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Sam Crawford

Birthdate:

4/18/1880

Died:

6/15/1968

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Wahoo, NE, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player, Sam Crawford, Detroit Tigers outfielder, standing outdoors Rare 1905 Photo CREATED/PUBLISHED
SUMMARY
Half-length portrait of Sam Crawford, outfielder for the American League Detroit Tigers, looking to his left and standing outdoors in Chicago, Illinois.NOTES This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper. SDN-003089, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Sam Crawford Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Sam Crawford is ranked as one of the greatest athletics playing in the dead ball era. Nicknamed 'Wahoo Sam', he lined 2964 hits including 458 doubles and 312 triples. In 1901, Crawford led the National League in homers with 16 and in 1916 led the American League with a mere seven home runs. His excellent range as a centerfielder along with a powerful arm, and a .309 lifetime batting mark, along with 367 stolen bases put Crawford into the 'Hall of Fame'. Playing for Cincinnati in 1902, 'Wahoo Sam' hit .333 and lined a league leading 22 triples.

In fact, Sam Crawford holds the still standing major league record of 309 lifetime triples. He reached double figures in triples in 17 consecutive seasons and led his league in triples in six different seasons. He also led the league in RBI's in three different years. Sam Crawford played a big role in leading the Tigers to three straight pennants, 1907-1909, but the Tigers were never able to win the world series. Here's a quote from an old 'Sporting News Article', 'Tales of Sam's slugging prowess are endless. When 'League Park' was built in Cleveland, a 45-foot- high screen was erected atop the right field wall as a deterrent to Crawford's clouts. Sam paid little heed. He simply lofted drives over the screen". baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1899	CIN (NL)	31	127	25	39	3	7	1	20	2	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	.307	.318	SLG
1900	CIN (NL)	101	389	68	101	15	15	7	59	28	0	14	0	0	3	4	0	.260	.314	SLG
1901	CIN (NL)	131	515	91	170	20	16	16	104	37	0	13	0	0	3	4	0	.330	.378	SLG
1902	CIN (NL)	140	555	92	185	18	22	3	78	47	0	16	0	0	1	6	0	.333	.386	SLG
1903	DET (AL)	137	550	88	184	23	25	4	89	25	0	18	0	0	2	25	0	.335	.366	SLG
1904	DET (AL)	150	562	49	143	22	16	2	73	44	0	20	0	0	0	11	0	.254	.309	SLG
1905	DET (AL)	154	575	73	171	38	10	6	75	50	0	22	0	0	3	3	0	.297	.357	SLG
1906	DET (AL)	145	563	65	166	25	16	2	72	38	0	24	0	0	1	8	0	.295	.341	SLG
1907	DET (AL)	144	582	102	188	34	17	4	81	37	0	18	0	0	2	11	0	.323	.366	SLG
1908	DET (AL)	152	591	102	184	33	16	7	80	37	0	15	0	0	3	23	0	.311	.355	SLG
1909	DET (AL)	156	589	83	185	35	14	6	97	47	0	30	0	0	1	25	0	.314	.366	SLG
1910	DET (AL)	154	588	83	170	26	19	5	120	37	0	20	0	0	1	24	0	.289	.332	SLG
1911	DET (AL)	146	574	109	217	36	14	7	115	61	0	37	0	0	0	13	0	.378	.438	SLG
1912	DET (AL)	149	581	81	189	30	21	4	109	42	0	41	0	0	2	19	0	.325	.373	SLG
1913	DET (AL)	153	609	78	193	32	23	9	83	52	28	13	0	0	0	10	0	.317	.371	SLG
1914	DET (AL)	157	582	74	183	22	26	8	104	69	31	25	16	0	1	22	0	.314	.388	SLG
1915	DET (AL)	156	612	81	183	31	19	4	112	66	29	24	14	0	0	16	0	.299	.367	SLG
1916	DET (AL)	100	322	41	92	11	13	0	42	37	10	10	0	0	0	9	0	.286	.359	SLG
1917	DET (AL)	61	104	6	18	4	0	2	12	4	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	.173	.204	SLG
19 years		2517	9570	1391	2961	458	309	97	1525	760	104	366	30	0	23	241	0	.309	.362	.SLG

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