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Sam Crawford
Samuel Earl Crawford (Wahoo Sam)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 18, 1880 in Wahoo, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1899
Final Game: September 16, 1917
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1957.
Died: June 15, 1968 in Hollywood, CA
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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
1899 19 CIN NL 31 133 127 25 39 3 7 1 20 6 2 .307 .318 .465 .782 112 59 0 4 O
1900 20 CIN NL 101 424 389 68 101 15 15 7 59 14 28 .260 .314 .429 .744 105 167 3 4 *O
1901 21 CIN NL 131 559 515 91 170 20 16 16 104 13 37 .330 .378 .524 .903 167 270 3 4 *O
1902 22 CIN NL 140 609 555 92 185 18 22 3 78 16 47 .333 .386 .461 .848 152 256 1 6 *O
1903 23 DET AL 137 602 550 88 184 23 25 4 89 18 25 .335 .366 .489 .855 159 269 2 25 *O
1904 24 DET AL 150 617 562 49 143 22 16 2 73 20 44 .254 .309 .361 .670 114 203 0 11 *O
1905 25 DET AL 154 631 575 73 171 38 10 6 75 22 50 .297 .357 .430 .786 148 247 3 3 *O3
1906 26 DET AL 145 610 563 65 166 25 16 2 72 24 38 .295 .341 .407 .747 131 229 1 8 *O3
1907 27 DET AL 144 632 582 102 188 34 17 4 81 18 37 .323 .366 .460 .826 160 268 2 11 *O/3
1908 28 DET AL 152 654 591 102 184 33 16 7 80 15 37 .311 .355 .457 .812 159 270 3 23 *O3
1909 29 DET AL 156 662 589 83 185 35 14 6 97 30 47 .314 .366 .452 .817 153 266 1 25 *O3
1910 30 DET AL 154 650 588 83 170 26 19 5 120 20 37 .289 .332 .423 .756 130 249 1 24 *O/3
1911 31 DET AL 146 648 574 109 217 36 14 7 115 37 61 .378 .438 .526 .964 163 302 0 13 *O MVP-14
1912 32 DET AL 149 644 581 81 189 30 21 4 109 41 42 .325 .373 .470 .843 143 273 2 19 *O MVP-14
1913 33 DET AL 153 671 609 78 193 32 23 9 83 13 52 28 .317 .371 .489 .860 152 298 0 10 *O3 MVP-14
1914 34 DET AL 157 674 582 74 183 22 26 8 104 25 16 69 31 .314 .388 .483 .871 158 281 1 22 *O MVP-2
1915 35 DET AL 156 694 612 81 183 31 19 4 112 24 14 66 29 .299 .367 .431 .799 134 264 0 16 *O
1916 36 DET AL 100 368 322 41 92 11 13 0 42 10 37 10 .286 .359 .401 .760 124 129 0 9 O/3
1917 37 DET AL 61 112 104 6 18 4 0 2 12 0 4 6 .173 .204 .269 .473 44 28 0 4 3/O
19 Seasons 2517 10594 9570 1391 2961 458 *309* 97 1525 366 30 760 104 .309 .362 .452 .814 144 4328 23 241
162 Game Avg. 162 682 616 90 191 29 20 6 98 24 49 .309 .362 .452 .814 144 279 1 16
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
DET (15 yrs) 2114 8869 7984 1115 2466 402 249 70 1264 317 30 646 104 .309 .362 .448 .810 144 3576 16 223
CIN (4 yrs) 403 1725 1586 276 495 56 60 27 261 49 114 .312 .361 .474 .835 141 752 7 18
AL (15 yrs) 2114 8869 7984 1115 2466 402 249 70 1264 317 30 646 104 .309 .362 .448 .810 144 3576 16 223
NL (4 yrs) 403 1725 1586 276 495 56 60 27 261 49 114 .312 .361 .474 .835 141 752 7 18

