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Doc Crandall
James Otis Crandall

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 24, 1908
Final Game August 31, 1918
Born October 8, 1887 in Wadena, IN
Died August 17, 1951 in Bell, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1908 20 NYG NL  12  12  32  24  13   0   8  0  214.7  198   83   70   3   59   77   9   2   866       1  2.93  2.39   82 1.197
 1909 21 NYG NL   6   4  30   7   4   0  20  6  122.0  117   58   39   5   33   55   3   1   501       0  2.88  2.54   88 1.230
 1910 22 NYG NL  17   4  42  18  13   2  21  5  207.7  194   86   59  10   43   73   4   1   835       0  2.56  2.96  116 1.141
 1911 23 NYG NL  15   5  41  15   9   2  26  5  198.7  199   82   58  10   51   94   6   2   835       0  2.63  3.36  128 1.258
 1912 24 NYG NL  13   7  37  10   7   0  25  2  162.0  181   85   65   7   35   60   2   0   688       0  3.61  3.40   94 1.333
 1913 25 TOT NL   4   4  35   3   2   0  27  6   97.7  102   45   31   3   24   42   1   0   413       0  2.86  3.13  110 1.290
         NYG NL   2   4  24   2   1   0  19  5   55.3   61   28   19   2   13   28   1   0   232       0  3.09  3.13  101 1.337
         NYG NL   2   0  11   1   1   0   8  1   42.3   41   17   12   1   11   14   0   0   181       0  2.55  3.13  123 1.228
 1914 26 SLM FL  13   9  27  21  18   1   5  0  196.0  194   94   77   8   52   84  12   1   812       0  3.54  3.37   95 1.255
 1915 27 SLM FL  21  15  51  33  22   4  11  1  312.7  307  116   90   5   77  117  10   1  1256       0  2.59  3.18  123 1.228
 1916 28 SLB AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.3    7    9    4   0    1    0   1   0    13       0 27.00  2.74   10 6.000
 1918 30 BSN NL   1   2   5   3   3   0   1  0   34.0   39   11    9   1    4    4   1   0   136       0  2.38  2.68  112 1.265
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .622 102  62 302 134  91   9 145 25 1546.7 1538  669  502  52  379  606  49   8  6355       1  2.92  3.05  104 1.239
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15   9  47  20  14   1  22  3  241.0  239  104   78   8   59   94   7   1   991   0   0  2.92  3.05  104 1.239
 Career High     21  15  51  33  22   4  27  6  312.7  307  116   90  10   77  117  12   2  1256   0   1  2.56  3.40  128 1.141

