Legendary manager Dusty Baker returns to baseball, lands new role with Giants: 'I'm happy to be back home'

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Dusty Baker's Major League Baseball managerial career began in 1993 in San Francisco. He also played for the Giants in the mid-'80s. 

Baker went on to manage big league teams for 26 years, before he stepped away from the dugout in October after his Houston Astros dropped Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers. 

Baker is now set to return to the Bay Area for his third stint with the Giants organization. The 74-year-old will serve as a special adviser to baseball operations and work on both the baseball and business sides, the team announced.

Baker said being back in San Francisco felt like a homecoming.

"I’ve enjoyed my stops at various places, but I’m happy to be back home," the former World Series-winning player and manager said in a statement. "I look forward to providing guidance to the organization and helping the Giants get back to the top in a very tough division."

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San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker argues with an umpire during a game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, circa 1995. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Baker spent the last four seasons as the Astros' manager, leading the club to a World Series title in 2022.

He managed the Giants from 1993-2002 before coming back to work as an adviser to CEO Larry Baer during a break from managing in 2018 and 2019.

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"We are so excited to welcome Dusty back into the Giants organization," Baer said. "Dusty’s experience, knowledge and the success he’s had in his 50 years of baseball