:George Craig (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1887-1911)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Craig

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Left

|birth_date=November 15, 1887

|birth_place=Philadelphia

|death_date={{death date and age|1911|4|23|1887|11|15}}

|death_place=Indianapolis, Indiana

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= July 19

|debutyear= 1907

|debutteam= Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 17

|finalyear=1907

|finalteam= Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=10.80

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=0

|teams=

}}

George McCarthy Craig (November 15, 1887 – April 23, 1911), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1907}} season. He was born in Philadelphia.

He appeared in just two games and posted a 10.80 earned run average without a decision in {{frac|1|2|3}} innings of work.

Craig died in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the age of 23 after being shot by a burglar.

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