Steve Crawford
Steven Ray Crawford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: April 29, 1958 in Pryor, OK
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Final Game: October 5, 1991
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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
1980 22 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 3.62 6 4 1 2 0 0 32.1 41 14 13 3 8 2 10 0 0 0 142 117 1.515 11.4 0.8 2.2 2.8 1.25
1981 23 BOS AL 0 5 .000 4.99 14 11 2 0 0 0 57.2 69 38 32 10 18 0 29 3 0 2 257 78 1.509 10.8 1.6 2.8 4.5 1.61
1982 24 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 14 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 41 216 1.556 14.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
1984 26 BOS AL 5 0 1.000 3.34 35 0 19 0 0 1 62.0 69 31 23 6 21 5 21 1 0 2 268 126 1.452 10.0 0.9 3.0 3.0 1.00
1985 27 BOS AL 6 5 .545 3.76 44 1 26 0 0 12 91.0 103 47 38 5 28 8 58 0 0 5 394 115 1.440 10.2 0.5 2.8 5.7 2.07
1986 28 BOS AL 0 2 .000 3.92 40 0 15 0 0 4 57.1 69 29 25 5 19 7 32 0 0 2 248 107 1.535 10.8 0.8 3.0 5.0 1.68
1987 29 BOS AL 5 4 .556 5.33 29 0 7 0 0 0 72.2 91 48 43 13 32 2 43 2 0 2 324 86 1.693 11.3 1.6 4.0 5.3 1.34
1989 31 KCR AL 3 1 .750 2.83 25 0 5 0 0 0 54.0 48 19 17 2 19 3 33 3 0 0 224 137 1.241 8.0 0.3 3.2 5.5 1.74
1990 32 KCR AL 5 4 .556 4.16 46 0 14 0 0 1 80.0 79 38 37 7 23 3 54 3 0 1 341 92 1.275 8.9 0.8 2.6 6.1 2.35
1991 33 KCR AL 3 2 .600 5.98 33 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 31 31 3 18 5 38 1 0 5 216 69 1.671 11.6 0.6 3.5 7.3 2.11
10 Seasons 30 23 .566 4.17 277 16 110 2 0 19 562.2 643 298 261 54 186 35 320 13 0 19 2455 99 1.473 10.3 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.72
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .566 4.17 64 4 26 0 0 4 131 149 69 61 13 43 8 74 3 0 4 570 99 1.473 10.3 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.72
BOS (7 yrs) 19 16 .543 4.15 173 16 74 2 0 17 382.0 456 210 176 42 126 24 195 6 0 13 1674 103 1.524 10.7 1.0 3.0 4.6 1.55
KCR (3 yrs) 11 7 .611 4.23 104 0 36 0 0 2 180.2 187 88 85 12 60 11 125 7 0 6 781 93 1.367 9.3 0.6 3.0 6.2 2.08

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1986 28 BOS AL ALCS W CAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1986 28 BOS AL WS L NYM 1 0 1.000 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 18 1.154 10.4 4.2 0.0 8.3
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 1.000 4.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 1 5 1 0 0 26 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 7.5 2.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1 WS 1 0 1.000 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 18 1.154 10.4 4.2 0.0 8.3

