Harry Craft

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: April 19, 1915 in Ellisville, MS us

Died: August 3, 1995 in Conroe, TX

Buried: Cremated

School: Mississippi College (Clinton, MS)

Debut: September 19, 1937 (Age 22-153d, 8,309th in major league history)
vs. BSN 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 14, 1942 (Age 27-086d)
vs. PHI 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Harry Francis Craft

Nicknames: Wildfire

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1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

2104

533

.253

237

RBI

267

OBP

.294

SLG

.380

OPS

.674

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 22	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 27	CIN		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 28	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 30	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CIN		BRO	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 4	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	13	May 6	CIN		NYG	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 7	CIN		NYG	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 8	CIN		BSN	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 9	CIN		BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	17	May 11	CIN	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 12 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 12 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
20	20	May 13	CIN		STL	T,8-8	CG	64	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	28 (7)	May 25 (1)	CIN		STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	29	May 25 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	30	May 26	CIN		STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	31	May 27 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	32	May 27 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	33	May 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	34	May 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	35	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
29	36	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	37	Jun 1	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	38	Jun 2 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	39	Jun 2 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	40	Jun 3	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	41	Jun 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	42	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	43	Jun 7	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	44	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	W,23-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	45	Jun 9 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
39	46	Jun 9 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	47	Jun 11	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	48	Jun 12	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	49	Jun 14	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	50	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	51	Jun 16 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	52	Jun 16 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	53	Jun 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	54	Jun 18	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
48	55	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	48	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
49	56	Jun 21	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	57	Jun 22	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	58	Jun 23 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	59	Jun 23 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	60	Jun 28	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	61	Jun 29	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	62	Jun 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	63	Jun 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	64	Jul 1	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	65	Jul 2	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	66	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	67	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	68	Jul 5	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	69	Jul 6	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	70	Jul 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	71	Jul 11	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	72	Jul 13 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	73	Jul 13 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	74	Jul 14 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	75	Jul 14 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	76	Jul 15	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	77	Jul 17	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	78	Jul 19	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	79	Jul 20	CIN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	80	Jul 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	81	Jul 21 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	82	Jul 23 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	85 (2)	Jul 26	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	86	Jul 27	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	87	Jul 28 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	88	Jul 28 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	89	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	90	Jul 30	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	92 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	93	Aug 2 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	3	0	0	3	0
84	94	Aug 3 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	95	Aug 3 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	96	Aug 4 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	97	Aug 4 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,12-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	98	Aug 7	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	99	Aug 8	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	103 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	104	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	106 (1)	Aug 15	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	107	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	114 (6)	Aug 22	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	115	Aug 23	CIN		BSN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	116	Aug 24	CIN		BSN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	117	Aug 25 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	118	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	119	Aug 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	120	Aug 26 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	121	Aug 29	CIN		BRO	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	122	Aug 30	CIN		BRO	L,2-6	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	125 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	138 (12)	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,13-3	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	145 (6)	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	47	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
106	147 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	148	Sep 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	150 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
109	152 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	154 (1)	Sep 28	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	GF	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
111	155	Sep 29	CIN		PIT	W,11-3	GF	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
							111gm		14.0	296	8	1	305	3