Inductee #8 (2004)
	25 Craig Harvey | C Hometown: Laverne, OK School: Laverne High School Played from 1972-74 College: OU Pro: Minor Leagues (Indians) Notes: Considered as the best arm in Traveler history. Third all-time in strikeouts (187). Drafted by Yankees out of high school. Played at OU and made it to Triple-A in pro ball.

Traveler baseball has been blessed with a lot of good arms over the past 40-plus years. But none of them could compare with the bazooka that Craig Harvey called a right arm.

How good of an arm was it? Well, coach Bob Ward calls it the best he's ever seen in Oklahoma and he likes to tell the story about Tony Rebello - the scout that drafted Johnny Bench.

The story goes like thisÖRebello is in town to watch the 1974 American Legion state tournament and was eyeing Harvey as a prospect. After watching infield, Rebello said that Harvey's arm behind the plate was one of the eight best arms of anybody in baseball at the time (pro or amateur) and admitted it was better than Bench's.

Harvey's right arm got him a long way. He won 14 games in 1974 and struck out 187 hitters in less than 100 innings. When he wasn't pitching, Craig was locking down opposing running games from behind the plate.

Craig could throw runners out at second base with such ease that at times he would catch the ball pop-up and literally watch the runner for a couple of steps as if he couldn't believe someone was trying to run on him.

Harvey's trademark was pitching with his catching helmet. When coach Ward needed Craig to close he would shed his gear from behind the plate, spin his catcher's helmet around and head to the mound.

The Yankees drafted Havery as a pitcher out of high school but he wanted (and loved) to catch, so he opted instead to be a backup catcher at the University of Oklahoma. Scouts would flock to Norman just to watch Harvey throw balls during infield practice.

The Indians drafted Harvey during the winter draft of his sophomore year at OU. As luck would have it he signed and went home for the winter where he broke his ankle playing basketball. When he arrived at spring training he couldn't move well enough behind the plate so he was back to being a pitcher, the position he turned down out of high school.

After a couple of years pitching in the minors, a crisis arose on his team. All of the catchers were injured and Harvey volunteered to fill in. His manager put him behind the plate and he eventually moved all the way to Triple-A with the Indians, as a catcher.

Craig tore his rotator cuff during his ninth pro season. The injury ended his career just shy of the Major Leagues.