Carl Crawford
Carl Demonte Crawford
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 219 lb.

Born: August 5, 1981 in Houston, TX
High School: Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2002
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 20 TBD AL 63 278 259 23 67 11 6 2 30 9 5 9 41 .259 .290 .371 .661 77 96 0 3 6 1 0 7
2003 21 TBD AL 151 661 630 80 177 18 9 5 54 55 10 26 102 .281 .309 .362 .671 81 228 5 1 1 3 4 *78/D
2004 22 TBD AL 152 672 626 104 185 26 19 11 55 59 15 35 81 .296 .331 .450 .781 105 282 2 1 4 6 2 *78/D AS
2005 23 TBD AL 156 687 644 101 194 33 15 15 81 46 8 27 84 .301 .331 .469 .800 111 302 11 5 5 6 1 *7/8D
2006 24 TBD AL 151 652 600 89 183 20 16 18 77 58 9 37 85 .305 .348 .482 .830 113 289 8 4 9 2 3 *7/D8 MVP-26
2007 25 TBD AL 143 624 584 93 184 37 9 11 80 50 10 32 112 .315 .355 .466 .820 117 272 11 5 1 2 5 *7/D AS
2008 26 TBR AL 109 480 443 69 121 12 10 8 57 25 7 30 60 .273 .319 .400 .718 87 177 10 2 0 5 1 7/8D
2009 27 TBR AL 156 672 606 96 185 28 8 15 68 60 16 51 99 .305 .364 .452 .816 111 274 7 8 2 5 1 *7/D AS
8 Seasons 1081 4726 4392 655 1296 185 92 85 502 362 80 247 664 .295 .335 .437 .772 103 1920 54 29 28 30 17
162 Game Avg. 162 708 658 98 194 28 14 13 75 54 12 37 100 .295 .335 .437 .772 103 288 8 4 4 4 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2002 20 TBD AL 278 204 29 3.8 103 .300 .259 .261 .290 .328 .371 .419 .661 .747 77 .382 -9.5 -0.9 .569 .162 .112 3.3
2003 21 TBD AL 661 472 76 4.3 102 .327 .281 .262 .309 .327 .362 .419 .671 .746 81 .429 -18.8 -1.8 .641 .194 .081 9.2
2004 22 TBD AL 672 468 99 5.7 106 .322 .296 .266 .331 .333 .450 .427 .781 .760 105 .540 2.2 0.2 .790 .281 .155 18.5
2005 23 TBD AL 687 480 102 5.7 104 .325 .301 .267 .331 .330 .469 .423 .800 .753 111 .566 8.0 0.8 .793 .269 .168 22.6
2006 24 TBD AL 652 445 106 6.3 110 .331 .305 .274 .348 .339 .482 .436 .830 .775 113 .589 8.6 0.8 .873 .320 .177 27.5
2007 25 TBD AL 624 424 99 6.2 105 .374 .315 .269 .355 .336 .466 .420 .820 .756 117 .595 12.6 1.2 .829 .274 .151 18.0
2008 26 TBR AL 480 344 57 4.4 108 .297 .273 .272 .319 .340 .400 .427 .718 .767 87 .448 -10.2 -1.0 .670 .235 .126 12.1
2009 27 TBR AL 672 451 107 6.3 110 .342 .305 .271 .364 .340 .452 .435 .816 .775 111 .601 9.4 0.9 .849 .304 .147 24.0
8 Seasons 4726 3288 675 5.5 106 .330 .295 .268 .335 .334 .437 .426 .772 .760 103 .537 2.3 0.2 .767 .263 .142 137.7
162 Game Avg. 708 493 101 5.5 106 .330 .295 .268 .335 .334 .437 .426 .772 .760 103 .537 0 0 .767 .263 .142 21

