Craig Gerber

Craig Stuart Gerber (born January 8, 1959) is an American former professional baseball player who played one season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a 20th round draft pick in the 1981 Major League Baseball draft. During his 65 games with the Angels he played in the field at shortstop, second and third base. He hit two home runs in a total of 1,662 minor league at bats. Youth and high school Born in Chicago, Illinois, Craig Gerber grew up in San Bernardino, California, where he was a standout in baseball and football. He attended San Bernardino's Cajon High School and was the first Cajon graduate to become a professional athlete. A left-hand hitting, right-handed infielder, Gerber was a three-year varsity starter in baseball, being selected to all-state teams twice and ending his senior season with a .528 batting average. In football, Gerber quarterbacked Cajon's varsity football team for two years, after seeing varsity playing time in his sophomore year. Gerber's arrival would eventually help transform the young school's run-heavy offense into a stronger dual threat, with the new passing element being described at the end of Gerber's senior season as, "the most prolific passing attack in San Bernardino County." Following a 2-7 season, Cajon finished Gerber's junior year at 6-4, and his senior year at 8-3. Cajon's first-ever state playoff berths for football and baseball were in Gerber's junior year - a year that began with Gerber suffering a broken collarbone in its first football game. In his senior year, Gerber received an honorable mention in the Joe Namath National Prep Sports Magazine for 1977, and won Cajon's Ken Hubbs Award (with the overall award going to future Professional Football Hall of Fame player Ronnie Lott). The Cajon baseball program recognizes exceptional infield play with its annual Craig Gerber Award for Best Infielder. College Gerber attended college as a business major at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, playing baseball from 1978 to 1981 for coach Berdy Harr and serving as team captain his senior year. Gerber was awarded a full four-year athletic scholarship to Cal Poly SLO, and was the only baseball player his freshman year so awarded, with the rest going to junior college transfer players.