Ed Crosby

Edward Carlton Crosby

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 26, 1949 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1970
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Indians/Reds 1970-1976

Final Game: May 12, 1976
Relatives: Father of Bobby Crosby
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Standard Batting

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
1969	20	STL-min	A-	70	275	275		81	12	3	0						.295	.295	.360	.655		99							LEW · NORW
1970	21	STL-min	AA	78	300	300		90	17	5	5						.300	.300	.440	.740		132							ARK · TL
1970	21	STL	NL	38	105	95	9	24	4	1	0	6	0	0	7	5	.253	.308	.316	.623	67	30	1	1	1	1	0	6/54

1971	22	STL-min	AAA	135	549	495	49	142	30	5	4	46	8	7	34	40	.287	.332	.392	.724		194		4	7	9			TUL · AA
1972	23	STL	NL	101	300	276	27	60	9	1	0	19	1	1	18	27	.217	.269	.257	.527	51	71	10	2	3	1	1	645
1973	24	TOT	NL	58	103	90	8	16	3	2	0	6	0	1	11	16	.178	.282	.256	.537	52	23	1	2	0	0	2	64/5
1973	24	STL	NL	22	43	39	4	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	.128	.209	.231	.440	22	9	0	0	0	0	1	/645
1973	24	CIN	NL	36	60	51	4	11	1	1	0	5	0	1	7	12	.216	.333	.275	.608	75	14	1	2	0	0	1	6/4
1974	25	STL-CLE-min	AAA	41	162	144	21	45	5	4	0	15	2	1	11	12	.313	.363	.403	.766		58		1	5	1			TUL,OKC · AA
1974	25	CLE	AL	37	95	86	11	18	3	0	0	6	0	1	6	12	.209	.258	.244	.502	46	21	1	0	2	1	0	56/4
1975	26	CLE	AL	61	145	128	12	30	3	0	0	7	0	4	13	14	.234	.305	.258	.563	62	33	4	0	4	0	0	645
1976	27	STL-min	AAA	95	312	259	21	60	4	2	0	26	0	2	40	23	.232	.333	.263	.596		68		3	3	7			TUL · AA
1976	27	CLE	AL	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	197	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5D
1977	28	CHC-min	AAA	70	252	228	29	67	6	5	3	26	1	1	22	28	.294	.361	.404	.765		92		2	0	0			WCH · AA
1978	29	SEA-min	AAA	117	483	430	50	125	17	3	2	39	4	3	47	47	.291	.360	.358	.718		154		0	5	1			SJO · PCL
1979	30	SEA-min	AAA	103	380	338	50	81	11	4	0	36	3	1	35	23	.240	.313	.296	.609		100		2	3	2			SPO · PCL
6 Yrs				297	750	677	67	149	22	4	0	44	1	7	55	74	.220	.282	.264	.547	56	179	17	5	10	3	3
162 Game Avg.				162	409	369	37	81	12	2	0	24	1	4	30	40	.220	.282	.264	.547	56	98	9	3	5	2	2

STL (3 yrs)				161	448	410	40	89	15	3	0	26	1	1	29	36	.217	.273	.268	.541	52	110	11	3	4	2	2
CLE (3 yrs)				100	242	216	23	49	6	0	0	13	0	5	19	26	.227	.288	.255	.543	57	55	5	0	6	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				36	60	51	4	11	1	1	0	5	0	1	7	12	.216	.333	.275	.608	75	14	1	2	0	0	1

NL (3 yrs)				197	508	461	44	100	16	4	0	31	1	2	36	48	.217	.280	.269	.549	55	124	12	5	4	2	3
AL (3 yrs)				100	242	216	23	49	6	0	0	13	0	5	19	26	.227	.288	.255	.543	57	55	5	0	6	1	0

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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	21	STL	NL	38	105	-4	-1	0	2	2	-0	-0.0	3	2	0.3	.499	.500	0.1	0.4	1	$	6/54

1972	23	STL	NL	101	300	-18	1	-1	-2	4	-16	-1.8	9	-7	-0.9	.482	.489	-0.8	0.3	-5	$	645
1973	24	STL	NL	22	43	-4	-0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/645
1973	24	CIN	NL	36	60	-2	-0	-0	1	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.1	0.3	1	$	6/4
1974	25	CLE	AL	37	95	-6	-0	-0	-2	1	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.5	.479	.495	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	56/4
1975	26	CLE	AL	61	145	-5	-1	0	2	3	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.497	.499	0.1	0.5	1	$	645
1976	27	CLE	AL	2	2	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.517	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/5D
6 Seasons				297	750	-38	-2	-0	0	11	-29	-3.2	22	-7	-1.0	.489	.497	-0.9	1.4	-7	$

