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Sam
Crawford		  
Nickname: Wahoo Sam
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 18, 1880 in Wahoo, NE.
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1902    1908    1909    1910   
Gold Glove Award 1905   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 MLA AL $ 4,357,143   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 9 9 9
1902 22 SLA AL $ 4,414,286   10 10 9 5 6 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 9 9 9
1903 23 SLA AL $ 7,092,857   10 10 9 4 5 5 7 8 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1904 24 SLA AL $ 7,092,857   10 10 9 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1905 25 SLA AL $ 12,500,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1906 26 SLA AL $ 12,500,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 9 10 9 4 4 4 10 10 10
1907 27 PHI NL $ 12,500,000   10 10 9 3 4 4 9 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10
1908 28 BOS AL $ 18,000,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10
1909 29 SLN NL $ 18,000,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 9 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10
1910 30 SLN NL $ 18,000,000   9 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10 4 4 4 10 10 10
1911 31 SLN NL $ 18,000,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 3 5 4 10 10 10
1912 32 BRO NL $ 18,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1913 33 BRO NL $ 18,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1914 34 BRO NL $ 18,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1915 35 PHA AL $ 14,300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1916 36 PHA AL $ 14,300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1917 37 CHA AL $ 1,113,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1918 38 CHA AL $ 1,113,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,113,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 18,000,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 9 10 10 4 5 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1900 20 CIN   101 389 68 101 15 15 7 59 14 0 28 0 .260 .309 .429 .739 52.9  
1901 21 MLA AL 130 499 82 147 26 11 14 90 56 11 46 25 .295 .355 .475 .830 83.5 23.4
1902 22 SLA AL 134 496 114 167 19 11 27 113 63 10 73 23 .337 .419 .583 1.002 117.9 32.1
1903 23 SLA AL 133 508 87 172 37 14 13 99 42 11 51 31 .339 .397 .543 .940 103.4 19.3
1904 24 SLA AL 152 588 97 178 38 8 11 103 53 14 66 16 .303 .370 .451 .821 96.6 18.2
1905 25 SLA AL 148 605 118 194 37 11 11 97 65 8 37 15 .321 .358 .473 .831 103.1 24.6
1906 26 SLA AL 153 610 89 175 26 8 4 77 59 11 63 22 .287 .355 .375 .730 82.8 20.2
1907 27 SLA AL 93 368 58 116 16 7 5 46 52 8 39 12 .315 .379 .438 .816 64.6 14.6
  PHI NL 45 165 24 58 7 6 1 29 23 4 20 12 .352 .417 .485 .902 33.2 10.4
  TOT   138 533 82 174 23 13 6 75 75 12 59 24 .326 .391 .452 .843 97.8 25.0
1908 28 BOS AL 145 578 94 204 33 12 4 80 81 10 45 33 .353 .400 .472 .873 108.6 33.4
1909 29 SLN NL 147 588 111 196 34 14 8 109 76 15 53 17 .333 .393 .480 .873 111.7 37.7
1910 30 SLN NL 150 595 99 206 46 15 6 117 68 12 48 29 .346 .394 .504 .898 110.9 35.5
1911 31 SLN NL 149 591 120 203 31 15 7 110 63 17 87 26 .343 .424 .482 .907 117.3 26.7
1912 32 SLN NL 89 368 60 125 22 13 2 83 46 8 30 16 .340 .386 .486 .872 69.5 16.9
  BRO NL 56 220 45 78 13 2 0 47 28 5 22 9 .355 .409 .432 .841 40.4 10.5
  TOT   145 588 105 203 35 15 2 130 74 13 52 25 .345 .394 .466 .860 109.9 27.4
1913 33 BRO NL 147 574 77 180 24 12 2 74 70 12 56 20 .314 .374 .408 .782 91.2 20.1
