Which baseball player and manager was born in Ellisville, Mississippi, home of 4448 people?
Harry Craft 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 ft tall and weighed 185 lb . He was the first manager in Houston Major League history as skipper of the expansion Houston Colt .45s, later the Astros.
1975 Major League Baseball season The 1975 Major League Baseball season saw Frank Robinson become the first black manager in the Major Leagues. He managed the Cleveland Indians.