STL (3 yrs)				161	448	-25	-0	-0	-1	6	-21	-2.3	13	-8	-1.0	.485	.495	-0.9	0.7	-7	$
CLE (3 yrs)				100	242	-11	-1	0	0	4	-9	-0.9	8	-1	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.1	0.5	-1	$
CIN (1 yr)				36	60	-2	-0	-0	1	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.1	0.3	1	$

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
1970	21	STL	NL	105	74	10	3.6	105	.264	.253	.269	.308	.342	.316	.411	.623	.754	67	.389	-4.5	-0.4	.528	.137	.063

1972	23	STL	NL	300	231	18	2.1	91	.240	.217	.256	.269	.324	.257	.377	.527	.701	51	.231	-17.7	-1.9	.401	.105	.040	.0
1973	24	TOT	NL	103	76	7	2.5	94	.216	.178	.259	.282	.328	.256	.385	.537	.713	52	.270	-5.7	-0.6	.461	.189	.078
1973	24	STL	NL	43	34	2	1.6	97	.143	.128	.263	.209	.331	.231	.390	.440	.722	22	.140	-4.3	-0.4	.382	.205	.103
1973	24	CIN	NL	60	42	5	3.2	92	.282	.216	.257	.333	.325	.275	.382	.608	.706	75	.372	-1.5	-0.2	.524	.176	.059
1974	25	CLE	AL	95	73	6	2.2	88	.240	.209	.257	.258	.322	.244	.370	.502	.691	46	.242	-5.9	-0.6	.371	.093	.035
1975	26	CLE	AL	145	110	9	2.2	92	.263	.234	.257	.305	.327	.258	.377	.563	.704	62	.226	-6.3	-0.6	.396	.094	.023
1976	27	CLE	AL	2	1	1	27.1	84	.500	.500	.254	.500	.318	.500	.358	1.000	.675	197	.971	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				750	565	51	2.4	93	.246	.220	.258	.282	.327	.264	.382	.547	.709	56	.267	-39.9	-4.2	.422	.117	.044	.0
162 Game Avg.				409	308	28	2.4	93	.246	.220	.258	.282	.327	.264	.382	.547	.709	56	.267	-39.9	-4.2	.422	.117	.044

STL (3 yrs)				448	339	30	2.4	95	.237	.217	.259	.273	.329	.268	.386	.541	.715	52	.261	-26.5	-2.8	.426	.122	.051	.0
CLE (3 yrs)				242	184	16	2.3	90	.257	.227	.257	.288	.324	.255	.374	.543	.699	57	.252	-12.0	-1.2	.390	.093	.028
CIN (1 yr)				60	42	5	3.2	92	.282	.216	.257	.333	.325	.275	.382	.608	.706	75	.371	-1.5	-0.2	.524	.176	.059

NL (3 yrs)				508	381	35	2.5	94	.241	.217	.259	.280	.328	.269	.386	.549	.714	55	.274	-28.0	-2.9	.437	.128	.052	.0
AL (3 yrs)				242	184	16	2.3	90	.257	.227	.257	.288	.324	.255	.374	.543	.699	57	.252	-12.0	-1.2	.390	.093	.028

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
1973	24	CIN	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	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	GO/AO	IP%
1970	21	STL	NL	105	0.0%	4.8%	6.7%	4.8%	21%	0.71	19.0		15.8	1.06	87%

1972	23	STL	NL	300	0.0%	9.0%	6.0%	3.3%	17%	1.50	10.2		14.5	1.04	83%
1973	24	TOT	NL	103	0.0%	15.5%	10.7%	4.9%	31%	1.45	5.6		15.0	0.97	72%
1973	24	STL	NL	43	0.0%	9.3%	9.3%	7.0%	60%	1.00	9.8		39.0	0.81	81%
1973	24	CIN	NL	60	0.0%	20.0%	11.7%	3.3%	18%	1.71	4.3		10.2	1.14	65%
1974	25	CLE	AL	95	0.0%	12.6%	6.3%	3.2%	17%	2.00	7.2		14.3	0.84	79%
1975	26	CLE	AL	145	0.0%	9.7%	9.0%	2.1%	10%	1.08	9.1		18.3	1.65	79%
1976	27	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00	100%
6 Yrs				750	0.0%	9.9%	7.3%	3.5%	17%	1.35	9.1		15.4	1.09	81%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.58	6.4	46.9	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	21	STL	NL	-4.6	-0.5	107	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	1.16	-0.4	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	0.99	-3.6	0.04	2