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
1907 27 DET AL WS CHC L 5 21 21 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .238 .238 .286 .524 6 0 0 0 0 0
1908 28 DET AL WS CHC L 5 22 21 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .238 .273 .286 .558 6 1 0 0 0 0
1909 29 DET AL WS PIT L 7 29 28 4 7 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 .250 .276 .464 .740 13 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 17 72 70 7 17 5 0 1 8 1 0 2 6 .243 .264 .357 .621 25 1 0 0 0 0
3 WS 17 72 70 7 17 5 0 1 8 1 0 2 6 .243 .264 .357 .621 25 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1899 CIN NL 19 OF 31 67 56 9 2 2 .970 2.10 .942 2.11 9-22-0
1900 CIN NL 20 OF 95 269 237 18 14 2 .948 2.68 .939 2.13 70-12-12
1901 CIN NL 21 OF 127 248 209 20 19 6 .923 1.80 .943 2.03 1-0-126
1902 CIN NL 22 OF 140 249 208 24 17 5 .932 1.66 .946 1.93 7-0-133
1903 DET AL 23 OF 137 251 225 16 10 3 .960 1.76 .951 1.92 45-0-92
1904 DET AL 24 OF 150 255 230 18 7 8 .973 1.65 .953 1.84 1-0-149
1905 DET AL 25 OF 103 172 152 18 2 3 .988 1.65 .951 1.83 0-0-103
1905 DET AL 25 1B 51 530 478 41 11 22 .979 10.18 .982 10.64
1906 DET AL 26 OF 116 193 171 19 3 2 .984 1.64 .962 1.87 0-2-116
1906 DET AL 26 1B 32 306 287 17 2 10 .993 9.50 .982 10.68
1907 DET AL 27 OF 144 345 311 22 12 2 .965 2.31 .959 1.83 0-144-0
1907 DET AL 27 1B 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.95
1908 DET AL 28 OF 134 269 252 9 8 2 .970 1.95 .953 1.80 0-134-0
1908 DET AL 28 1B 17 195 176 13 6 12 .969 11.12 .984 11.05
1909 DET AL 29 OF 139 315 297 7 11 2 .965 2.19 .950 1.80 0-139-0
1909 DET AL 29 1B 18 205 189 10 6 2 .971 11.06 .985 10.80
1910 DET AL 30 OF 153 242 223 10 9 2 .963 1.52 .954 1.77 0-26-127
1910 DET AL 30 1B 1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 .983 10.70
1911 DET AL 31 OF 146 202 181 16 5 3 .975 1.35 .949 1.93 0-0-146 MVP-14
1912 DET AL 32 OF 149 188 169 16 3 5 .984 1.24 .949 1.98 0-0-149 MVP-14
1913 DET AL 33 OF 140 223 201 14 8 5 .964 1.54 .952 1.95 0-0-140 MVP-14
1913 DET AL 33 1B 13 169 156 7 6 6 .964 12.54 .986 10.48 MVP-14
1914 DET AL 34 OF 157 216 193 18 5 4 .977 1.34 .955 1.92 0-0-157 MVP-2
1915 DET AL 35 OF 156 233 219 8 6 1 .974 1.46 .957 1.98 0-0-156
1916 DET AL 36 OF 79 93 85 6 2 2 .978 1.15 .962 2.03 1-0-78
1916 DET AL 36 1B 2 19 19 0 0 1 1.000 9.50 .989 10.45
1917 DET AL 37 1B 15 162 158 2 2 5 .988 10.67 .989 10.75
1917 DET AL 37 OF 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 .971 2.13 0-0-3
19 Seasons OF 2299 4037 3626 268 143 59 .965 1.69 .952 1.91 134-479-1687
9 Seasons 1B 151 1600 1476 91 33 58 .979 10.38 .984 10.71
19 Seasons TOT 2450 5637 5102 359 176 117 .969 2.23 .930 2.45 134-479-1687
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-AL-14-6%
1912-AL-14-6%
1913-AL-14-8%
1914-AL-2-55%
0.75 Career Shares (308th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1902 NL--.333--2nd
1903 AL--.335--2nd
1905 AL--.297--5th
1907 AL--.323--2nd
1908 AL--.311--2nd
1909 AL--.314--4th
1911 AL--.378--3rd
1912 AL--.325--8th
1913 AL--.317--9th
1914 AL--.314--6th
1915 AL--.299--8th
Career--.309--113th

On-Base% s c a p y
1902 NL--.386--7th
1903 AL--.366--9th
1905 AL--.357--4th
1907 AL--.366--5th
1908 AL--.355--8th
1909 AL--.366--6th
1911 AL--.438--4th
1914 AL--.388--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1901 NL--.524--3rd
1902 NL--.461--2nd
1903 AL--.489--4th
1905 AL--.430--3rd
1906 AL--.407--7th
1907 AL--.460--2nd
1908 AL--.457--2nd
1909 AL--.452--2nd
1910 AL--.423--7th
1911 AL--.526--3rd
1912 AL--.470--5th
1913 AL--.489--5th
1914 AL--.483--3rd
1915 AL--.431--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1901 NL--.903--5th
1902 NL--.848--3rd
1903 AL--.855--3rd
1905 AL--.786--2nd
1906 AL--.747--9th
1907 AL--.826--2nd
1908 AL--.812--3rd
1909 AL--.817--3rd
1910 AL--.756--10th
1911 AL--.964--3rd
1912 AL--.843--7th
1913 AL--.860--6th
1914 AL--.871--4th
1915 AL--.799--9th
1916 AL--.760--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1902 NL--140--2nd
1905 AL--154--4th
1908 AL--152--8th
1909 AL--156--2nd
1910 AL--154--3rd
1911 AL--146--7th
1913 AL--153--3rd
1914 AL--157--3rd
1915 AL--156--3rd
Career--2517--47th

