Harry Craft

Baseball Player

1915 – 1995

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Who was Harry Craft?

Harry Francis Craft was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. Born in Ellisville, Mississippi, he was a center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937 to 1942. Craft attended Mississippi College, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 185 pounds. He was the first manager in Houston Major League history as skipper of the expansion Houston Colt .45s, later the Astros.

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Born
Apr 19, 1915
Ellisville
Profession
Education
  • Mississippi College
Lived in
  • Joplin
  • Ellisville
Died
Aug 3, 1995
Conroe

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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