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
1980 22 BOS AL 6 142 134 14 41 4 0 3 2 0 8 10 .306 .345 .403 .748 .314 54 8 0 0 0 2
1981 23 BOS AL 14 257 229 38 69 16 1 10 2 2 18 29 .301 .354 .511 .865 .304 117 6 3 3 4 0
1982 24 BOS AL 5 41 41 3 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .341 .341 .390 .732 .359 16 1 0 0 0 0
1984 26 BOS AL 35 268 241 31 69 9 1 6 1 3 21 21 .286 .341 .407 .747 .289 98 6 1 1 4 5
1985 27 BOS AL 44 394 357 47 103 22 3 5 5 1 28 58 .289 .338 .409 .747 .330 146 13 0 6 3 8
1986 28 BOS AL 40 248 224 29 69 12 0 5 1 3 19 32 .308 .359 .429 .788 .339 96 9 0 3 2 7
1987 29 BOS AL 29 324 290 48 91 20 1 13 3 1 32 43 .314 .386 .524 .910 .333 152 13 2 0 0 2
1989 31 KCR AL 25 224 198 19 48 6 1 2 1 2 19 33 .242 .317 .313 .630 .280 62 4 3 3 1 3
1990 32 KCR AL 46 341 311 38 79 16 1 7 9 2 23 54 .254 .310 .379 .689 .286 118 4 3 2 2 3
1991 33 KCR AL 33 216 193 31 60 8 4 3 9 2 18 38 .311 .367 .440 .808 .368 85 1 1 1 3 5
10 Seasons 277 2455 2218 298 643 115 12 54 33 16 186 320 .290 .346 .426 .771 .316 944 65 13 19 19 35
162 Game Avg. 64 570 515 69 149 27 3 13 8 4 43 74 .290 .346 .426 .771 .316 219 15 3 4 4 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
1980 22 BOS AL 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 1 0 2 0 2 50% 45 56 25 3 2 0 1 5.7 8.3 6.4
1981 23 BOS AL 14 11 0 5 6 0 2 6 5 .545 0 2 0 0 3 27% 43 66 28 7 2 0 8 4.8 4.3 4.7
1985 27 BOS AL 44 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 64 64 64 14 6 0 0 5.0 6.4 6.7
3 Seasons 64 16 3 5 8 0 2 9 7 .563 1 2 2 0 6 38% 45 66 25 24 10 0 9 5.1 5.7 5.3
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
1980 22 BOS AL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.818 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.0
1981 23 BOS AL 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.889 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 5.7
1982 24 BOS AL 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.967 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 5 4 0 4 0 5.4
1984 26 BOS AL 35 35 19 5 0 5 1 4 20% 6 1 44 18 41% 7 0.740 8 8 19 7 2 26 22 13 19 7 20 3 5.3
1985 27 BOS AL 44 43 26 5 5 16 12 4 75% 19 3 45 18 40% 8 1.395 20 13 10 25 4 14 27 16 31 6 33 8 5.9
1986 28 BOS AL 40 40 15 0 2 8 4 4 50% 11 3 41 15 37% 7 1.001 13 9 18 17 4 19 23 17 20 10 23 9 4.3
1987 29 BOS AL 29 29 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 39 15 38% 5 0.619 4 10 14 5 1 23 20 9 23 4 26 0 7.5
1989 31 KCR AL 25 25 5 3 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 20 9 45% 7 0.863 7 4 14 8 4 13 11 14 20 1 20 0 6.5 32
1990 32 KCR AL 46 46 14 5 4 2 1 1 50% 10 7 33 12 36% 8 0.884 14 12 19 15 8 23 19 27 31 6 31 10 5.2 26
1991 33 KCR AL 33 33 17 3 2 1 1 0 100% 3 2 22 5 23% 8 0.901 8 6 19 7 7 19 13 20 17 6 19 3 4.2 27
10 Seasons 277 261 110 27 18 33 19 14 58% 53 19 247 93 38% 0.925 75 63 120 87 31 143 137 124 169 40 180 33 5.5 28

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%
1980 22 BOS AL 142 64% 2.1% 7.0% 5.6% 4.9% 17% 2.95 85% 41 8 20%
1981 23 BOS AL 257 53% 3.9% 11.3% 7.0% 10.5% 39% 1.92 75% 46 6 13%
1982 24 BOS AL 41 51% 0.0% 4.9% 0.0% 4.9% 14% 2.13 95% 10 1 10%
1984 26 BOS AL 268 49% 2.2% 7.8% 7.8% 6.0% 23% 1.39 81% 61 6 10%
1985 27 BOS AL 394 52% 1.3% 14.7% 7.1% 7.6% 29% 1.38 75% 90 13 14%
1986 28 BOS AL 248 47% 2.0% 12.9% 7.7% 6.9% 25% 0.86 76% 62 9 15%
1987 29 BOS AL 324 46% 4.0% 13.3% 9.9% 10.5% 37% 2.02 72% 72 13 18%
1989 31 KCR AL 224 53% 0.9% 14.7% 8.5% 4.0% 19% 1.38 1.70 73% 18% 3.7% 21% 48 4 8%
1990 32 KCR AL 341 41% 2.1% 15.8% 6.7% 7.0% 30% 1.04 1.47 74% 18% 6.9% 17% 52 4 8%
1991 33 KCR AL 216 47% 1.4% 17.6% 8.3% 6.9% 25% 0.50 0.71 72% 28% 3.3% 13% 44 1 2%
10 Seasons 2455 49% 2.2% 13.0% 7.6% 7.4% 28% 0.93 1.47 76% 21% 4.9% 17% 526 65 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 31 KCR AL 224 802 3.58 482 60% 22% 17% 24% 35% 77% 3% 46% 76% 51% 5% 12 3 17% 38 21 1 21% 6 6 0 0 6
1990 32 KCR AL 341 1218 3.57 761 62% 22% 20% 23% 34% 77% 3% 48% 74% 57% 5% 17 8 18% 62 33 5 24% 12 6 0 0 2
1991 33 KCR AL 216 851 3.94 519 61% 23% 20% 26% 31% 77% 6% 47% 74% 50% 5% 11 2 16% 35 9 0 16% 4 4 0 0 0
3 Seasons 781 2871 3.68 1762 61% 22% 19% 25% 33% 77% 4% 47% 75% 54% 5% 40 13 17% 135 63 6 21% 22 16 0 0 8
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
1980 22 BOS AL 142 41 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 9 4 1 44% 4 0 2 60 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 23 BOS AL 257 69 10 0 4 5 5 8 2 15 13 0 87% 4 2 2 94 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1982 24 BOS AL 41 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 26 BOS AL 267 69 6 0 19 5 1 5 1 20 6 3 30% 3 2 0 113 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 1
1985 27 BOS AL 394 103 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 34 18 6 53% 8 5 2 168 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1986 28 BOS AL 248 69 5 0 15 1 4 3 2 26 15 2 58% 3 2 1 107 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1987 29 BOS AL 324 91 13 0 9 7 6 6 7 19 8 3 42% 2 2 1 137 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
1989 31 KCR AL 224 48 5 1 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 18 8 2 44% 0 0 1 89 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 32 KCR AL 341 79 13 5 7 0 14 4 3 4 3 22 11 2 50% 3 1 0 121 9 2 82% 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 0
1991 33 KCR AL 216 60 19 1 3 0 10 2 1 3 0 16 10 2 63% 1 5 0 89 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
10 Seasons 2454 643 37 7 54 0 95 29 25 35 19 180 94 21 52% 29 19 9 998 33 16 67% 30 14 1 1 2 1 8 0 61 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+
1980 22 2 0 1.000 3.62 6 4 1 2 0 0 32.1 41 14 13 3 8 2 10 0 0 0 142 117 1.515 11.4 0.8 2.2 2.8 1.25 117
1981 23 2 5 .286 4.50 20 15 3 2 0 0 90.0 110 52 45 13 26 2 39 3 0 2 399 89 1.511 11.0 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.50 89
1982 24 3 5 .375 4.27 25 15 7 2 0 0 99.0 124 55 47 13 26 2 41 3 0 2 440 95 1.515 11.3 1.2 2.4 3.7 1.58 95
1983 25 3 5 .375 4.27 25 15 7 2 0 0 99.0 124 55 47 13 26 2 41 3 0 2 440 95 1.515 11.3 1.2 2.4 3.7 1.58 95
1984 26 8 5 .615 3.91 60 15 26 2 0 1 161.0 193 86 70 19 47 7 62 4 0 4 708 105 1.491 10.8 1.1 2.6 3.5 1.32 105
1985 27 14 10 .583 3.86 104 16 52 2 0 13 252.0 296 133 108 24 75 15 120 4 0 9 1102 108 1.472 10.6 0.9 2.7 4.3 1.60 108
1986 28 14 12 .538 3.87 144 16 67 2 0 17 309.1 365 162 133 29 94 22 152 4 0 11 1350 108 1.484 10.6 0.8 2.7 4.4 1.62 108
1987 29 19 16 .543 4.15 173 16 74 2 0 17 382.0 456 210 176 42 126 24 195 6 0 13 1674 103 1.524 10.7 1.0 3.0 4.6 1.55 103
1988 30 19 16 .543 4.15 173 16 74 2 0 17 382.0 456 210 176 42 126 24 195 6 0 13 1674 103 1.524 10.7 1.0 3.0 4.6 1.55 103
1989 31 22 17 .564 3.98 198 16 79 2 0 17 436.0 504 229 193 44 145 27 228 9 0 13 1898 106 1.489 10.4 0.9 3.0 4.7 1.57 106
1990 32 27 21 .563 4.01 244 16 93 2 0 18 516.0 583 267 230 51 168 30 282 12 0 14 2239 103 1.455 10.2 0.9 2.9 4.9 1.68 103
1991 33 30 23 .566 4.17 277 16 110 2 0 19 562.2 643 298 261 54 186 35 320 13 0 19 2455 99 1.473 10.3 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.72 99

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
1980 22 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 41 14 13 3 8 10 0 1.581 11.9 2.3 2.9 1.25 0.9 6
1981 23 3 6 .333 5.89 81.0 111 59 53 16 29 41 5 1.728 12.3 3.2 4.6 1.41 1.8 14
1982 24 1 0 1.000 1.29 14.0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 5
1984 26 3 3 .500 3.51 59.0 69 26 23 6 21 20 1 1.525 10.5 3.2 3.1 0.95 0.9 35
1985 27 5 4 .556 3.89 88.0 103 42 38 5 28 56 0 1.489 10.5 2.9 5.7 2.00 0.5 44
1986 28 2 3 .400 4.42 53.0 69 29 26 5 19 30 0 1.660 11.7 3.2 5.1 1.58 0.8 40
1987 29 2 5 .286 5.43 68.0 88 46 41 13 31 40 2 1.750 11.6 4.1 5.3 1.29 1.7 29
1989 31 3 2 .600 3.42 50.0 50 21 19 2 20 31 3 1.400 9.0 3.6 5.6 1.55 0.4 25
1990 32 3 5 .375 4.79 77.0 84 46 41 7 24 52 3 1.403 9.8 2.8 6.1 2.17 0.8 46
1991 33 1 4 .200 6.40 45.0 61 36 32 3 18 37 1 1.756 12.2 3.6 7.4 2.06 0.6 33
10 Seasons 25 33 .431 4.58 566.0 676 321 288 60 198 320 15 1.544 10.7 5.1 1.62 1.0 277

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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