At Bats s c a p y
1902 NL--555--4th
1903 AL--550--6th
1905 AL--575--8th
1907 AL--582--7th
1908 AL--591--1st
1909 AL--589--2nd
1910 AL--588--2nd
1911 AL--574--4th
1912 AL--581--5th
1913 AL--609--1st
1914 AL--582--5th
1915 AL--612--2nd
Career--9570--36th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1902 NL--609--5th
1903 AL--602--6th
1905 AL--631--10th
1908 AL--654--5th
1909 AL--662--2nd
1910 AL--650--5th
1911 AL--648--6th
1913 AL--671--3rd
1914 AL--674--4th
1915 AL--694--3rd
Career--10594--43rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1902 NL--92--5th
1903 AL--88--8th
1905 AL--73--9th
1907 AL--102--1st
1908 AL--102--2nd
1909 AL--83--5th
1910 AL--83--7th
1911 AL--109--4th
Career--1391--88th

Hits s c a p y
1902 NL--185--3rd
1903 AL--184--2nd
1905 AL--171--3rd
1906 AL--166--9th
1907 AL--188--3rd
1908 AL--184--2nd
1909 AL--185--3rd
1910 AL--170--5th
1911 AL--217--3rd
1912 AL--189--5th
1913 AL--193--2nd
1914 AL--183--2nd
1915 AL--183--2nd
Career--2961--29th

Total Bases s c a p y
1901 NL--270--5th
1902 NL--256--1st
1903 AL--269--2nd
1905 AL--247--3rd
1906 AL--229--6th
1907 AL--268--2nd
1908 AL--270--2nd
1909 AL--266--2nd
1910 AL--249--4th
1911 AL--302--3rd
1912 AL--273--5th
1913 AL--298--1st
1914 AL--281--2nd
1915 AL--264--2nd
Career--4328--50th

Doubles s c a p y
1905 AL--38--2nd
1906 AL--25--7th
1907 AL--34--2nd
1908 AL--33--2nd
1909 AL--35--1st
1910 AL--26--6th
1911 AL--36--6th
1912 AL--30--8th
1913 AL--32--4th
1915 AL--31--2nd
Career--458--80th

Triples s c a p y
1900 NL--15--6th
1901 NL--16--3rd
1902 NL--22--1st
1903 AL--25--1st
1904 AL--16--6th
1906 AL--16--3rd
1907 AL--17--2nd
1908 AL--16--2nd
1909 AL--14--2nd
1910 AL--19--1st
1911 AL--14--6th
1912 AL--21--3rd
1913 AL--23--1st
1914 AL--26--1st
1915 AL--19--1st
1916 AL--13--7th
Career--309--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1900 NL--7--6th
1901 NL--16--1st
1902 NL--3--5th
1905 AL--6--3rd
1907 AL--4--5th
1908 AL--7--1st
1909 AL--6--3rd
1910 AL--5--5th
1911 AL--7--4th
1912 AL--4--10th
1913 AL--9--2nd
1914 AL--8--2nd
1915 AL--4--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1901 NL--104--3rd
1902 NL--78--3rd
1903 AL--89--5th
1904 AL--73--8th
1905 AL--75--4th
1906 AL--72--6th
1907 AL--81--4th
1908 AL--80--2nd
1909 AL--97--2nd
1910 AL--120--1st
1911 AL--115--2nd
1912 AL--109--2nd
1913 AL--83--6th
1914 AL--104--1st
1915 AL--112--1st
Career--1525--47th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1902 NL--47--8th
1905 AL--50--9th
1909 AL--47--9th
1914 AL--69--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1909 AL--30--9th
1912 AL--41--6th
Career--366--91st

