Jim Crawford
James Frederick Crawford (Catfish)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 29, 1950 in Chicago, IL
High School: Tucson (Tucson, AZ)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1973
Final Game: July 27, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1973 22 HOU NL 2 4 .333 4.50 48 0 20 0 0 6 70.0 69 41 35 7 33 8 56 2 1 7 314 81 1.457 8.9 0.9 4.2 7.2 1.70
1975 24 HOU NL 3 5 .375 3.63 44 2 19 0 0 4 86.2 92 40 35 0 37 4 37 2 1 5 377 93 1.488 9.6 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.00
1976 25 DET AL 1 8 .111 4.53 32 5 11 1 0 2 109.1 115 65 55 4 43 4 68 0 0 7 478 82 1.445 9.5 0.3 3.5 5.6 1.58
1977 26 DET AL 7 8 .467 4.79 37 7 12 0 0 1 126.0 156 82 67 13 50 5 91 1 3 6 574 89 1.635 11.1 0.9 3.6 6.5 1.82
1978 27 DET AL 2 3 .400 4.35 20 0 10 0 0 0 39.1 45 24 19 3 19 3 24 2 0 7 180 90 1.627 10.3 0.7 4.3 5.5 1.26
5 Seasons 15 28 .349 4.40 181 14 72 1 0 13 431.1 477 252 211 27 182 24 276 7 5 32 1923 87 1.528 10.0 0.6 3.8 5.8 1.52
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .349 4.40 63 5 25 0 0 5 150 166 88 74 9 63 8 96 2 2 11 671 87 1.528 10.0 0.6 3.8 5.8 1.52
DET (3 yrs) 10 19 .345 4.62 89 12 33 1 0 3 274.2 316 171 141 20 112 12 183 3 3 20 1232 86 1.558 10.4 0.7 3.7 6.0 1.63
HOU (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 4.02 92 2 39 0 0 10 156.2 161 81 70 7 70 12 93 4 2 12 691 87 1.474 9.2 0.4 4.0 5.3 1.33
AL (3 yrs) 10 19 .345 4.62 89 12 33 1 0 3 274.2 316 171 141 20 112 12 183 3 3 20 1232 86 1.558 10.4 0.7 3.7 6.0 1.63
NL (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 4.02 92 2 39 0 0 10 156.2 161 81 70 7 70 12 93 4 2 12 691 87 1.474 9.2 0.4 4.0 5.3 1.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 22 HOU NL 48 314 270 41 69 12 1 7 6 0 33 56 .256 .338 .385 .723 .295 104 4 2 6 3 8
1975 24 HOU NL 44 380 332 40 92 20 3 0 7 2 37 37 .277 .351 .355 .707 .310 118 11 2 7 2 4
1976 25 DET AL 32 477 417 65 115 22 1 4 17 10 43 68 .276 .336 .362 .698 .313 151 10 0 7 10 4
1977 26 DET AL 37 574 504 82 156 27 2 13 3 5 50 91 .310 .369 .448 .817 .352 226 12 1 13 6 5
1978 27 DET AL 20 180 154 24 45 8 0 3 1 1 19 24 .292 .371 .403 .773 .323 62 4 2 2 3 3
5 Seasons 181 1925 1677 252 477 89 7 27 34 18 182 276 .284 .352 .394 .747 .322 661 41 7 35 24 24
162 Game Avg. 63 671 585 88 166 31 2 9 12 6 63 96 .284 .352 .394 .747 .322 231 14 2 12 8 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 24 HOU NL 44 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 39 31 17 4 1 1 3.5 3.4 4.5
1976 25 DET AL 32 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 3 .400 0 1 1 0 2 40% 41 62 20 19 8 1 3 2.5 2.1 4.3
1977 26 DET AL 37 7 2 4 1 0 0 2 5 .286 0 0 0 0 3 43% 43 57 24 25 5 2 1 3.7 3.9 5.6
3 Seasons 113 14 3 9 2 0 1 4 10 .286 0 1 1 0 5 36% 41 62 20 61 17 4 5 3.2 3.3 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 22 HOU NL 48 48 20 2 4 10 6 4 60% 15 4 49 13 27% 7 1.126 23 9 13 15 10 23 27 21 26 16 28 8 4.4
1975 24 HOU NL 44 42 19 3 3 7 4 3 57% 9 1 45 16 36% 8 1.050 17 11 13 10 7 25 21 21 24 11 25 11 5.5
