Hall of Fame
After earning All-Conference laurels on the West Liberty baseball team in the early 1970s, Gerry Craft spent more than 30 years carving out a highly-successful professional baseball career.
The St. Clairsville native was an All-WVIAC pick for Hall of Fame Coach Jim Watson's 1973 WVIAC champions before signing with the Baltimore Orioles. Following his playing career, Craft stayed in the game as a professional baseball scout and was regarded as one of the top scouts in the game for the next three decades.
Gerry was an Area Scout for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1980-86 before being hired as a Regional Supervisor by the Houston Astros. He spent the rest of his career with Houston, serving as Eastern Regional Supervisor for the last 18 years.
A mentor to countless young scouts, Craft is credited with founding the first school to train individuals for the scouting profession. His Baseball Scout School is considered the predecessor to today's MLB Scouting Bureau Scout's School.