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 20 NYG NL  34   72    8   16   4  0   2    6   0      4      .222  .273  .361   98   26   6           1    
 1909 21 NYG NL  30   41    4   10   0  1   1    1   0      1      .244  .262  .366   93   15   2           0    
 1910 22 NYG NL  45   73   10   25   2  4   1   13   0      5   7  .342  .385  .521  163   38   3           0    
 1911 23 NYG NL  61  113   12   27   1  4   2   21   2      8  16  .239  .295  .372   84   42   5           1    
 1912 24 NYG NL  50   80    9   25   6  2   0   19   0      6   7  .313  .360  .438  114   35   3           0    
 1913 25 TOT NL  48   49    7   15   4  1   0    4   0  0   3  10  .306  .346  .429  120   21   0   0   0   0    
         NYG NL  31   25    4    7   2  1   0    2   0      1   5  .280  .308  .440  111   11   0           0    
         STL NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         NYG NL  15   22    3    8   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   3  .364  .417  .455  148   10   0   0   0   0    
 1914 26 SLM FL 118  278   40   86  16  5   2   41   3     58  32  .309  .429  .424  138  118   5           0    
 1915 27 SLM FL  84  141   18   40   2  2   1   19   4     27  15  .284  .406  .348  118   49   0           2    
 1916 28 SLB AL  16   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .083  .214  .083   -8    1   0           0    
 1918 30 BSN NL  14   28    1    8   0  0   0    2   0      4   3  .286  .375  .286  106    8   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     500  887  109  253  35 19   9  126   9  0 118  94  .285  .372  .398  119  353  24   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        287   35   82  11  6   3   41   3  0  38  30  .285  .372  .398  119  114   8   0   0   1   0
 Career High    118  278   40   86  16  5   2   41   4  0  58  32  .309  .429  .424  138  118   6   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 20 NYG NL   83   62    7   3.0    75| .222  .252| .273  .314| .361  .325| .634  .639|  98  .508  -0.3   0.0     
 1909 21 NYG NL   44   33    4   3.3    78| .244  .254| .262  .322| .366  .328| .628  .650|  93  .504  -0.8  -0.1     
 1910 22 NYG NL   81   51   15   7.9    88| .342  .263| .385  .337| .521  .348| .906  .686| 163  .803   5.0   0.5     
 1911 23 NYG NL  127   91   12   3.5    98| .239  .272| .295  .350| .372  .374| .667  .724|  84  .445  -3.6  -0.4     
 1912 24 NYG NL   89   58   13   6.0   103| .313  .285| .360  .356| .438  .388| .798  .744| 114  .651   1.4   0.1     
 1913 25 TOT NL   52   34    7   5.5    92| .306  .271| .346  .335| .429  .368| .775  .704| 120  .657   1.2   0.1   0%
         NYG NL   26   18    3   4.5    92| .280  .271| .308  .336| .440  .368| .748  .704| 111  .566   0.2   0.0     
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0    90| .000  .267| .000  .332| .000  .364| .000  .695|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
         NYG NL   24   14    4   7.7    92| .364  .271| .417  .335| .455  .368| .872  .704| 148  .778   1.5   0.2   0%
 1914 26 SLM FL  341  197   51   6.9    96| .309  .277| .429  .344| .424  .375| .853  .718| 138  .740  19.8   2.1     
 1915 27 SLM FL  170  101   20   5.3    90| .284  .268| .406  .336| .348  .359| .754  .695| 118  .668   5.8   0.6     
 1916 28 SLB AL   14   11    0   0.0    79| .083  .251| .214  .324| .083  .328| .297  .652|  -8  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
 1918 30 BSN NL   32   20    3   4.1    76| .286  .256| .375  .314| .286  .331| .661  .645| 106  .575   0.4   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1033  658  132   5.4    92| .285  .270| .372  .339| .398  .363| .770  .701| 119  .659  27.3   2.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1908 20 NYG NL   P   32     15   52    1    2  .985  .953  2.09  2.13  2.81  2.99   24  214.7
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.00                        
 1909 21 NYG NL   P   30      9   39    3    4  .941  .939  1.60  1.95  3.54  2.84    7  122.0
 1910 22 NYG NL   P   42     12   49    1    3  .984  .944  1.45  1.77  2.64  2.82   18  207.7
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.00                        
 1911 23 NYG NL   P   41      9   59    3    2  .958  .943  1.66  1.72  3.08  2.77   15  198.7
                 SS    6      5   12    2    1  .895  .924  2.83  4.88                        
                 2B    3      3    5    1    0  .889  .952  2.67  5.03                        
 1912 24 NYG NL   P   37      4   41    2    0  .957  .947  1.22  1.55  2.50  2.54   10  162.0
                 2B    2      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  5.10                        
                 1B    1      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  4.00 10.00                        
 1913 25 TOT NL   P   35      2   31    0    0 1.000  .954  0.94  1.57  3.51  2.62    2   84.6
         NYG NL   P   24      0   17    0    0 1.000  .955  0.71  1.57  3.62  2.62    1   42.3
                 2B    2      3    5    0    1 1.000  .952  4.00  4.90                        
                  P   11      2   14    0    0 1.000  .952  1.45  1.57  3.40  2.62    1   42.3
 1914 26 SLM FL  2B   63     98  152   20   10  .926  .951  3.97  4.89                        
                  P   27      8   52    4    2  .938  .946  2.22  1.95  2.76  3.04   21  196.0
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    1    0
                 SS    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  5.00                        
 1915 27 SLM FL   P   51     15   99    5    3  .958  .956  2.24  1.97  3.28  3.08   33  312.7
 1916 28 SLB AL   P    2      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.70  0.00  2.77    0    1.3
 1918 30 BSN NL   P    5      2   10    0    1 1.000  .968  2.40  2.02  3.18  2.94    3   34.0
                 OF    3      5    0    0    0 1.000  .962  1.67  2.13                            0    0    2

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1912 24 NYG NL  1B    1      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  4.00 10.00                        

 1908 20 NYG NL  2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.00                        
 1911 23 NYG NL  2B    3      3    5    1    0  .889  .952  2.67  5.03                        
 1912 24 NYG NL  2B    2      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  5.10                        
 1913 25 NYG NL  2B    2      3    5    0    1 1.000  .952  4.00  4.90                        
 1914 26 SLM FL  2B   63     98  152   20   10  .926  .951  3.97  4.89                        