1976 25 DET AL 32 27 11 0 5 3 2 1 67% 4 1 40 18 45% 4 0.861 8 5 14 4 2 21 22 5 24 2 24 0 9.8
1977 26 DET AL 37 30 12 5 4 3 1 2 33% 5 2 30 15 50% 6 1.104 10 11 8 7 7 16 20 10 21 5 24 0 8.7
1978 27 DET AL 20 20 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 6 29% 8 0.663 5 7 8 0 4 16 11 9 13 6 15 4 5.9
5 Seasons 181 167 72 12 19 23 13 10 57% 33 8 185 68 37% 0.995 63 43 56 36 30 101 101 66 108 40 116 23 6.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1973 22 HOU NL 314 61% 2.2% 17.8% 10.5% 6.4% 29% 1.14 67% 73 4 5%
1975 24 HOU NL 380 62% 0.0% 9.7% 9.7% 6.1% 25% 1.81 78% 93 11 12%
1976 25 DET AL 477 65% 0.8% 14.3% 9.0% 5.7% 24% 1.67 74% 99 10 10%
1977 26 DET AL 574 71% 2.3% 15.9% 8.7% 7.3% 27% 1.66 71% 124 12 10%
1978 27 DET AL 180 62% 1.7% 13.3% 10.6% 6.1% 24% 1.11 72% 34 4 12%
5 Seasons 1925 65% 1.4% 14.3% 9.5% 6.4% 26% 1.53 73% 423 41 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1973 22 HOU NL 313 69 7 1 12 4 3 4 3 21 13 2 62% 6 7 2 129 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
1975 24 HOU NL 380 92 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 31 17 2 55% 9 5 1 157 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1976 25 DET AL 477 115 4 1 19 3 1 3 1 47 31 4 66% 12 7 0 193 17 10 63% 12 8 4 1 1 1 4 3 27 0
1977 26 DET AL 574 156 13 1 24 12 1 7 6 35 19 4 54% 8 6 1 249 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1978 27 DET AL 180 45 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 18 8 3 44% 2 7 3 79 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
5 Seasons 1924 477 27 3 80 22 5 16 11 152 88 15 58% 37 32 7 807 34 18 65% 29 16 4 1 1 1 4 3 92 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1973 22 2 4 .333 4.50 48 0 20 0 0 6 70.0 69 41 35 7 33 8 56 2 1 7 314 81 1.457 8.9 0.9 4.2 7.2 1.70 81
1974 23 2 4 .333 4.50 48 0 20 0 0 6 70.0 69 41 35 7 33 8 56 2 1 7 314 81 1.457 8.9 0.9 4.2 7.2 1.70 81
1975 24 5 9 .357 4.02 92 2 39 0 0 10 156.2 161 81 70 7 70 12 93 4 2 12 691 87 1.474 9.2 0.4 4.0 5.3 1.33 87
1976 25 6 17 .261 4.23 124 7 50 1 0 12 266.0 276 146 125 11 113 16 161 4 2 19 1169 85 1.462 9.3 0.4 3.8 5.4 1.42 85
1977 26 13 25 .342 4.41 161 14 62 1 0 13 392.0 432 228 192 24 163 21 252 5 5 25 1743 86 1.518 9.9 0.6 3.7 5.8 1.55 86
1978 27 15 28 .349 4.40 181 14 72 1 0 13 431.1 477 252 211 27 182 24 276 7 5 32 1923 87 1.528 10.0 0.6 3.8 5.8 1.52 87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1973 22 3 4 .429 5.03 68.0 73 42 38 7 35 54 2 1.588 9.7 4.6 7.1 1.54 0.9 48
1975 24 3 5 .375 4.61 80.0 97 46 41 0 39 34 2 1.700 10.9 4.4 3.8 0.87 0.0 44
1976 25 4 7 .364 5.37 104.0 122 69 62 4 46 65 0 1.615 10.6 4.0 5.6 1.41 0.3 32
1977 26 5 8 .385 4.87 122.0 156 73 66 13 50 88 1 1.689 11.5 3.7 6.5 1.76 1.0 37
1978 27 2 2 .500 5.11 37.0 47 23 21 3 20 23 2 1.811 11.4 4.9 5.6 1.15 0.7 20
5 Seasons 17 26 .395 4.99 411.0 495 253 228 27 190 264 7 1.667 10.8 5.8 1.39 0.6 181

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 AL--7--9th

                                         

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