1914 34 BRO NL 146 582 77 183 30 15 3 76 60 13 32 33 .314 .350 .433 .783 88.0 18.9
1915 35 PHA AL 124 421 68 102 11 13 5 31 45 8 38 17 .242 .307 .366 .673 50.7 9.2
1916 36 PHA AL 86 281 45 66 10 4 0 25 36 7 36 11 .235 .319 .299 .618 33.2 6.1
1917 37 CHA AL 114 450 56 109 10 3 0 32 46 3 31 78 .242 .290 .278 .568 42.1 6.4
1918 38 CHA AL 15 40 0 6 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 11 .150 .190 .175 .365 1.0 0.0
18 Years Sim 2356 9127 1521 2865 471 194 123 1443 1033 187 875 456 .314 .373 .448 .822 1549.7 384.2
19 Years Pro 2457 9516 1589 2966 486 209 130 1502 1047 187 903 456 .312 .371 .448 .819 1602.6  
162 Game Average 627 104 196 32 13 8 99 71 12 60 31 .314 .373 .448 .822 106.6  
Career Highs 153 610 120 206 46 15 27 130 81 17 87 78 .353 .424 .583 1.002 117.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6894 1173 2205 359 144 95 1069 807 144 686 325 .320 .380 .455 .835 1230.8
vs LH   2233 348 660 112 50 28 374 226 43 189 131 .296 .351 .428 .779 348.1
Home 1176 4465 708 1408 227 99 46 687 485 82 394 228 .315 .370 .441 .812 752.2
Away 1180 4662 813 1457 244 95 77 756 548 105 481 228 .313 .376 .455 .831 826.8
RISP   2751 0 873 148 68 39 1229 0 0 419 137 .317 .399 .463 .863 504.6
Pinch Hitting   43 5 8 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 5 .186 .222 .279 .501 2.8
Close/Late   1082 204 352 55 30 17 146 0 3 186 63 .325 .423 .479 .902 212.5
Mar/Apr 248 969 175 318 50 26 10 154 129 15 89 40 .328 .382 .464 .846 179.6
May 437 1736 326 580 96 38 24 254 219 32 148 90 .334 .387 .475 .862 322.7
June 410 1591 263 462 81 36 29 256 173 22 167 70 .290 .356 .441 .797 268.0
July 418 1628 259 504 82 33 19 244 168 34 137 86 .310 .365 .436 .800 263.8
August 387 1459 237 456 73 31 16 235 174 34 159 78 .313 .378 .438 .816 254.1
Sep/Oct 456 1744 261 545 89 30 25 300 170 50 175 92 .313 .373 .441 .814 290.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1901 21 MLA AL RF 128 128 1156.3 320 9 32 2 .911 2.56   3.5
1902 22 SLA AL RF 132 132 1203.0 322 11 18 2 .949 2.49   3.7
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1903 23 SLA AL RF 131 131 1160.3 250 9 28 1 .902 2.01   1.7
    LF 2 0 11.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1904 24 SLA AL RF 152 152 1343.0 329 11 34 4 .909 2.28   2.6
1905 25 SLA AL LF 145 145 1297.0 340 12 0 1 1.000 2.44   4.2
    RF 2 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1906 26 SLA AL RF 153 153 1378.7 261 14 20 2 .932 1.80   4.1
1907 27 SLA AL RF 90 90 841.9 181 3 16 1 .920 1.97   2.9
    LF 1 0 4.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
  PHI NL RF 44 43 382.1 82 2 7 0 .923 1.98   0.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  TOT   RF 134 133 1224.0 263 5 23 1 .921 1.97   3.6
      LF 2 0 6.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
1908 28 BOS AL RF 141 140 1265.3 267 15 38 2 .881 2.01   2.8
1909 29 SLN NL 1B 122 122 1107.3 1451 95 33 122 .979 12.57   2.4
    RF 20 20 178.3 28 1 1 0 .967 1.46   0.2
    LF 5 4 39.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.54    
1910 30 SLN NL RF 86 86 771.0 148 4 17 2 .899 1.77   2.3
    1B 63 63 566.3 731 41 15 45 .981 12.27   0.7
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1911 31 SLN NL RF 148 148 1332.7 263 11 25 0 .916 1.85   3.5
1912 32 SLN NL 1B 79 79 713.2 926 54 16 78 .984 12.37   1.5
    RF 10 10 95.0 12 1 4 1 .765 1.23   0.0
  BRO NL 1B 49 49 432.8 562 32 10 47 .983 12.35   0.6
    RF 7 7 57.7 8 0 2 0 .800 1.25   0.0
  TOT   1B 128 128 1146.0 1488 86 26 125 .984 12.36   2.1
      RF 17 17 152.7 20 1 6 1 .778 1.24   0.1
1913 33 BRO NL 1B 103 103 931.0 1229 63 22 102 .983 12.49   1.8
