Howard Craghead

{{Short description|American baseball player (1908–1962)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Howard Craghead

| image = 1928 Zeenut Howard Craghead.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = May 25, 1908

| birth_place = Selma, California

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|7|14|1908|5|25}}

| death_place = San Diego, California

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 30

| debutyear = 1931

| debutteam = Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = June 28

| finalyear = 1933

| finalteam = Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 0–0

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 6.26

| stat3label = Innings pitched

| stat3value = 23

| teams =

• Cleveland Indians ({{baseball year|1931}}, {{baseball year|1933}})

}}

Howard Craghead (May 25, 1908 – July 14, 1962), nicknamed "Judge", was a baseball player who played professional baseball in the 1930s. Craghead mainly played in the minor leagues, for the Toledo Mud Hens. Craghead did manage to pitch 23 innings during his career however for the Cleveland Indians, with no decisions and an earned run average of 6.26. He later became a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1974, Craghead was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fresnoahof.org/current-past-inductees|title=Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame {{!}} Home|website=Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame {{!}} Home|access-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731195939/https://www.fresnoahof.org/current-past-inductees|archive-date=2017-07-31|url-status=dead}}