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 26 TBR AL ALDS CHW W 4 16 14 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 .214 .313 .214 .527 3 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 7 30 29 3 10 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 7 .345 .367 .483 .849 14 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 TBR AL WS PHI L 5 20 19 4 5 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 .263 .300 .632 .932 12 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 16 66 62 9 18 3 1 2 8 7 0 3 10 .290 .333 .468 .801 29 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALDS 4 16 14 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 .214 .313 .214 .527 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 30 29 3 10 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 7 .345 .367 .483 .849 14 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 20 19 4 5 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 .263 .300 .632 .932 12 0 1 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 TBD AL 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TBD AL 25 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TBR AL 27 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Appearances) 7 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .714 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2002 20 TBD AL 278 0.7% 14.8% 3.2% 6.8% 28% 4.56 6.3 129.5 8.6 0.98 1.31 78% 23% 2.3% 17%
2003 21 TBD AL 661 0.8% 15.4% 3.9% 4.8% 18% 3.92 6.2 126.0 11.7 1.32 1.42 80% 14% 2.4% 8%
2004 22 TBD AL 672 1.6% 12.1% 5.2% 8.3% 30% 2.31 7.7 56.9 11.4 0.93 0.97 80% 19% 4.2% 7%
2005 23 TBD AL 687 2.2% 12.2% 3.9% 9.2% 33% 3.11 7.7 42.9 8.0 0.78 1.05 80% 19% 5.2% 9%
2006 24 TBD AL 652 2.8% 13.0% 5.7% 8.3% 30% 2.30 7.1 33.3 7.8 1.09 1.25 77% 17% 8.3% 10%
2007 25 TBD AL 624 1.8% 18.0% 5.1% 9.1% 31% 3.50 5.2 53.1 7.3 0.88 1.35 74% 23% 4.7% 6%
2008 26 TBR AL 480 1.7% 12.5% 6.3% 6.3% 25% 2.00 7.4 55.4 7.8 0.92 1.20 79% 23% 4.3% 8%
2009 27 TBR AL 672 2.2% 14.7% 7.6% 7.6% 28% 1.94 6.1 40.4 8.9 1.10 1.34 74% 20% 6.8% 8%
8 Seasons 4726 1.8% 14.1% 5.2% 7.7% 28% 2.69 6.6 51.7 8.7 0.99 1.21 78% 19% 5.0% 8%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 20 TBD AL 2 0 8% 77 9 5 64% 8 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 12 37% 12 8 3 2 1 1 5 2 3
2003 21 TBD AL 10 0 12% 219 55 10 85% 46 9 9 1 0 0 3 0 11 17 49% 24 16 8 8 6 2 25 6 18
2004 22 TBD AL 12 0 14% 262 59 15 80% 50 13 9 2 0 0 8 3 11 28 48% 18 14 4 11 6 5 25 7 17
2005 23 TBD AL 3 0 13% 233 46 8 85% 39 6 7 2 0 0 7 2 10 20 46% 29 20 9 9 3 6 28 9 15
2006 24 TBD AL 7 1 11% 245 58 9 87% 51 8 6 1 1 0 4 0 8 20 49% 26 19 5 11 5 6 18 1 16
2007 25 TBD AL 9 3 13% 232 50 10 83% 41 9 9 1 0 0 3 1 7 23 40% 28 22 6 12 7 5 23 8 14
2008 26 TBR AL 8 2 13% 167 25 7 78% 22 6 3 1 0 0 5 2 5 14 50% 19 15 4 7 3 4 16 3 13
2009 27 TBR AL 5 0 13% 243 60 16 79% 55 12 5 4 0 0 7 3 13 20 53% 27 19 8 10 6 4 24 3 20
8 Seasons 56 6 12% 1678 362 80 82% 312 68 49 12 1 0 39 11 69 154 47% 183 133 47 70 37 33 164 39 116
