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Creepy Crespi
Frank Angelo Joseph Crespi

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 14, 1938
Final Game September 27, 1942
Born February 16, 1918 in St. Louis, MO
Died March 1, 1990 in Florissant, MO

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 20 STL NL   7   19    2    5   2  0   0    1   0      2   7  .263  .333  .368   88    7   0           0   1
 1939 21 STL NL  15   29    3    5   1  0   0    6   0      3   6  .172  .250  .207   21    6   1           0   0
 1940 22 STL NL   3   11    2    3   1  0   0    0   1      1   2  .273  .333  .364   87    4   0           0   0
 1941 23 STL NL 146  560   85  156  24  2   4   46   3     57  58  .279  .355  .350   93  196   9           9  11 MVP-18
 1942 24 STL NL  93  292   33   71   4  2   0   35   4     27  29  .243  .309  .271   65   79  14           1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      264  911  125  240  32  4   4   88   8  0  90 102  .263  .336  .321   82  292  24   0   0  10  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   77  147  20  2   2   54   5  0  55  63  .263  .336  .321   82  179  15   0   0   6  11
 Career High    146  560   85  156  24  2   4   46   4  0  57  58  .279  .355  .350   93  196  14   0   0   9  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 20 STL NL   21   15    2   3.6   104| .263  .282| .333  .346| .368  .401| .701  .747|  88  .407  -0.2   0.0     
 1939 21 STL NL   33   25    2   2.1   108| .172  .287| .250  .354| .207  .411| .457  .765|  21  .199  -3.3  -0.3     
 1940 22 STL NL   12    8    1   3.4   103| .273  .279| .333  .344| .364  .401| .697  .745|  87  .383  -0.2   0.0     
 1941 23 STL NL  635  424   68   4.3   100| .279  .274| .355  .345| .350  .386| .705  .731|  93  .516  -3.5  -0.4     
 1942 24 STL NL  334  241   24   2.7    93| .243  .265| .309  .338| .271  .368| .580  .706|  65  .344 -13.4  -1.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1035  713   97   3.6    98| .263  .272| .336  .343| .321  .381| .657  .725|  82  .451 -20.6  -2.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 20 STL NL SS 7 14 12 6 4 .813 .942 3.71 4.91 1939 21 STL NL 2B 6 9 16 1 1 .962 .969 4.17 5.42 SS 4 0 9 1 0 .900 .957 2.25 5.10 1940 22 STL NL 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80 SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833 .943 5.00 5.00 1941 23 STL NL 2B 145 382 421 32 94 .962 .962 5.54 5.25 1942 24 STL NL 2B 83 219 190 14 42 .967 .968 4.93 5.19 SS 5 8 11 2 1 .905 .955 3.80 4.88
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 21 STL NL 2B 6 9 16 1 1 .962 .969 4.17 5.42 1941 23 STL NL 2B 145 382 421 32 94 .962 .962 5.54 5.25 1942 24 STL NL 2B 83 219 190 14 42 .967 .968 4.93 5.19 1940 22 STL NL 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80 1938 20 STL NL SS 7 14 12 6 4 .813 .942 3.71 4.91 1939 21 STL NL SS 4 0 9 1 0 .900 .957 2.25 5.10 1940 22 STL NL SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833 .943 5.00 5.00 1942 24 STL NL SS 5 8 11 2 1 .905 .955 3.80 4.88
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 234 610 627 47 137 .963 .964 5.29 5.23 SS 17 24 35 10 6 .855 .949 3.47 4.95 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 253 638 663 57 143 .958 .963 5.14 5.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-18-0.04
Car-1135-0.04 shares

At Bats
1941 NL-560-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1941 NL-635-9

Singles
1941 NL-126-5

Times on Base
1941 NL-222-10

Hit By Pitch
1941 NL-9-2

Sac. Hits
1942 NL-14-5

Outs
1941 NL-424-10

Youngest Player
1938 NL-20-2
1939 NL-21-9

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2317) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3453) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1451) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

May 14, 1947: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


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