major league baseball from 1955 to 1966 as pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies. Craig scouted for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1967, then was the manager of the Albuquerque Dodgers in 1968. He was a coach with the expansion San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1972. Craig was a minor league pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1973 before being a part of the Houston Astros staff in 1974 and 1975; both for the Padres and Astros, he worked under manager Preston Gomez. He re-joined the Padres the next season and began a two year stint as the club's manager in 1978 when Alvin Dark was fired in spring training. That year, he led the team to its first-ever winning record, but the team sank back into last place in 1979 and he was dismissed following the season. After leaving San Diego, he was a Detroit Tigers coach from 1980 to 1984, leaving after the team won the 1984 World Series. He took over as manager of the San Francisco Giants in late 1985 and remained with them through the 1992 season, leading the club to the 1989 World Series. In his first full year as Giants' manager, Craig made "Hum Baby" the baseball phrase of 1986. A player he liked was a "hum baby," a good play was a "hum baby of a play", one could merely exhort "hum baby" from the dugout in lieu of a "let's go". . . the potential uses were infinite. SKU: L14695
Item: L14695
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