MLB Averages 10% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2002 20 TBD AL 278 76% 67 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 86% 44 0 0% 25 13 52% 167 28 17% 18 10 56% 13 9 69% 0
2003 21 TBD AL 661 72% 177 38 5 4 0 0 0 2.64 5 0 11 5 0 5 0 0 7 1 14% 105 5 5% 45 16 36% 351 51 15% 24 13 54% 29 14 48% 0
2004 22 TBD AL 672 76% 185 32 1 3 0 0 0 1.97 11 0 9 10 1 6 5 0 5 4 80% 92 2 2% 55 22 40% 302 44 15% 23 12 52% 37 17 46% 0
2005 23 TBD AL 687 69% 194 22 4 0 0 0 0 3.57 15 0 14 13 2 5 10 1 9 5 56% 122 11 9% 59 21 36% 377 68 18% 28 19 68% 42 26 62% 0
2006 24 TBD AL 653 72% 183 35 3 1 0 0 0 0.52 18 0 11 14 4 7 11 0 16 9 56% 123 8 7% 64 24 38% 355 63 18% 24 13 54% 49 30 61% 0
2007 25 TBD AL 627 67% 184 22 0 2 1 0 1 1.22 11 1 15 8 3 6 5 1 1 1 100% 122 11 9% 48 17 35% 371 72 19% 30 18 60% 42 22 52% 0
2008 26 TBR AL 482 69% 121 9 0 1 0 0 0 2.79 8 1 11 5 3 3 5 0 1 0 0% 116 10 9% 63 19 30% 296 52 18% 31 22 71% 31 17 55% 0
2009 27 TBR AL 672 69% 185 34 0 3 0 0 0 1.60 15 0 12 13 2 9 6 1 3 2 67% 137 7 5% 77 27 35% 396 55 14% 32 21 66% 53 26 49% 0
8 Seasons 4732 71% 1296 204 17 14 1 0 1 1.93 85 2 91 70 15 42 43 3 49 28 57% 861 54 6% 436 159 36% 2615 433 17% 210 128 61% 296 161 54% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 20 TBD AL 278 914 3.29 649 71% 13% 19% 33% 35% 87% 0% 61% 78% 49% 1% 4 0 8% 23 16 4% 12 6 7% 0 0 0
2003 21 TBD AL 661 2252 3.41 1544 69% 24% 14% 28% 34% 76% 2% 52% 82% 34% 3% 20 0 10% 64 16 5% 32 12 19% 0 0 0
2004 22 TBD AL 672 2344 3.49 1583 68% 22% 13% 30% 35% 78% 1% 53% 83% 35% 4% 25 0 12% 80 28 7% 48 25 12% 0 0 0
2005 23 TBD AL 687 2215 3.22 1558 70% 20% 14% 29% 37% 80% 1% 56% 82% 40% 4% 25 0 9% 64 22 5% 35 18 17% 0 0 0
2006 24 TBD AL 653 2313 3.54 1566 68% 21% 13% 32% 34% 79% 2% 53% 83% 36% 4% 25 0 11% 74 28 6% 39 23 12% 0 0 1
2007 25 TBD AL 627 2249 3.59 1485 66% 18% 18% 32% 32% 82% 3% 54% 78% 43% 6% 36 1 14% 87 28 8% 48 30 11% 0 0 2
2008 26 TBR AL 482 1642 3.41 1087 66% 22% 15% 28% 36% 78% 1% 52% 81% 39% 4% 20 0 11% 53 24 7% 32 11 18% 0 0 2
2009 27 TBR AL 672 2521 3.75 1654 66% 25% 13% 30% 31% 75% 0% 49% 82% 32% 6% 37 0 13% 90 16 8% 53 13 17% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 4732 16450 3.48 11126 68% 21% 15% 30% 34% 79% 1% 53% 81% 38% 4% 192 1 11% 535 178 6% 299 138 14% 0 0 5
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 20 63 278 259 23 67 11 6 2 30 9 5 9 41 .259 .290 .371 .661 77 96 0 3 6 1 0
2003 21 214 939 889 103 244 29 15 7 84 64 15 35 143 .274 .304 .364 .668 80 324 5 4 7 4 4
2004 22 366 1611 1515 207 429 55 34 18 139 123 30 70 224 .283 .315 .400 .715 90 606 7 5 11 10 6
2005 23 522 2298 2159 308 623 88 49 33 220 169 38 97 308 .289 .320 .421 .740 97 908 18 10 16 16 7
2006 24 673 2950 2759 397 806 108 65 51 297 227 47 134 393 .292 .326 .434 .760 100 1197 26 14 25 18 10
2007 25 816 3574 3343 490 990 145 74 62 377 277 57 166 505 .296 .331 .439 .771 103 1469 37 19 26 20 15
2008 26 925 4054 3786 559 1111 157 84 70 434 302 64 196 565 .293 .330 .435 .764 101 1646 47 21 26 25 16
2009 27 1081 4726 4392 655 1296 185 92 85 502 362 80 247 664 .295 .335 .437 .772 103 1920 54 29 28 30 17

