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Bobby Crosby
Robert Edward Crosby

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.
School California State University, Long Beach

Debut September 2, 2003

Born January 12, 1980 in Lakewood, CA

Son of Ed Crosby

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 23 OAK AL  11   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   0   0   0   1   0
 2004 24 OAK AL 151  545   70  130  34  1  22   64   7  3  58 141  .239  .319  .426   93  232   5   6   0   9  20 RoY-1
 2005 25 OAK AL  84  333   66   92  25  4   9   38   0  0  35  54  .276  .346  .456  111  152   1   1   0   1  10
 2006 26 OAK AL  96  358   42   82  12  0   9   40   8  1  36  76  .229  .298  .338   67  121   2   2   1   0  11
 2007 27 OAK AL  93  349   40   79  16  0   8   31  10  2  23  62  .226  .278  .341   68  119   0   0   1   2  11
 2008 28 OAK AL  39  151   20   38  12  0   2   21   1  1  15  24  .252  .319  .371   97   56   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      474 1748  239  421  99  5  50  194  26  7 168 362  .241  .311  .389   85  680   8   9   2  13  55
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        597   82  144  34  2  17   66   9  2  57 124  .241  .311  .389   85  232   3   3   1   4  19
 Career High    151  545   70  130  34  4  22   64  10  3  58 141  .276  .346  .456  111  232   5   6   1   9  20
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 23 OAK AL   14   12    0   0.0   106| .000  .267| .143  .333| .000  .427| .143  .759| -57  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 2004 24 OAK AL  623  449   72   4.3   109| .239  .269| .319  .337| .426  .432| .745  .770|  93  .415  -5.2  -0.5  70%
 2005 25 OAK AL  371  253   52   5.5   106| .276  .269| .346  .332| .456  .427| .802  .759| 111  .552   5.5   0.5   0%
 2006 26 OAK AL  398  292   36   3.3   108| .229  .272| .298  .336| .338  .432| .636  .768|  67  .300 -17.7  -1.6  88%
 2007 27 OAK AL  374  283   32   3.0   101| .226  .262| .278  .329| .341  .410| .619  .739|  68  .281 -16.4  -1.6  83%
 2008 28 OAK AL  166  117   18   4.1    91| .252  .251| .319  .320| .371  .383| .690  .703|  97  .451  -0.2   0.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1946 1406  210   4.0   105| .241  .267| .311  .333| .389  .423| .700  .755|  85  .393 -36.9  -3.5  78%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 23 OAK AL SS 9 5 11 2 2 .889 .970 1.78 4.13 7.20 4.54 0 20.0 DH 2 2004 24 OAK AL SS 151 242 505 19 107 .975 .972 4.95 4.12 4.96 4.56 151 1356.0 2005 25 OAK AL SS 84 117 251 7 59 .981 .972 4.38 4.17 4.46 4.60 84 743.3 2006 26 OAK AL SS 95 145 268 12 59 .972 .970 4.35 4.02 4.49 4.49 95 828.0 2007 27 OAK AL SS 92 131 282 14 61 .967 .970 4.49 3.97 4.57 4.47 92 813.7 2008 28 OAK AL SS 39 47 104 5 31 .968 .972 3.87 4.08 3.89 4.56 39 349.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 23 OAK AL DH 2 2003 23 OAK AL SS 9 5 11 2 2 .889 .970 1.78 4.13 7.20 4.54 0 20.0 2004 24 OAK AL SS 151 242 505 19 107 .975 .972 4.95 4.12 4.96 4.56 151 1356.0 2005 25 OAK AL SS 84 117 251 7 59 .981 .972 4.38 4.17 4.46 4.60 84 743.3 2006 26 OAK AL SS 95 145 268 12 59 .972 .970 4.35 4.02 4.49 4.49 95 828.0 2007 27 OAK AL SS 92 131 282 14 61 .967 .970 4.49 3.97 4.57 4.47 92 813.7 2008 28 OAK AL SS 39 47 104 5 31 .968 .972 3.87 4.08 3.89 4.56 39 349.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 470 687 1421 59 319 .973 .971 4.49 4.08 4.62 4.54 461 4110.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 470 687 1421 59 319 .973 .971 4.49 4.08 4.62 4.54 461 4110
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Awards
2004-AL-ROY

Games
2008 AL-39-5

Doubles
2008 AL-12-4

Strikeouts
2004 AL-141-4

Grounded into Double Plays
2004 AL-20-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1993) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2471) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1669) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 34th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2001.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Oakland Athletics$300,500
2005Oakland Athletics$350,000
2006Oakland Athletics$800,000
2007Oakland Athletics$2,550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,000,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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