Bobby Crosby
Robert Edward Crosby
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 12, 1980 in Lakewood, CA
High School: La Quinta (Westminster, CA)
School: California State University, Long Beach
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2003
Relatives: Son of Ed Crosby
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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
2003 23 OAK AL 11 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 1 0 0 0 /6D
2004 24 OAK AL 151 623 545 70 130 34 1 22 64 7 3 58 141 .239 .319 .426 .744 93 232 20 9 5 6 0 *6 RoY-1
2005 25 OAK AL 84 371 333 66 92 25 4 9 38 0 0 35 54 .276 .346 .456 .802 111 152 10 1 1 1 0 6
2006 26 OAK AL 96 398 358 42 82 12 0 9 40 8 1 36 76 .229 .298 .338 .636 67 121 11 0 2 2 1 6
2007 27 OAK AL 93 374 349 40 79 16 0 8 31 10 2 23 62 .226 .278 .341 .619 67 119 11 2 0 0 1 6
2008 28 OAK AL 145 605 556 66 132 39 1 7 61 7 3 47 96 .237 .296 .349 .645 75 194 18 0 0 2 0 *6
2009 29 OAK AL 97 272 238 35 53 10 2 6 29 2 1 24 44 .223 .295 .357 .652 72 85 7 2 4 4 0 35/649
7 Seasons 677 2657 2391 320 568 136 8 61 263 34 10 224 478 .238 .305 .378 .683 81 903 77 15 12 15 2
162 Game Avg. 162 636 572 77 136 33 2 15 63 8 2 54 114 .238 .305 .378 .683 81 216 18 4 3 4 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2003 23 OAK AL 14 12 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .267 .143 .333 .000 .427 .143 .759 -57 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .167 .083 .000
2004 24 OAK AL 623 449 72 4.3 109 .278 .239 .269 .319 .337 .426 .432 .744 .770 93 .415 -5.2 -0.5 .692 .301 .187 10.6
2005 25 OAK AL 371 253 52 5.5 106 .306 .276 .269 .346 .332 .456 .427 .802 .759 111 .552 5.5 0.5 .749 .285 .180 .0
2006 26 OAK AL 398 292 36 3.3 108 .265 .229 .272 .298 .336 .338 .432 .636 .768 67 .300 -17.7 -1.6 .569 .229 .109 8.5
2007 27 OAK AL 374 283 32 3.0 102 .254 .226 .264 .278 .330 .341 .412 .619 .743 67 .281 -17.0 -1.6 .537 .203 .115 8.9
2008 28 OAK AL 605 447 55 3.3 101 .275 .237 .262 .296 .329 .349 .412 .645 .741 75 .320 -19.4 -1.8 .551 .203 .112 7.0
2009 29 OAK AL 272 201 25 3.3 106 .245 .223 .265 .295 .334 .357 .425 .652 .759 72 .316 -9.6 -0.9 .580 .239 .134 3.0
7 Seasons 2657 1937 272 3.8 105 .272 .238 .267 .305 .333 .378 .423 .683 .756 81 .365 -66.2 -6.2 .610 .244 .140 43.7
162 Game Avg. 636 464 65 3.8 105 .272 .238 .267 .305 .333 .378 .423 .683 .756 81 .365 -66.2 -6.2 .610 .244 .140 10

