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George Crowe
George Daniel Crowe (Big George)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 212 lb.
School University of Indianapolis

Debut April 16, 1952
Final Game April 30, 1961
Born March 22, 1923 in Whiteland, IN

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 29 BSN NL  73  217   25   56  13  1   4   20   0  1  18  25  .258  .329  .382   99   83   0           5   5
 1953 30 MLN NL  47   42    6   12   2  0   2    6   0  0   2   7  .286  .333  .476  113   20   0           1   1
 1955 32 MLN NL 104  303   41   85  12  4  15   55   1  0  45  44  .281  .374  .495  134  150   4   1   8   1   2
 1956 33 CIN NL  77  144   22   36   2  1  10   23   0  0  11  28  .250  .312  .486  107   70   0   0   1   2   1
 1957 34 CIN NL 133  494   71  134  20  1  31   92   1  1  32  62  .271  .314  .504  111  249   0   5   3   1   9
 1958 35 CIN NL 111  345   31   95  12  5   7   61   1  0  41  51  .275  .348  .400   93  138   1   5   3   0   7 AS
 1959 36 STL NL  77  103   14   31   6  0   8   29   0  0   5  12  .301  .330  .592  134   61   0   1   2   0   4
 1960 37 STL NL  73   72    5   17   3  0   4   13   0  0   5  16  .236  .278  .444   89   32   0   2   1   0   4
 1961 38 STL NL   7    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .143  .143  .143  -27    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      702 1727  215  467  70 12  81  299   3  2 159 246  .270  .333  .466  110  804   5  14  18  10  33
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        399   50  108  16  3  19   69   1  0  37  57  .270  .333  .466  110  186   1   3   4   2   8
 Career High    133  494   71  134  20  5  31   92   1  1  45  62  .281  .374  .504  134  249   4   5   8   5   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 29 BSN NL  240  167   26   4.2    95| .258  .258| .329  .330| .382  .384| .711  .714|  99  .502   0.1   0.0   0%
 1953 30 MLN NL   45   31    6   5.1   105| .286  .267| .333  .337| .476  .416| .809  .753| 113  .527   0.8   0.1   0%
 1955 32 MLN NL  354  225   59   7.0   101| .281  .259| .374  .330| .495  .411| .869  .741| 134  .677  15.3   1.5 100%
 1956 33 CIN NL  157  109   22   5.4   107| .250  .270| .312  .337| .486  .426| .798  .763| 107  .585   0.4   0.0   0%
 1957 34 CIN NL  532  375   77   5.6   108| .271  .275| .314  .340| .504  .426| .818  .766| 111  .584   5.3   0.5  50%
 1958 35 CIN NL  392  263   50   5.1   111| .275  .277| .348  .345| .400  .432| .748  .778|  93  .541  -3.1  -0.3 100%
 1959 36 STL NL  109   77   18   6.2   110| .301  .277| .330  .344| .592  .429| .922  .773| 134  .635   4.5   0.4   0%
 1960 37 STL NL   79   61    8   3.5   106| .236  .272| .278  .339| .444  .418| .722  .757|  89  .404  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1961 38 STL NL    7    6    0   0.0   114| .143  .281| .143  .349| .143  .438| .286  .788| -27  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1915 1314  266   5.4   106| .270  .270| .333  .338| .466  .419| .799  .757| 110  .579  20.7   2.0  60%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 29 BSN NL 1B 55 476 42 8 40 .985 .990 9.42 9.17 1953 30 MLN NL 1B 9 17 2 0 1 1.000 .990 2.11 9.17 1955 32 MLN NL 1B 79 677 61 8 62 .989 .991 9.34 9.09 1956 33 CIN NL 1B 32 225 25 3 15 .988 .989 7.81 8.71 9.30 9.82 25 242.0 1957 34 CIN NL 1B 120 932 86 11 86 .989 .990 8.48 8.33 8.67 8.52 117 1056.3 1958 35 CIN NL 1B 93 713 53 6 65 .992 .990 8.24 8.11 9.25 9.54 87 745.3 AS 2B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 AS 1959 36 STL NL 1B 14 82 12 0 9 1.000 .988 6.71 8.04 9.40 9.58 11 90.0 1960 37 STL NL 1B 5 21 2 0 1 1.000 .991 4.60 8.20 9.41 9.57 2 22.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 29 BSN NL 1B 55 476 42 8 40 .985 .990 9.42 9.17 1953 30 MLN NL 1B 9 17 2 0 1 1.000 .990 2.11 9.17 1955 32 MLN NL 1B 79 677 61 8 62 .989 .991 9.34 9.09 1956 33 CIN NL 1B 32 225 25 3 15 .988 .989 7.81 8.71 9.30 9.82 25 242.0 1957 34 CIN NL 1B 120 932 86 11 86 .989 .990 8.48 8.33 8.67 8.52 117 1056.3 1958 35 CIN NL 1B 93 713 53 6 65 .992 .990 8.24 8.11 9.25 9.54 87 745.3 1959 36 STL NL 1B 14 82 12 0 9 1.000 .988 6.71 8.04 9.40 9.58 11 90.0 1960 37 STL NL 1B 5 21 2 0 1 1.000 .991 4.60 8.20 9.41 9.57 2 22.0 1958 35 CIN NL 2B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 12.86 5.14 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 407 3143 283 36 279 .990 .990 8.42 8.58 242 2155.7 2B* 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 0 0.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 408 3144 283 36 280 .990 .990 8.40 8.57
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1958

Slugging %
1957 NL-.504-10

Home Runs
1957 NL-31-6

RBI
1957 NL-92-8

Hit By Pitch
1952 NL-5-8

At Bats per Home Run
1957 NL-15.9-4

Oldest Player
1961 NL-38-6

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1625) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1457) (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 

April 28, 1949: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

April 9, 1956: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Cincinnati Redlegs for a player to be named later and Bob Hazle. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent Corky Valentine (May 10, 1956) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

October 3, 1958: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Alex Grammas and Alex Kellner to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Mabe, Eddie Kasko, and Del Ennis.


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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