Creepy Crespi

Frank Angelo Joseph Crespi

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 16, 1918 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1938
Team: Cardinals 1938-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: March 1, 1990 in Florissant, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	19	STL-min	D	107	465	465		146	43	4	11					.314	.314	.495	.809		230					SHL · NCSL
1938	20	STL-min	C	134	520	520		149	25	14	8					.287	.287	.435	.721		226					SPG · WA
1938	20	STL	NL	7	21	19	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	7	.263	.333	.368	.702	89	7	1	0	0	/6
1939	21	STL-min	AA	54	179	179		44	11	4	1					.246	.246	.369	.615		66					CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1939	21	STL	NL	15	33	29	3	5	1	0	0	6	0	3	6	.172	.250	.207	.457	21	6	0	0	1	/46
1940	22	STL-min	AA	151	544	544		164	18	4	6					.301	.301	.382	.684		208					ROC · IL
1940	22	STL	NL	3	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.273	.333	.364	.697	88	4	0	0	0	/56
1941	23	STL	NL	146	635	560	85	156	24	2	4	46	3	57	58	.279	.355	.350	.705	93	196	11	9	9	*4	MVP-18
1942	24	STL	NL	93	334	292	33	71	4	2	0	35	4	27	29	.243	.309	.271	.580	65	79	6	1	14	4/6
5 Yrs				264	1035	911	125	240	32	4	4	88	8	90	102	.263	.336	.321	.657	82	292	18	10	24
162 Game Avg.				162	635	559	77	147	20	2	2	54	5	55	63	.263	.336	.321	.657	82	179	11	6	15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1938	20	STL	NL	7	21	-0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.469	.499	0.0	-0.2	1	$	/6
1939	21	STL	NL	15	33	-3	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	/46
1940	22	STL	NL	3	12	-0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.466	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/56
1941	23	STL	NL	146	635	-4	-0	6	6	9	0.8	22	31	3.0	.506	.506	2.4	1.3	25	$	*4	MVP-18
1942	24	STL	NL	93	334	-13	-0	-2	4	-11	-1.4	10	-1	-0.3	.486	.492	-0.1	0.2	1	$	4/6
5 Seasons				264	1035	-20	-0	2	11	-7	-1.1	34	27	2.3	.497	.499	2.1	1.3	25	$

Advanced Batting

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
1938	20	STL	NL	21	15	2	3.6	103	.417	.263	.281	.333	.345	.368	.399	.702	.745	89	.407	-0.2	-0.0	.600	.211	.105
1939	21	STL	NL	33	25	2	2.1	108	.217	.172	.287	.250	.354	.207	.411	.457	.765	21	.199	-3.4	-0.3	.375	.138	.034
1940	22	STL	NL	12	8	1	3.4	102	.333	.273	.278	.333	.343	.364	.399	.697	.742	88	.383	-0.1	-0.0	.750	.273	.091	.0
1941	23	STL	NL	635	424	68	4.3	100	.305	.279	.274	.355	.345	.350	.386	.705	.731	93	.516	-3.5	-0.4	.639	.179	.071	3.4
1942	24	STL	NL	334	241	24	2.7	93	.270	.243	.265	.309	.338	.271	.368	.580	.706	65	.344	-13.4	-1.5	.489	.134	.027	.0
5 Yrs				1035	713	97	3.6	98	.293	.263	.272	.336	.343	.321	.381	.657	.725	82	.451	-20.6	-2.2	.581	.165	.057	5.3
162 Game Avg.				635	438	60	3.6	98	.293	.263	.272	.336	.343	.321	.381	.657	.725	82	.451	-20.6	-2.2	.581	.165	.057	3

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
1942	24	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1938	20	STL	NL	21	0.0%	33.3%	9.5%	9.5%	40%	3.50	2.7		19.0	57%
1939	21	STL	NL	33	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	3.0%	20%	2.00	4.8		4.8	70%
1940	22	STL	NL	12	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	2.00	5.5			75%
1941	23	STL	NL	635	0.6%	9.1%	9.0%	4.7%	19%	1.02	9.7	140.0	12.2	78%
1942	24	STL	NL	334	0.0%	8.7%	8.1%	1.8%	9%	1.07	10.1		8.3	79%
5 Yrs				1035	0.4%	9.9%	8.7%	3.9%	17%	1.13	8.9	227.8	10.4	78%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.0%	8.9%	6.5%	27%	1.01	9.9	61.7	8.1	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1938	20	7	21	19	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	7	.263	.333	.368	.702	89	7	1	0	0
1939	21	22	54	48	5	10	3	0	0	7	0	5	13	.208	.283	.271	.554	47	13	1	0	1
1940	22	25	66	59	7	13	4	0	0	7	1	6	15	.220	.292	.288	.580	55	17	1	0	1
1941	23	171	701	619	92	169	28	2	4	53	4	63	73	.273	.349	.344	.693	90	213	12	9	10
1942	24	264	1035	911	125	240	32	4	4	88	8	90	102	.263	.336	.321	.657	82	292	18	10	24

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1938	20	7	22	20	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	7	.250	.318	.350	.668	2	7
1939	21	16	32	29	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	6	.138	.194	.172	.366	1	15
1940	22	3	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.273	.333	.364	.697	1	3
1941	23	152	656	580	86	160	25	2	4	47	3	58	60	.276	.351	.347	.697	69	146
1942	24	98	356	311	36	77	4	2	0	38	4	29	31	.248	.314	.273	.587	26	93
5 Yrs		276	1078	951	128	249	33	4	4	90	8	92	106	.262	.333	.318	.651	99	264
162 Game Avg.		162	633	558	75	146	19	2	2	53	5	54	62	.262	.333	.318	.651	58	264

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1941 NL (18, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1941 NL 1.3 (6th)	At Bats s c a p y 1941 NL 560 (9th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1941 NL 635 (10th)
Singles s c a p y 1941 NL 126 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1941 NL 222 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 NL 9 (2nd)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1942 NL 14 (5th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1941 NL 424 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1938 NL born 1918-02-16 (2nd) 1939 NL born 1918-02-16 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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