Harry Craft

Harry Craft
Center fielder / Manager
Born: (1915-04-19)April 19, 1915 Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: August 3, 1995(1995-08-03) (aged 80) Conroe, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 1937, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
July 14, 1942, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average	.253
Home runs	44
Runs batted in	267
Teams
As player Cincinnati Reds (1937–1942) As manager Kansas City Athletics (1957–1959) Chicago Cubs (1961) (as Head Coach) Houston Colt .45s (1962–1964) As coach Kansas City Athletics (1955–1957) Chicago Cubs (1960–1961)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1940) Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

Harry Francis Craft (April 19, 1915 – August 3, 1995) 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 (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).

From 1962 through September 18, 1964, Craft was the first manager in Houston's Major League history as skipper of the expansion Houston Colt .45s, later the Astros. Earlier, he managed the Kansas City Athletics (August 6, 1957–1959) and he was the "head coach" of the Chicago Cubs (April 26–May 10 and June 2–4, 1961).