Harry Craft

Harry Francis Craft (Wildfire)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 19, 1915 in Ellisville, MS
School: Mississippi College (Clinton, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1937
Team: Reds 1937-1942

Final Game: July 14, 1942
Died: August 3, 1995 in Conroe, TX
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1935	20	CIN-min	D	103	432	432		137	17	9	14					.317	.317	.495	.812		214					MEN · PASA
1936	21	CIN-min	C	133	511	511		146	21	13	15					.286	.286	.466	.751		238					ELD · CSTL
1937	22	CIN-min	AA,A	133	505	505		166	25	8	14					.329	.329	.493	.822		249					SYR,WLO · IL,WL
1937	22	CIN	NL	10	43	42	7	13	2	1	0	4	0	1	3	.310	.326	.405	.730	101	17	1	0	0	8O
1938	23	CIN	NL	151	645	612	70	165	28	9	15	83	3	29	46	.270	.305	.418	.723	99	256	12	2	2	*8O
1939	24	CIN	NL	134	537	502	58	129	20	7	13	67	5	27	54	.257	.299	.402	.701	85	202	6	3	5	*O8/7
1940	25	CIN	NL	115	452	422	47	103	18	5	6	48	2	17	46	.244	.277	.353	.630	72	149	5	2	11	*O8/93
1941	26	CIN	NL	119	450	413	48	103	15	2	10	59	4	33	43	.249	.308	.368	.676	90	152	9	2	2	*8O
1942	27	NYY-min	AA	58	237	215	37	62	10	1	4	32	5	12	18	.288	.332	.400	.732		86	4	2	8		KCY · AA
1942	27	CIN	NL	37	118	113	7	20	2	1	0	6	0	3	11	.177	.205	.212	.418	22	24	2	1	1	8O
1943	28	NYY-min	AA	8	30	30	5	9	0	0	3	6	0			.300	.300	.600	.900		18					KCY · AA
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	31	NYY-min	AAA	94	298	260	34	75	17	0	7	35	3	36	51	.288	.379	.435	.814		113	3	2	0		KCY · AA
1947	32	NYY-min	AAA	88	302	267	42	84	16	6	4	32	5	33	31	.315	.392	.464	.856		124	8	1	1		KCY · AA
1948	33	NYY-min	AAA	13	20	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.167	.211	.167	.377		3		0	1		KCY · AA
6 Yrs				566	2245	2104	237	533	85	25	44	267	14	110	203	.253	.294	.380	.674	85	800	35	10	21
162 Game Avg.				162	643	602	68	153	24	7	13	76	4	31	58	.253	.294	.380	.674	85	229	10	3	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1937	22	CIN	NL	10	43	0	0	0	-0	0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	8O
1938	23	CIN	NL	151	645	-2	-0	10	-2	6	0.5	19	25	2.4	.504	.504	1.4	0.8	15	$	*8O
1939	24	CIN	NL	134	537	-12	-0	3	-1	-10	-1.2	15	5	0.3	.492	.493	0.1	0.1	2	$	*O8/7
1940	25	CIN	NL	115	452	-17	0	6	-1	-12	-1.4	16	4	0.2	.489	.492	-0.4	0.4	-2	$	*O8/93
1941	26	CIN	NL	119	450	-6	-0	2	-1	-5	-0.6	16	11	0.9	.495	.497	0.7	0.1	9	$	*8O
1942	27	CIN	NL	37	118	-10	0	0	-0	-10	-1.3	4	-7	-0.9	.466	.492	-0.9	-0.0	-7	$	8O
6 Seasons				566	2245	-46	-1	21	-6	-32	-4.0	70	39	3.0	.494	.496	1.0	1.4	18	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1937	22	CIN	NL	43	30	6	5.3	97	.333	.310	.274	.326	.335	.405	.388	.730	.723	101	.577	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.119	.095
1938	23	CIN	NL	645	461	77	4.5	97	.272	.270	.272	.305	.336	.418	.388	.723	.723	99	.508	-4.1	-0.4	.632	.201	.149	5.0
1939	24	CIN	NL	537	384	60	4.2	105	.267	.257	.283	.299	.349	.402	.404	.701	.753	85	.459	-13.4	-1.3	.625	.209	.145	7.2
1940	25	CIN	NL	452	335	41	3.3	99	.262	.244	.273	.277	.338	.353	.393	.630	.730	72	.374	-18.0	-1.8	.525	.154	.109	3.0
1941	26	CIN	NL	450	321	46	3.8	94	.258	.249	.266	.308	.336	.368	.375	.676	.711	90	.464	-6.8	-0.7	.599	.208	.119	5.7
1942	27	CIN	NL	118	96	5	1.4	87	.196	.177	.256	.205	.328	.212	.356	.418	.683	22	.138	-11.6	-1.3	.295	.062	.035