Singles s c a p y
1902 NL--142--4th
1903 AL--132--6th
1907 AL--133--7th
1908 AL--128--4th
1909 AL--130--5th
1910 AL--120--9th
1911 AL--160--3rd
1912 AL--134--9th
1913 AL--129--8th
1914 AL--127--8th
1915 AL--129--7th
Career--2097--35th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1901 NL--167--4th
1902 NL--152--3rd
1903 AL--159--2nd
1905 AL--148--3rd
1906 AL--131--9th
1907 AL--160--2nd
1908 AL--159--3rd
1909 AL--153--4th
1910 AL--130--10th
1911 AL--163--3rd
1912 AL--143--7th
1913 AL--152--6th
1914 AL--158--4th
Career--144--50th

Runs Created s c a p y
1901 NL--101--7th
1902 NL--99--1st
1903 AL--98--1st
1905 AL--87--2nd
1906 AL--78--6th
1907 AL--97--2nd
1908 AL--95--2nd
1909 AL--97--3rd
1910 AL--82--5th
1911 AL--132--3rd
1912 AL--101--6th
1913 AL--110--4th
1914 AL--107--2nd
1915 AL--96--3rd
Career--1566--68th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1901 NL--40--6th
1902 NL--33--3rd
1903 AL--36--2nd
1905 AL--31--3rd
1906 AL--18--6th
1907 AL--37--2nd
1908 AL--37--2nd
1909 AL--35--3rd
1911 AL--50--3rd
1912 AL--29--6th
1913 AL--36--6th
1914 AL--39--4th
1915 AL--24--9th
Career--473--53rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1901 NL--4.2--6th
1902 NL--3.7--2nd
1903 AL--3.9--2nd
1905 AL--3.7--3rd
1906 AL--2.1--6th
1907 AL--4.4--2nd
1908 AL--4.4--2nd
1909 AL--4.2--3rd
1911 AL--5.1--3rd
1912 AL--3.1--6th
1913 AL--3.9--6th
1914 AL--4.5--4th
1915 AL--2.7--9th
Career--52.9--33rd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1901 NL--52--5th
1902 NL--43--2nd
1903 AL--52--7th
1905 AL--54--2nd
1906 AL--43--5th
1907 AL--55--1st
1908 AL--56--2nd
1909 AL--55--1st
1910 AL--50--3rd
1911 AL--57--4th
1912 AL--55--5th
1913 AL--64--1st
1914 AL--56--2nd
1915 AL--54--1st
Career--864--69th

Times On Base s c a p y
1902 NL--233--3rd
1903 AL--211--4th
1905 AL--224--3rd
1907 AL--227--6th
1908 AL--224--4th
1909 AL--233--4th
1910 AL--208--8th
1911 AL--278--3rd
1913 AL--245--6th
1914 AL--253--5th
1915 AL--249--6th
Career--3744--64th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1901 NL--.772--6th
1902 NL--.786--1st
1903 AL--.756--3rd
1905 AL--.751--2nd
1906 AL--.700--7th
1907 AL--.789--2nd
1908 AL--.784--3rd
1909 AL--.776--4th
1910 AL--.694--9th
1911 AL--.822--3rd
1912 AL--.718--7th
1913 AL--.764--6th
1914 AL--.781--4th
1915 AL--.711--7th
1916 AL--.680--10th
Career--.738--35th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1903 AL--25--4th
1910 AL--24--10th
Career--241--45th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1900 NL--9.3--10th
1901 NL--14.3--3rd
1902 NL--5.1--9th
1905 AL--9.4--4th
1907 AL--6.5--6th
1908 AL--9.5--1st
1909 AL--10.0--3rd
1910 AL--8.0--5th
1911 AL--11.8--5th
1912 AL--7.3--8th
1913 AL--10.6--3rd
1914 AL--12.1--2nd
1915 AL--6.9--10th
Career--153.4--154th

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL--21.750--4th
1914 AL--18.774--4th
1915 AL--21.103--6th
1916 AL--32.200--1st

AB per HR s c a p y
1900 NL--55.571--4th
1901 NL--32.188--1st
1905 AL--95.833--7th
1907 AL--145.500--7th
1908 AL--84.429--3rd
1909 AL--98.167--4th
1910 AL--117.600--7th
1911 AL--82.000--6th
1913 AL--67.667--3rd
1914 AL--72.750--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1909 AL--429--7th
1910 AL--442--4th
1913 AL--426--6th
1915 AL--459--9th
Career--6880--55th

Oldest s c a p y
1915 AL--born 1880-04-18--7th
1916 AL--born 1880-04-18--10th
1917 AL--born 1880-04-18--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1899 NL--born 1880-04-18--4th
1900 NL--born 1880-04-18--3rd
1901 NL--born 1880-04-18--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 33 (50), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 330 (9), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 118 (117), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 53 (63), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 9, 1899: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from Grand Rapids (Western).

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Cincinnati Reds to the Detroit Tigers.

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