1972	23	STL	NL	-17.7	-1.9	305	-1.6	4.0	-5.6	1.01	-1.8	0.3	-18.2	-1.9	0.97	-19.7	1.75	14
1973	24	TOT	NL	-5.7	-0.6	106	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	1.10	-0.7	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.95	-6.3	1.74	14
1973	24	STL	NL	-4.3	-0.4	44	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1.28	-0.4	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.97	-3.6	1.70	10
1973	24	CIN	NL	-1.5	-0.2	62	-0.3	0.8	-1.2	.97	-0.3	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.94	-2.7	1.83	4
1974	25	CLE	AL	-5.9	-0.6	97	0.2	1.5	-1.3	.90	-0.5	0.7	-1.8	-0.2	0.97	-5.0	1.68	9
1975	26	CLE	AL	-6.3	-0.6	156	-1.2	1.7	-2.9	.93	-0.6	-0.7	-11.6	-1.2	0.96	-6.4		0
1976	27	CLE	AL	0.2	0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.13	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.86	0.2		0
6 Yrs				-40.0	-4.2	773	-4.2	10.1	-14.4	1.01	-4.0	-0.1	-40.1	-4.2	0.97	-40.8	1.64	39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	21	STL	NL	2	0	28%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	8%	8	7	1	0	0	0	4	3	0

1972	23	STL	NL	1	0	34%	86	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	56%	15	6	9	4	2	2	8	4	4
1973	24	TOT	NL	1	0	28%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	17%	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	0
1973	24	STL	NL	1	0	44%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1973	24	CIN	NL	0	0	20%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0
1974	25	CLE	AL	1	0	46%	34	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	55%	5	3	2	1	1	0	5	1	4
1975	26	CLE	AL	3	0	28%	65	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	46%	6	5	1	0	0	0	5	1	4
1976	27	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				8	0	32%	255	1	7	13%	1	7	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	18	41%	37	23	14	6	4	2	25	12	12

Situational Hitting*

						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
1970	21	STL	NL	105	87%	24			2	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	27	1	4%	8	2	25%	75	9	12%	7	4	57%	4	2	50%	0

1972	23	STL	NL	300	78%	60			14	0	0	1	1.75	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	58	10	17%	38	12	32%	187	19	10%	20	7	35%	19	11	58%	0
1973	24	TOT	NL	103	82%	16			14	5	0	1	1.74	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	1	5%	9	2	22%	58	7	12%	8	3	38%	6	3	50%	0
1973	24	STL	NL	43	98%	5			10	3	0	1	1.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	5	2	40%	23	2	9%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
1973	24	CIN	NL	60	70%	11			4	2	0	0	1.83	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	4	0	0%	35	5	14%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
1974	25	CLE	AL	95	88%	18			9	3	0	2	1.68	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	7	3	43%	53	6	11%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
1975	26	CLE	AL	145	83%	30			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	27	4	15%	18	7	39%	90	8	9%	4	1	25%	8	2	25%	0
1976	27	CLE	AL	2	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				750	82%	149			39	9	0	4	1.64	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	13	10	77%	151	17	11%	80	26	33%	463	49	11%	40	16	40%	40	20	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	21	38	105	95	9	24	4	1	6	0	0	7	5	.253	.308	.316	.623	67	30	1	1	1	1	0
1971	22	38	105	95	9	24	4	1	6	0	0	7	5	.253	.308	.316	.623	67	30	1	1	1	1	0
1972	23	139	405	371	36	84	13	2	25	1	1	25	32	.226	.279	.272	.552	56	101	11	3	4	2	1
1973	24	197	508	461	44	100	16	4	31	1	2	36	48	.217	.280	.269	.549	55	124	12	5	4	2	3
1974	25	234	603	547	55	118	19	4	37	1	3	42	60	.216	.276	.265	.541	54	145	13	5	6	3	3
1975	26	295	748	675	67	148	22	4	44	1	7	55	74	.219	.282	.264	.546	55	178	17	5	10	3	3
1976	27	297	750	677	67	149	22	4	44	1	7	55	74	.220	.282	.264	.547	56	179	17	5	10	3	3

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
1970	21	38	105	95	9	24	4	1	0	6	0	7	5	.253	.308	.316	.623	9	38

1972	23	106	322	295	33	69	10	1	0	23	1	21	28	.234	.288	.275	.563	23	101
1973	24	58	105	91	9	17	3	2	0	7	0	12	16	.187	.295	.264	.559	7	58
1974	25	37	96	87	12	19	3	0	0	7	0	6	12	.218	.266	.253	.519	6	37
1975	26	61	149	131	13	32	3	0	0	8	0	14	14	.244	.317	.267	.584	11	61
1976	27	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	2
6 Yrs		302	780	702	76	163	23	4	0	51	1	60	75	.232	.296	.276	.572	57	297
162 Game Avg.		162	418	377	41	87	12	2	0	27	1	32	40	.232	.296	.276	.572	31	297

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Name and misspellings: Edward Carlton Ed eddie eddy Edward ep Crosby

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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