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Sam Crane
Samuel Newhall Crane

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game June 28, 1890
Born January 2, 1854 in Springfield, MA
Died June 26, 1925 in New York, NY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 26 BUF NL  10   31    4    4   0  0   0    2          1   8  .129  .156  .129   -3    4                    
 1883 29 NYP AA  96  349   57   82   8  5   0    0   0     13      .235  .262  .287   70  100                    
 1884 30 COR UA  80  309   56   72   9  3   1        0     11      .233  .259  .291   77   90                    
 1885 31 DTN NL  68  245   23   47   4  6   1   20         13  45  .192  .233  .269   62   66                    
 1886 32 TOT NL  86  301   34   46   5  3   1   19  14     21  61  .153  .208  .199   25   60                    
         DTN NL  47  185   24   26   2  2   1   12   8      8  34  .141  .176  .189   10   35                    
         SLM NL  39  116   10   20   3  1   0    7   6     13  27  .172  .256  .216   48   25                    
 1887 33 WHS NL   7   30    6    9   1  1   0    1   5      1   6  .300  .323  .400  104   12               0    
 1890 36 TOT NL  26   94    3   16   3  0   0    3   6      0   7  .170  .179  .202   17   19               1    
         NYG NL   2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
         PIT NL  22   82    3   16   3  0   0    3   5      0   5  .195  .205  .232   34   19               1    
         NYG NL   2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      373 1359  183  276  30 18   3   45  25  0  60 127  .203  .237  .258   55  351   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        590   79  120  13  8   1   20  11  0  26  55  .203  .237  .258   55  152   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     96  349   57   82   9  6   1   20  14  0  21  61  .235  .262  .291   77  100   0   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 26 BUF NL   32   27    1   1.0    63| .129  .249| .156  .272| .129  .328| .285  .600|  -3  .107  -3.3  -0.4     
 1883 29 NYP AA  362  267   26   2.6    77| .235  .267| .262  .297| .287  .352| .549  .649|  70  .361 -12.0  -1.4     
 1884 30 COR UA  320  237   23   2.5    70| .233  .260| .259  .287| .291  .336| .550  .623|  77  .383  -4.8  -0.6     
 1885 31 DTN NL  258  198   15   2.0    69| .192  .247| .233  .290| .269  .330| .502  .620|  62  .277 -10.9  -1.3     
 1886 32 TOT NL  322  255   12   1.2    79| .153  .257| .208  .306| .199  .352| .407  .658|  25  .117 -27.1  -3.0     
         DTN NL  193  159    6   1.0    82| .141  .261| .176  .311| .189  .358| .365  .668|  10  .080 -20.6  -2.3     
         SLM NL  129   96    6   1.6    75| .172  .251| .256  .299| .216  .343| .472  .643|  48  .180  -6.5  -0.7     
 1887 33 WHS NL   31   21    4   5.0    93| .300  .269| .323  .326| .400  .382| .723  .708| 104  .553   0.0   0.0     
 1890 36 TOT NL   95   78    4   1.4    79| .170  .246| .179  .321| .202  .333| .381  .653|  17  .123  -9.8  -1.1     
         NYG NL    6    6    0   0.0    84| .000  .253| .000  .329| .000  .343| .000  .672|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
         PIT NL   83   66    4   1.6    78| .195  .245| .205  .319| .232  .331| .437  .651|  34  .161  -6.8  -0.7     
         NYG NL    6    6    0   0.0    84| .000  .253| .000  .329| .000  .343| .000  .672|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1420 1083   85   2.1    75| .203  .258| .237  .297| .258  .343| .495  .641|  55  .273 -67.9  -7.8     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1880 26 BUF NL 2B 10 31 27 9 5 .866 .896 5.80 6.31 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1883 29 NYP AA 2B 96 283 249 87 26 .859 .878 5.54 6.01 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 1 0 1884 30 COR UA 2B 80 224 217 73 27 .858 .869 5.51 5.39 1885 31 DTN NL 2B 68 179 197 38 21 .908 .900 5.53 5.70 1886 32 TOT NL 2B 77 195 211 45 33 .900 .908 5.27 5.50 DTN NL 2B 38 104 111 23 19 .903 .908 5.66 5.50 SS 8 8 19 2 1 .931 .877 3.38 4.24 OF 4 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 0.50 1.70 1 0 3 SLM NL 2B 39 91 100 22 14 .897 .908 4.90 5.50 1887 33 WHS NL SS 7 10 22 5 3 .865 .889 4.57 4.94 1890 36 TOT NL 2B 17 36 55 12 5 .883 .926 5.35 5.45 TOT NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 2 NYG NL 1B 1 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 7.00 10.30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 PIT NL 2B 15 35 53 12 4 .880 .925 5.87 5.45 SS 7 14 22 2 2 .947 .902 5.14 5.29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 NYG NL 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .938 1.50 5.45
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 36 NYG NL 1B 1 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 7.00 10.30 1880 26 BUF NL 2B 10 31 27 9 5 .866 .896 5.80 6.31 1883 29 NYP AA 2B 96 283 249 87 26 .859 .878 5.54 6.01 1884 30 COR UA 2B 80 224 217 73 27 .858 .869 5.51 5.39 1885 31 DTN NL 2B 68 179 197 38 21 .908 .900 5.53 5.70 1886 32 TOT NL 2B 77 195 211 45 33 .900 .908 5.27 5.50 DTN NL 2B 38 104 111 23 19 .903 .908 5.66 5.50 SLM NL 2B 39 91 100 22 14 .897 .908 4.90 5.50 1890 36 TOT NL 2B 17 36 55 12 5 .883 .926 5.35 5.45 PIT NL 2B 15 35 53 12 4 .880 .925 5.87 5.45 NYG NL 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .938 1.50 5.45 1880 26 BUF NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 1 0 1883 29 NYP AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 1 0 1886 32 DTN NL OF 4 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 0.50 1.70 1 0 3 1890 36 TOT NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 2 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1886 32 DTN NL SS 8 8 19 2 1 .931 .877 3.38 4.24 1887 33 WHS NL SS 7 10 22 5 3 .865 .889 4.57 4.94 1890 36 PIT NL SS 7 14 22 2 2 .947 .902 5.14 5.29
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 348 948 956 264 117 .878 .889 5.47 5.68 SS 22 32 63 9 6 .913 .890 4.32 4.80 OF 8 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 0.25 1.76 1 2 5 1B 1 7 0 2 0 .778 .972 7.00 10.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 379 988 1020 276 123 .879 .889 5.30 5.55
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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.

Oldest Player
1887 NL-33-9
1890 NL-36-2

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Transactions 

June 15, 1885: Purchased by the Detroit Wolverines from the Indianapolis (Western).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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