    LF 41 41 368.7 59 1 1 1 .984 1.46   0.7
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1914 34 BRO NL LF 113 113 992.3 185 4 4 0 .979 1.71   3.8
    RF 31 31 275.0 50 2 8 1 .867 1.70    
1915 35 PHA AL 1B 62 59 527.7 787 59 20 63 .977 14.43   1.0
    LF 47 42 382.7 63 4 0 1 1.000 1.58   0.4
    RF 5 3 26.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.68    
1916 36 PHA AL LF 50 44 413.3 70 5 0 0 1.000 1.63   1.3
    RF 20 18 162.3 36 5 3 2 .932 2.27    
    1B 7 5 49.0 64 3 3 6 .957 12.31   0.0
1917 37 CHA AL LF 113 113 1007.3 180 4 2 1 .989 1.64   3.1
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1918 38 CHA AL LF 10 10 88.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.3
  RF 1305 1292 11647.3 2565 98 253 20 .913 2.06   28.0
  LF 530 512 4610.4 934 32 7 5 .993 1.89   13.8
  1B 485 480 4327.3 5750 347 119 463 .981 12.68   8.0
Career Totals   2320 2284 20585.0 9249 477 379 488 .962 4.25   49.7
Career Highs   153 153 1378.7 1508 97 38 126 1.000 11.05    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1910 30 SLN NL 5 18 1 4 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 .222 .318 .333 .652
1911 31 SLN NL 5 22 1 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 .182 .217 .273 .490
Career Post-Season Batting 10 40 2 8 4 0 0 7 3 0 3 3 .200 .267 .300 .567
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1902-8-.337
1903-6-.339
1905-8-.321
1908-1-.353
1909-3-.333
1910-1-.346
1911-3-.343
1912-5-.345
1913-9-.314
1914-9-.314
CAR-21-.314
 On-Base Pct
1902-2-.419
1908-1-.400
1909-5-.393
1910-8-.394
1911-4-.424
1912-8-.394
CAR-46-.373
 Slugging Pct
1901-5-.475
1902-1-.583
1903-2-.543
1908-2-.472
1909-2-.480
1910-1-.504
1911-4-.482
1912-5-.466
1914-7-.433
CAR-26-.448
 OPS
1901-8-.830
1902-1-1.002
1903-4-.940
1905-10-.831
1908-2-.873
1909-2-.873
1910-1-.898
1911-3-.907
1912-5-.860
CAR-25-.822
 XR
1901-8-83.5
1902-1-117.9
1903-4-103.4
1904-7-96.6
1905-3-103.1
1906-6-82.8
1908-1-108.6
1909-1-111.7
1910-1-110.9
1911-3-117.3
1912-4-109.9
1913-6-91.2
1914-6-88.0
CAR-3-1549.7
 Games
1903-8-133
1904-3-152
1905-7-148
1906-1-153
1910-4-150
1911-7-149
CAR-4-2356
At-Bats
1904-7-588
1905-6-605
1906-1-610
1908-8-578
1909-4-588
1910-1-595
1911-8-591
1912-7-588
1914-6-582
CAR-3-9127
 Runs
1901-10-82
1902-2-114
1905-1-118
1906-9-89
1908-3-94
1909-1-111
1910-4-99
1911-4-120
1912-5-105
CAR-2-1521
 Hits
1902-9-167
1903-6-172
1905-4-194
1906-6-175
1908-1-204
1909-1-196
1910-1-206
1911-3-203
1912-4-203
1913-7-180
1914-6-183
CAR-3-2865
 Total Bases
1901-6-237
1902-2-289
1903-3-276
1904-9-265
1905-5-286
1906-5-229
1908-1-273
1909-1-282
1910-1-300
1911-4-285
1912-4-274
1913-8-234
1914-6-252
CAR-2-4093
 Singles
1905-7-135
1908-1-155
1909-5-140
1910-4-139
1911-4-150
1912-4-151
1913-7-142
CAR-5-2077
 Doubles
1901-10-26
1906-9-26
1908-3-33
1909-3-34
1910-1-46
1911-8-31
1912-4-35
1914-6-30
CAR-7-471
Triples
1901-8-11
1902-8-11
1903-5-14
1908-3-12
1909-2-14
1910-3-15
1911-7-15
1912-6-15
1913-7-12
1914-4-15
1915-3-13
CAR-6-194
 Homeruns
1901-2-14
1902-1-27
1903-2-13
1904-4-11
1905-1-11
1906-4-4
1907-5-5
1908-10-4
1909-1-8
1910-1-6
1911-9-7
1915-10-5
CAR-14-123
 RBIs
1901-3-90
1902-1-113
1903-6-99
1904-3-103
1905-5-97
1908-3-80
1909-1-109
1910-1-117
1911-3-110
1912-1-130
CAR-4-1443
 Stolen Bases
1901-8-56
1902-5-63
1904-10-53
1905-4-65
1906-9-59
1908-1-81
1909-1-76
1910-4-68
1911-5-63
1912-1-74
1913-1-70
1914-2-60
1915-8-45
1917-5-46
CAR-1-1033
 Walks
1902-2-73
1904-5-66
1906-9-63
1911-6-87
CAR-22-875
 Strikeouts
1917-4-78
 