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 23 OAK AL 14 0.0% 35.7% 7.1% 0.0% 5.00 2.4 0.17 0.14 50% 0% 0.0% 17%
2004 24 OAK AL 623 3.5% 22.6% 9.3% 9.2% 44% 2.43 3.9 24.8 8.5 0.75 1.07 62% 19% 11.2% 15%
2005 25 OAK AL 371 2.4% 14.6% 9.4% 10.2% 41% 1.54 6.2 37.0 8.8 1.23 1.88 73% 16% 8.4% 14%
2006 26 OAK AL 398 2.3% 19.1% 9.1% 5.3% 26% 2.11 4.7 39.8 9.0 0.91 1.18 69% 19% 6.6% 7%
2007 27 OAK AL 374 2.1% 16.6% 6.2% 6.4% 30% 2.70 5.6 43.6 11.3 0.93 1.37 75% 23% 6.7% 18%
2008 28 OAK AL 605 1.2% 15.9% 7.8% 7.8% 36% 2.04 5.8 79.4 9.1 0.90 1.12 75% 16% 3.7% 21%
2009 29 OAK AL 272 2.2% 16.2% 8.8% 6.6% 34% 1.83 5.4 39.7 8.2 0.83 0.94 71% 16% 7.0% 20%
7 Seasons 2657 2.3% 18.0% 8.4% 7.7% 36% 2.13 5.0 39.2 9.1 0.90 1.20 70% 18% 7.2% 16%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 23 OAK AL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 OAK AL 10 0 27% 201 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 14 40% 24 15 8 8 4 4 15 6 7
2005 25 OAK AL 3 0 48% 166 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 51% 24 18 6 8 3 5 15 2 13
2006 26 OAK AL 7 0 30% 134 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 41% 22 15 6 4 1 3 8 3 5
2007 27 OAK AL 2 0 33% 110 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 11 48% 13 5 7 3 3 0 9 3 5
2008 28 OAK AL 4 0 34% 205 7 3 70% 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 15 46% 23 20 3 7 2 5 26 7 18
2009 29 OAK AL 2 0 40% 93 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 41% 22 19 3 6 2 4 9 1 8
7 Seasons 28 0 35% 914 34 10 77% 32 8 1 1 1 1 6 3 15 68 45% 129 92 34 36 15 21 82 22 56
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2003 23 OAK AL 14 43% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2004 24 OAK AL 623 25% 130 13 2 0 0 0 0 22 0 31 16 6 11 11 0 8 5 63% 140 20 14% 69 18 26% 428 48 11% 32 11 34% 31 12 39% 0
2005 25 OAK AL 371 31% 92 15 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 11 5 4 3 6 1 1 1 100% 90 10 11% 35 12 34% 245 31 13% 20 11 55% 26 14 54% 0
2006 26 OAK AL 398 23% 82 11 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 12 9 0 3 6 0 3 2 67% 85 11 13% 33 10 30% 268 33 12% 21 10 48% 16 4 25% 0
2007 27 OAK AL 374 28% 79 12 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 14 5 3 7 1 0 2 0 0% 68 11 16% 27 4 15% 248 24 10% 18 7 39% 20 7 35% 0
2008 28 OAK AL 605 29% 132 11 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 24 4 3 2 5 0 3 0 0% 134 18 13% 64 15 23% 406 54 13% 32 16 50% 25 11 44% 0
2009 29 OAK AL 272 46% 53 8 2 2 0 0 0 0.09 6 0 4 2 4 2 4 0 5 4 80% 56 7 13% 29 16 55% 180 24 13% 20 11 55% 23 8 35% 0
7 Seasons 2657 29% 568 70 8 4 0 0 0 0.05 61 0 96 41 20 28 33 1 22 12 55% 574 77 13% 259 75 29% 1783 214 12% 144 66 46% 143 56 39% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 23 OAK AL 14 59 4.21 35 59% 34% 17% 29% 20% 66% 0% 39% 74% 29% 7% 1 0 29% 4 0 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
2004 24 OAK AL 623 2597 4.17 1609 62% 32% 18% 24% 26% 68% 0% 42% 73% 17% 5% 33 0 15% 96 30 11% 69 42 20% 0 0 0
2005 25 OAK AL 371 1552 4.18 936 60% 35% 13% 22% 30% 65% 0% 39% 79% 16% 7% 26 0 16% 59 16 13% 49 25 28% 0 0 0
2006 26 OAK AL 398 1568 3.94 956 61% 29% 16% 24% 30% 71% 1% 43% 77% 22% 6% 22 0 15% 60 26 10% 40 24 28% 0 0 0
2007 27 OAK AL 374 1362 3.64 894 66% 30% 16% 22% 32% 70% 1% 46% 77% 21% 3% 13 0 11% 40 18 4% 16 11 24% 0 0 0
2008 28 OAK AL 605 2379 3.93 1460 61% 29% 15% 24% 32% 71% 0% 44% 79% 17% 5% 31 0 18% 110 57 9% 56 33 17% 0 0 0
2009 29 OAK AL 272 1050 3.86 667 64% 23% 17% 30% 30% 77% 0% 49% 78% 26% 3% 8 0 13% 34 21 6% 17 12 9% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2657 10567 3.98 6557 62% 30% 16% 24% 30% 70% 0% 43% 77% 19% 5% 134 0 15% 403 168 9% 247 147 21% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 23 11 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 1 0 0 0
2004 24 162 637 557 71 130 34 1 22 64 7 3 59 146 .233 .315 .417 .731 90 232 20 10 5 6 0
2005 25 246 1008 890 137 222 59 5 31 102 7 3 94 200 .249 .326 .431 .758 98 384 30 11 6 7 0
2006 26 342 1406 1248 179 304 71 5 40 142 15 4 130 276 .244 .318 .405 .723 89 505 41 11 8 9 1
2007 27 435 1780 1597 219 383 87 5 48 173 25 6 153 338 .240 .310 .391 .701 84 624 52 13 8 9 2
2008 28 580 2385 2153 285 515 126 6 55 234 32 9 200 434 .239 .306 .380 .686 82 818 70 13 8 11 2
2009 29 677 2657 2391 320 568 136 8 61 263 34 10 224 478 .238 .305 .378 .683 81 903 77 15 12 15 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
2003 23 11 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 11
2004 24 151 612 541 67 126 33 1 21 61 7 56 141 .233 .312 .414 .726 69 151
2005 25 84 367 331 65 90 24 4 9 38 0 34 54 .272 .341 .450 .791 51 84
2006 26 96 396 358 42 82 12 0 9 40 8 36 76 .229 .298 .338 .636 36 96
2007 27 93 373 348 40 78 16 0 8 31 10 23 62 .224 .276 .339 .615 32 93
2008 28 145 604 555 68 131 39 1 7 63 7 47 96 .236 .295 .348 .642 57 145
2009 29 97 269 239 36 54 10 2 6 30 2 24 44 .226 .297 .360 .657 26 97
7 Seasons 677 2635 2384 318 561 134 8 60 263 34 221 478 .235 .302 .374 .676 271 677
162 Game Avg. 162 631 570 76 134 32 2 14 63 8 53 114 .235 .302 .374 .676 65 677

* 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

Awards (yr lg award)
2004 AL Rookie of the Year

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL  141 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2004 AL  20 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters 
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  1. Dale Sveum (942)
  2. Dale Berra (938)
  3. Don Buddin (937)
  4. Andre Rodgers (937)
  5. Bobby Morgan (933)
  6. Alex Kampouris (933)
  7. Billy Myers (929)
  8. Andujar Cedeno (929)
  9. Angel Berroa (928)
  10. Adam Everett (927)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Brandon Inge (955)
  2. Daryl Spencer (947)
  3. Dale Sveum (943)
  4. Andre Rodgers (941)
  5. Dale Berra (940)
  6. Roy Smalley (936)
  7. Pokey Reese (934)
  8. Desi Relaford (931)
  9. Billy Myers (927)
  10. Bernie Allen (924)
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  1. Russ Adams (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Khalil Greene (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jose Valentin (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy Myers (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Roy Smalley (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Brandon Inge (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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