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 20 63 275 262 23 70 11 6 2 30 9 9 41 .267 .298 .378 .676 29 63
2003 21 151 670 639 81 186 19 9 5 55 58 27 102 .291 .319 .372 .692 77 151
2004 22 152 673 630 102 189 27 19 11 54 60 36 81 .300 .336 .456 .791 97 152
2005 23 156 685 647 101 197 34 15 15 81 47 27 84 .304 .334 .473 .807 102 156
2006 24 151 645 602 85 185 20 16 18 74 59 37 85 .307 .350 .483 .834 102 151
2007 25 143 625 586 91 186 37 9 11 79 51 32 112 .317 .357 .468 .824 97 143
2008 26 109 476 440 66 118 12 10 8 54 24 29 60 .268 .313 .395 .708 54 109
2009 27 156 675 610 92 189 29 8 15 65 61 52 99 .310 .369 .457 .826 102 156
8 Seasons 1081 4724 4416 641 1320 189 92 85 492 369 249 664 .299 .338 .441 .779 660 1081
162 Game Avg. 162 708 662 96 198 28 14 13 74 55 37 100 .299 .338 .441 .779 99 1081

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2007 *
2009 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2009-ML-AS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2006-AL-26-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
Active--.295--28th

At Bats s c a p y
2004 AL--626--6th
2005 AL--644--6th

Hits s c a p y
2004 AL--185--9th
2005 AL--194--6th
2006 AL--183--10th
2009 AL--185--10th

Triples s c a p y
2002 AL--6--6th
2003 AL--9--4th
2004 AL--19--1st
2005 AL--15--1st
2006 AL--16--1st
2007 AL--9--3rd
2008 AL--10--2nd
2009 AL--8--5th
Active--92--3rd
Career--92--197th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2003 AL--55--1st
2004 AL--59--1st
2005 AL--46--3rd
2006 AL--58--1st
2007 AL--50--1st
2009 AL--60--2nd
Active--362--4th
Career--362--95th

Singles s c a p y
2003 AL--145--3rd
2004 AL--129--4th
2005 AL--131--8th
2006 AL--129--10th
2009 AL--134--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2006 AL--9--4th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2003 AL--10--2nd
2004 AL--15--1st
2005 AL--8--10th
2006 AL--9--6th
2007 AL--10--2nd
2009 AL--16--2nd
Active--80--17th
Career--80--205th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2004 AL--18.5--9th
2005 AL--22.6--3rd
2006 AL--27.5--1st
2009 AL--24.0--3rd
Active--137.7--33rd
Career--137.7--205th

Outs Made s c a p y
2004 AL--468--8th
2005 AL--480--9th

Youngest s c a p y
2002 AL--born 1981-08-05--4th
2003 AL--born 1981-08-05--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 11 (211), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 34 (707), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 37 (498), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (664), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bake McBride (944)
  2. Phil Bradley (932)
  3. Freddy Leach (926)
  4. George Watkins (920)
  5. Charley Jones (920)
  6. Danny Green (917)
  7. Socks Seybold (917)
  8. Harry Rice (915)
  9. Bug Holliday (913)
  10. Frank Catalanotto (913)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Roberto Clemente (944) *
  2. Whitey Lockman (936)
  3. Jimmy Sheckard (926)
  4. Sam Crawford (925) *
  5. Johnny Damon (923)
  6. Claudell Washington (911)
  7. Tim Raines (910)
  8. Mike Tiernan (909)
  9. Rickey Henderson (908) *
  10. Buddy Lewis (905)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cliff Heathcote (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Roberto Clemente (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Claudell Washington (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Whitey Lockman (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sam Crawford (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roberto Clemente (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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