   Black Ink Test: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 293    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Homer Smoot (815)
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  8. Ginger Beaumont (761)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1901
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1902, hitting .452 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1902, hitting .391 with 6 HR, 31 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1902, hitting .337 with 27 HR, 113 RBI
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,092,857 through salary arbitration
Had 30-game hitting streak snapped on 6/17/1903
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1903, hitting .394 with 5 HR, 23 RBI
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,092,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/14/1904
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/1904, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
7/12/1904: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $12,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1908, hitting .353 with 4 HR, 80 RBI
Traded from Boston (A) to St. Louis (N) on 3/9/1909 (Going to SLN: P Hooks Wiltse, RF Sam Crawford, SS Dave Altizer. Going to BOS: SS Al Bridwell, CF Bob Bescher, C Farmer Steelman, CF Jimmy Slagle)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1909, hitting .345 with 3 HR, 29 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1909, hitting .333 with 8 HR, 109 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1910, hitting .583 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1910, hitting .377 with 0 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/10/1910, hitting .737 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1910, hitting .346 with 6 HR, 117 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/16/1911
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1911, hitting .567 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/10/1911, off Jack Coombs (BSN)
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1908, hitting .353 with 4 HR, 80 RBI
Traded from Boston (A) to St. Louis (N) on 3/9/1909 (Going to SLN: P Hooks Wiltse, RF Sam Crawford, SS Dave Altizer. Going to BOS: SS Al Bridwell, CF Bob Bescher, C Farmer Steelman, CF Jimmy Slagle)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1909, hitting .345 with 3 HR, 29 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1909, hitting .333 with 8 HR, 109 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1910, hitting .583 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1910, hitting .377 with 0 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/10/1910, hitting .737 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1910, hitting .346 with 6 HR, 117 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/16/1911
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1911, hitting .567 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/10/1911, off Jack Coombs (BSN)
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Brooklyn on 7/25/1912 (Going to BRO: 1B Sam Crawford, RF Eddie Murphy, P Watty Lee, P Ray Caldwell. Going to SLN: RF Harry Hooper, P Walter Johnson, 1B Jimmy Williams)
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/27/1912
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/19/1915 to a 2-year deal worth $14,300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/19/1917 to a 2-year deal worth $1,113,000 per year
Had 3000th career hit on 6/5/1918, off Ralph Glaze (NYA)
 
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