He added another ring with the 1964 Cardinals, getting the win in relief in Game 4 of the World Series against the Yankees. The Mets took him in the expansion draft, and as the 1962 season approached, he was regarded as the closest thing to a sure thing on the staff.Īsked in spring training about being considered the ace, Craig told Newsday, “Sure it feels good, and I’ll bust my butt to prove it’s right.”Ĭraig played 12 major-league seasons for five teams, finishing 74-98 - 59-52 without those two seasons with the Mets.
(AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File) Credit: AP/Danny Moloshok 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, died Sunday, June 4, 2023. He started (and lost) the final game played by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957, bookending his spot in New York baseball history for the Mets, the Dodgers’ NL successors.įILE - Former Los Angeles Dodgers' Roger Craig, on hand for the Dodgers' Old Timers Game festivities, points as he rides in a cart before the baseball game between the Dodgers and Colorado Rockies, Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Los Angeles. He was the starter and winner in Game 5 of the 1955 World Series, which the Dodgers went on to win in seven games over the Yankees for their first title. “You’ve got to be good to lose that many,” the manager said.Ĭraig, a 6-4 righthander, won his first World Series as a rookie in 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, then another in ’59 after the team moved to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rob Kozloff, File) Credit: AP/Rob Kozloff
As Stengel noted, despite his record, Craig was effective enough to keep deserving the ball.įILE - American League manager Tony La Russa, center left, from the Oakland A's, and National League manager Roger Craig, of the San Francisco Giants, watch batting practice at Wrigley Field in Chicago, July 10, 1990, before the start of the 61st All-Star Game. In 1963, his second and final season as a Met, he went 5-22 - with an 18-decision losing streak - leading the league in losses for the second year in a row but with a respectable 3.78 ERA.Ĭraig had 27 complete games in 64 starts as a Met. But if the Mets want to return intact a team that is steamrolling toward the franchise’s first postseason appearance in six years, it will take. He finished that season 10-24 with a 4.51 ERA, which led the Mets’ staff in victories and the National League in losses. How Mets’ 2023 payroll could skyrocket to 345 million, by Mike Puma, NY Pos t: Team owner Steve Cohen has kept expenditures this season under the third luxury-tax threshold of 300 million. How bad were those Mets? Craig was the “star” of the pitching rotation, getting the nod in the franchise’s inaugural game - an 11-4 loss to the Cardinals in St. New York was a magical place to play baseball.You could look it up, as its manager, Casey Stengel, used to say. It’s an honor to have my number retired in my two favorite cities - New York and San Francisco. I’m tremendously proud I ended my career in Queens with the Mets during the ’73 World Series. “I can never forget the way it felt to return to New York to play for all the loyal Mets fans. Back in February, the Mets announced they would hold Old Timers. “I want to thank Steve and Alex Cohen for making this day possible and embracing Mets history,” Mays said in a statement read aloud during the ceremony. The New York Mets announced on Thursday the complete roster for Old Timers' Day, which will take place at Citi Field on Aug. But Payson died not long after Mays’ retirement in 1973, and the Mets finally made good on her promise nearly 50 years later under current owner Steve Cohen and his wife, Alex. Mets charter owner Joan Whitney Payson told Mays he would be the last player in franchise history to wear No. He returned to the Big Apple in a May 1972 trade and spent his final two seasons with the Mets, helping them reach the 1973 World Series. FLUSHING, N.Y., AugThe New York Mets today announced that 65 former players and managers will be in attendance for Old Timers’ Day Presented by Citi on August 27 prior to the 7:10 p.m. One of baseball’s greatest players, the Hall of Fame center fielder starred for the Giants in New York from 1951-57 and then in San Francisco from 1958-72 after the club moved to the West Coast. 11 Members of Mets Hall of Fame Attending. Old-Timers Day (or Old-Timers Game) generally refers to a tradition in Major League Baseball of a team, especially the New York Yankees, devoting the.
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