6 Yrs				2245	1627	235	3.9	98	.263	.253	.273	.294	.339	.380	.388	.674	.727	85	.447	-54.1	-5.6	.582	.186	.127	21.2
162 Game Avg.				643	466	67	3.9	98	.263	.253	.273	.294	.339	.380	.388	.674	.727	85	.447	-54.1	-5.6	.582	.186	.127	6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1939	24	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	11	11	1	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1
1940	25	CIN	NL	WS	DET	W	1	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	12	12	1	6	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1
2 WS							5	12	12	1	6	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1937	22	CIN	NL	43	0.0%	7.0%	2.3%	7.0%	23%	3.00	14.0		10.5	91%
1938	23	CIN	NL	645	2.3%	7.1%	4.5%	8.1%	32%	1.59	13.3	40.8	7.4	85%
1939	24	CIN	NL	537	2.4%	10.1%	5.0%	7.5%	31%	2.00	9.3	38.6	7.5	81%
1940	25	CIN	NL	452	1.3%	10.2%	3.8%	6.4%	28%	2.71	9.2	70.3	8.8	82%
1941	26	CIN	NL	450	2.2%	9.6%	7.3%	6.0%	26%	1.30	9.6	41.3	7.0	80%
1942	27	CIN	NL	118	0.0%	9.3%	2.5%	2.5%	15%	3.67	10.3		18.8	86%
6 Yrs				2245	2.0%	9.0%	4.9%	6.9%	29%	1.85	10.4	47.8	7.9	83%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.1%	8.9%	6.6%	27%	1.02	9.8	61.4	8.0	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1937	22	10	43	42	7	13	2	1	0	4	0	1	3	.310	.326	.405	.730	101	17	1	0	0
1938	23	161	688	654	77	178	30	10	15	87	3	30	49	.272	.306	.417	.724	99	273	13	2	2
1939	24	295	1225	1156	135	307	50	17	28	154	8	57	103	.266	.303	.411	.714	93	475	19	5	7
1940	25	410	1677	1578	182	410	68	22	34	202	10	74	149	.260	.296	.395	.691	87	624	24	7	18
1941	26	529	2127	1991	230	513	83	24	44	261	14	107	192	.258	.299	.390	.688	88	776	33	9	20
1942	27	566	2245	2104	237	533	85	25	44	267	14	110	203	.253	.294	.380	.674	85	800	35	10	21

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1937	22	11	46	45	8	14	2	1	0	5	0	1	3	.311	.326	.400	.726	6	10
1938	23	160	685	650	76	177	30	10	16	90	3	31	49	.272	.307	.423	.731	84	151
1939	24	141	562	526	59	134	21	7	14	69	5	28	57	.255	.296	.401	.697	61	134
1940	25	121	477	445	50	109	19	5	6	51	2	18	48	.245	.277	.351	.628	43	115
1941	26	124	470	431	52	109	16	2	11	63	4	35	45	.253	.312	.376	.688	50	119
1942	27	39	125	120	8	22	2	1	0	7	0	3	12	.183	.210	.217	.426	5	37
6 Yrs		596	2365	2217	253	565	90	26	47	285	14	116	214	.255	.295	.382	.677	249	566
162 Game Avg.		162	643	603	69	154	24	7	13	77	4	32	58	.255	.295	.382	.677	68	566

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1938 NL 151 (3rd)	At Bats s c a p y 1938 NL 612 (5th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1938 NL 645 (9th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1938 NL 256 (8th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1938 NL 15 (9th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1938 NL 83 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1939 NL 54 (9th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1938 NL 52 (8th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1939 NL 7.2 (9th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1938 NL 461 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Bill Tuttle (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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