 1914 26 SLM FL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90                            0    1    0
 1918 30 BSN NL  OF    3      5    0    0    0 1.000  .962  1.67  2.13                            0    0    2

 1908 20 NYG NL   P   32     15   52    1    2  .985  .953  2.09  2.13  2.81  2.99   24  214.7
 1909 21 NYG NL   P   30      9   39    3    4  .941  .939  1.60  1.95  3.54  2.84    7  122.0
 1910 22 NYG NL   P   42     12   49    1    3  .984  .944  1.45  1.77  2.64  2.82   18  207.7
 1911 23 NYG NL   P   41      9   59    3    2  .958  .943  1.66  1.72  3.08  2.77   15  198.7
 1912 24 NYG NL   P   37      4   41    2    0  .957  .947  1.22  1.55  2.50  2.54   10  162.0
 1913 25 TOT NL   P   35      2   31    0    0 1.000  .954  0.94  1.57  3.51  2.62    2   84.6
         NYG NL   P   24      0   17    0    0 1.000  .955  0.71  1.57  3.62  2.62    1   42.3
                  P   11      2   14    0    0 1.000  .952  1.45  1.57  3.40  2.62    1   42.3
 1914 26 SLM FL   P   27      8   52    4    2  .938  .946  2.22  1.95  2.76  3.04   21  196.0
 1915 27 SLM FL   P   51     15   99    5    3  .958  .956  2.24  1.97  3.28  3.08   33  312.7
 1916 28 SLB AL   P    2      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.70  0.00  2.77    0    1.3
 1918 30 BSN NL   P    5      2   10    0    1 1.000  .968  2.40  2.02  3.18  2.94    3   34.0

 1910 22 NYG NL  SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.00                        
 1911 23 NYG NL  SS    6      5   12    2    1  .895  .924  2.83  4.88                        
 1914 26 SLM FL  SS    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  5.00                        

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 302     76  432   20   17  .962  .949  1.68  1.82              133 1533.7
                 2B   71    105  165   21   11  .928  .951  3.80  4.90                        
                 SS    8      5   12    3    1  .850  .924  2.12  4.91                        
                 OF    4      5    0    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  2.08                            0    1    2
                 1B    1      4    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  4.00 10.00                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       386    195  609   44   29  .948  .950  2.08  2.48
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   4     2   0   0   2 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   2 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   2   0   3.86  0  0  0  0   4.2   4   2   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        0-3   5   0   1.69  1  0  0  0  10.2   7   2   0   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   3   2   1   1  1  0  0   1   2   0  .500  .750 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   4   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        0-3   8   7   1   1  1  0  0   1   2   1  .143  .333  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1914 FL-.429-2

OPS
1914 FL-.853-7

Adjusted OPS+
1914 FL-138-8

Offensive Win%
1914 FL-.740-6

ERA
1910 NL-2.56-8
1911 NL-2.63-6

Wins
1910 NL-17-7
1915 FL-21-5

Won-Loss %
1910 NL-.810-3
1911 NL-.750-2
1912 NL-.650-8
1914 FL-.591-10
Car-.622-62

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1910 NL-1.141-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1910 NL-1.86-3
1911 NL-2.31-6
1912 NL-1.94-6
1914 FL-2.39-10
1915 FL-2.22-7

Games
1910 NL-42-10
1915 FL-51-3

Saves
1909 NL-6-2
1910 NL-5-3
1911 NL-5-2
1912 NL-2-10
1913 NL-6-2

Innings
1915 FL-312.7-2

Games Started
1915 FL-33-7

Comp. Games
1915 FL-22-8

Home Runs Allow.
1909 NL-5-8
1910 NL-10-1
1911 NL-10-6
1912 NL-7-10
1914 FL-8-5

Hits Allowed
1915 FL-307-1

SO to Walk
1910 NL-1.70-8
1911 NL-1.84-7
1912 NL-1.71-10

Losses
1915 FL-15-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1915 FL-90-9

Hit Batsmen
1914 FL-12-4
1915 FL-10-3

Batters Faced
1915 FL-1256-3

Games Finished
1909 NL-20-1
1910 NL-21-1
1911 NL-26-1
1912 NL-25-1
1913 NL-27-1

Adjusted ERA+
1911 NL-128-9
1915 FL-123-9

Youngest Player
1908 NL-20-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 61 (402) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1482) Pitching - 24.0 (210) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) Pitching - 25.0 (492) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 6, 1913: Traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry McLean.

August 19, 1913: Purchased by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the New York Giants to the St. Louis Terriers.

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
View Doc Crandall's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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