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.
Jim Mooney (baseball) Jim Irving Mooney (September 4, 1906 in Mooresburg, Tennessee – April 27, 1979 in Johnson City, Tennessee), was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1931 -1934 . He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants.