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Willie Crawford

Willie Murphy Crawford

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: September 7, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1964
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals/Athletics/Astros 1964-1977

Final Game: October 1, 1977
Died: August 27, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:03AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #908. Bob Bescher… #909. Rick Burleson… #910. Ron LeFlore… #911. WILLIE CRAWFORD… #912. Woodie Held… #913. Brook Jacoby… #914. Matt Lawton… 

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
1964 17 LAD NL 10 17 16 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 .313 .353 .375 .728 112 6 0 0 0 0 0 /
1965 18 LAD NL 52 29 27 10 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 .148 .207 .148 .355 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 /
1966 19 LAD NL 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 20 LAD NL 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 98 1 0 0 0 0 0 /
1968 21 LAD NL 61 198 175 25 44 12 1 4 14 1 3 20 64 .251 .335 .400 .735 129 70 0 2 1 0 0
1969 22 LAD NL 129 440 389 64 96 17 5 11 41 4 5 49 85 .247 .331 .401 .732 111 156 5 0 2 0 3 *
1970 23 LAD NL 109 336 299 48 70 8 6 8 40 4 4 33 88 .234 .313 .381 .694 90 114 5 2 0 2 4
1971 24 LAD NL 114 375 342 64 96 16 6 9 40 5 2 28 49 .281 .334 .442 .776 124 151 6 1 1 3 2
1972 25 LAD NL 96 283 243 28 61 7 3 8 27 4 2 35 55 .251 .349 .403 .752 116 98 8 2 2 1 3
1973 26 LAD NL 145 543 457 75 135 26 2 14 66 12 5 78 91 .295 .396 .453 .849 139 207 6 1 3 4 12 *
1974 27 LAD NL 139 540 468 73 138 23 4 11 61 7 8 64 88 .295 .376 .432 .808 130 202 9 0 3 5 9 *
1975 28 LAD NL 124 432 373 46 98 15 2 9 46 5 5 49 43 .263 .345 .386 .731 107 144 2 0 6 4 11 *
1976 29 STL NL 120 438 392 49 119 17 5 9 50 2 1 37 53 .304 .360 .441 .801 126 173 10 1 2 6 6
1977 30 TOT MLB 101 289 250 21 54 10 1 3 34 0 0 34 30 .216 .307 .300 .607 70 75 6 0 2 3 5 79D
1977 30 HOU NL 42 132 114 14 29 3 0 2 18 0 0 16 10 .254 .341 .333 .674 90 38 1 0 0 2 1
1977 30 OAK AL 59 157 136 7 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 18 20 .184 .277 .272 .549 53 37 5 0 2 1 4
14 Seasons 1210 3925 3435 507 921 152 35 86 419 47 36 431 664 .268 .349 .408 .757 115 1401 57 9 22 28 55
162 Game Avg. 162 525 460 68 123 20 5 12 56 6 5 58 89 .268 .349 .408 .757 115 188 8 1 3 4 7
LAD (12 yrs) 989 3198 2793 437 748 125 29 74 335 45 35 360 581 .268 .351 .413 .764 118 1153 41 8 18 19 44
STL (1 yr) 120 438 392 49 119 17 5 9 50 2 1 37 53 .304 .360 .441 .801 126 173 10 1 2 6 6
OAK (1 yr) 59 157 136 7 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 18 20 .184 .277 .272 .549 53 37 5 0 2 1 4
HOU (1 yr) 42 132 114 14 29 3 0 2 18 0 0 16 10 .254 .341 .333 .674 90 38 1 0 0 2 1
NL (14 yrs) 1151 3768 3299 500 896 145 34 85 403 47 36 413 644 .272 .352 .413 .765 118 1364 52 9 20 27 51
AL (1 yr) 59 157 136 7 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 18 20 .184 .277 .272 .549 53 37 5 0 2 1 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 17 LAD NL 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /
1965 18 LAD NL 29 -3 -1 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ /
1967 20 LAD NL 5 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /
1968 21 LAD NL 198 6 0 1 0 4 -2 7 16 1.8 12 1.4 0.4 $
1969 22 LAD NL 440 7 -2 -1 1 0 -5 15 16 1.7 15 1.6 0.1 $ *
1970 23 LAD NL 336 -6 2 1 1 7 -4 10 11 1.1 4 0.4 0.7 $
1971 24 LAD NL 376 13 3 2 1 -4 -4 11 22 2.5 26 2.8 -0.3 $
1972 25 LAD NL 283 5 1 -1 0 1 -3 9 12 1.2 11 1.2 0.0 $
1973 26 LAD NL 543 26 1 0 1 12 -7 16 49 5.2 37 3.9 1.3 $ *
1974 27 LAD NL 540 25 -1 3 0 3 -7 16 38 4.1 36 3.8 0.3 $ *
1975 28 LAD NL 432 2 1 1 2 10 -5 13 25 2.6 14 1.5 1.1 $ *
1976 29 STL NL 438 12 0 0 0 -2 -5 13 18 2.0 20 2.2 -0.2 $
1977 30 HOU NL 132 -2 -1 0 1 -1 -1 4 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $130,000
1977 30 OAK AL 157 -9 0 -1 0 -1 -3 5 -9 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $
13 Seasons 3926 76 3 5 7 30 -46 121 196 21.0 166 17.9 3.1 $130,000
LAD (11 yrs) 3199 75 4 6 6 34 -37 99 187 19.9 153 16.4 3.5 $
STL (1 yr) 438 12 0 0 0 -2 -5 13 18 2.0 20 2.2 -0.2 $
OAK (1 yr) 157 -9 0 -1 0 -1 -3 5 -9 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $
HOU (1 yr) 132 -2 -1 0 1 -1 -1 4 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $130,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1965 18 LAD NL WS MIN W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 LAD NL WS OAK L 3 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 7 13 12 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .583 .968 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 8 8 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .750 1.125 6 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAD NL 17 OF 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.75 .973 1.98
1964 LAD NL 17 RF 3 3 3 27.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 53 2.33 2.33 .973 1.90 1.87
1964 LAD NL 17 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1965 LAD NL 18 OF 8 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0.88 .974 2.00
1965 LAD NL 18 RF 5 2 2 29.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 1.24 0.80 .975 1.96 1.96
1965 LAD NL 18 LF 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -103 0.00 0.00 1.54 1.70
1965 LAD NL 18 CF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 53 2.00 2.00 .980 2.30 2.30
1967 LAD NL 20 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 0.00 .980 2.00
1967 LAD NL 20 RF 1 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 .980 2.10 2.00
1968 LAD NL 21 OF 48 87 78 6 3 1 .966 4 1.75 .975 2.03
1968 LAD NL 21 LF 45 38 34 341.0 82 73 6 3 1 .963 4 15 2.09 1.76 .963 1.64 1.65
1968 LAD NL 21 RF 4 3 2 28.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.93 1.50 .982 2.02 2.02
1968 LAD NL 21 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1969 LAD NL 22 OF 113 187 177 5 5 0 .973 0 1.61 .973 2.01
1969 LAD NL 22 LF 56 45 32 399.1 78 73 3 2 0 .974 -0 -1 1.71 1.36 .963 1.69 1.67
1969 LAD NL 22 RF 38 30 28 281.1 69 67 1 1 0 .986 3 12 2.18 1.79 .975 1.83 1.82
1969 LAD NL 22 CF 22 22 19 188.0 42 39 1 2 0 .952 -2 -15 1.91 1.82 .977 2.31 2.30
1970 LAD NL 23 OF 94 176 160 9 7 1 .960 7 1.80 .976 2.06
1970 LAD NL 23 RF 64 45 37 437.0 110 102 5 3 1 .973 5 13 2.20 1.67 .976 1.99 1.98
1970 LAD NL 23 LF 35 29 19 242.2 58 51 4 3 0 .948 1 3 2.04 1.57 .971 1.75 1.75
1970 LAD NL 23 CF 5 1 1 18.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1 80 4.50 1.80 .978 2.35 2.32
1971 LAD NL 24 OF 97 154 146 5 3 1 .981 -4 1.56 .979 2.19
1971 LAD NL 24 LF 63 55 46 476.2 88 82 3 3 1 .966 -6 -16 1.60 1.35 .970 1.87 1.87
1971 LAD NL 24 RF 35 28 23 251.2 53 51 2 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.90 1.51 .982 2.07 2.06
1971 LAD NL 24 CF 5 2 2 25.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2 86 3.60 2.00 .982 2.63 2.64
1972 LAD NL 25 OF 74 115 111 2 2 0 .983 1 1.53 .978 2.19
1972 LAD NL 25 LF 52 48 36 410.0 77 73 2 2 0 .974 0 1 1.65 1.44 .974 1.92 1.93
1972 LAD NL 25 RF 27 15 13 166.0 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 2.06 1.41 .979 2.02 2.03
1973 LAD NL 26 OF 138 269 250 13 6 4 .978 12 1.91 .977 2.23
1973 LAD NL 26 RF 128 118 107 1086.0 249 232 12 5 4 .980 12 13 2.02 1.91 .973 2.01 2.01
1973 LAD NL 26 LF 10 8 7 78.2 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -1 -11 1.26 1.10 .977 2.04 2.05
1973 LAD NL 26 CF 5 3 2 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 18 2.18 1.60 .980 2.62 2.64
1974 LAD NL 27 OF 133 236 225 3 8 1 .966 3 1.71 .979 2.27
1974 LAD NL 27 RF 132 123 108 1101.1 229 218 3 8 1 .965 3 3 1.81 1.67 .975 2.03 2.03
1974 LAD NL 27 CF 2 2 0 12.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -49 2.19 1.50 .987 2.77 2.75
1975 LAD NL 28 OF 113 205 201 2 2 0 .990 10 1.80 .978 2.28
1975 LAD NL 28 RF 92 83 61 721.1 171 168 1 2 0 .988 9 15 2.11 1.84 .974 2.03 2.03
1975 LAD NL 28 LF 26 15 12 159.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 2 13 1.81 1.23 .973 2.10 2.10
1976 STL NL 29 OF 107 219 209 6 4 1 .982 -2 2.01 .979 2.33
1976 STL NL 29 RF 105 99 80 861.2 217 207 6 4 0 .982 -2 -3 2.22 2.03 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 STL NL 29 LF 2 1 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 3.27 2.00 .975 2.05 2.00
1977 TOT MLB 30 OF 52 94 88 3 3 2 .968 -2 1.75 .978 2.28
1977 TOT MLB 30 LF 32 30 17 243.2 52 50 0 2 0 .962 -2 -9 1.85 1.56 .972 1.94 1.94
1977 HOU NL 30 OF 30 49 47 0 2 0 .959 -1 1.57 .978 2.26
1977 OAK AL 30 OF 22 45 41 3 1 2 .978 -1 2.00 .978 2.32
1977 HOU NL 30 LF 30 28 16 229.2 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -1 -5 1.92 1.63 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 OAK AL 30 RF 20 19 14 153.1 42 38 3 1 2 .976 -0 -2 2.41 2.05 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 OAK AL 30 DH 16 16
1977 OAK AL 30 LF 2 2 1 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -86 0.64 0.50 .980 2.12 2.10
13 Seasons OF 982 1757 1659 54 44 11 .975 30 1.74 .977 2.19
13 Seasons RF 654 568 478 5146.2 1196 1138 33 25 8 .979 31 7 2.05 1.79 .975 2.03 2.03
11 Seasons LF 324 269 204 2365.1 483 448 19 16 2 .967 -2 -1 1.78 1.44 .969 1.83 1.83
7 Seasons CF 41 31 25 286.1 75 71 1 3 0 .960 1 5 2.26 1.76 .979 2.40 2.41
14 Seasons TOT 982 1757 1659 54 44 11 .975 30 1.74 .977 2.19
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1973 NL  5.2 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1968 NL  0.4 (10th)
1973 NL  1.3 (6th)
1975 NL  1.1 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1973 NL  .396 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1973 NL  139 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1973 NL  .710 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 NL  4.3 (9th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  31 (36th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.02 (5th)
1975 NL  2.11 (5th)
1976 NL  2.22 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  2.03 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 NL  .980 (4th)
1975 NL  .988 (2nd)
1976 NL  .982 (3rd)
Career  .979 (91st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1973 NL  12 (5th)
1975 NL  11 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1964 NL  born 1946-09-07 (2nd)
1965 NL  born 1946-09-07 (3rd)
1966 NL  born 1946-09-07 (4th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1450), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197730Houston Astros$130,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$130,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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