Ed Crosby
Edward Carlton Crosby
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 26, 1949 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson (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
Final Game: May 12, 1976
Relatives: Father of Bobby Crosby
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 STL NL 21 SS 35 20 216.2 130 37 87 6 15 .954 3.0 16.6 3.0 4.3 -1.3 0 5.15 3.54 .965 5.05 4.23
1970 STL NL 21 3B 3 0 4.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 13.50 2.00 .950 2.92 2.57
1970 STL NL 21 2B 2 1 8.0 6 4 1 1 1 .833 -1.1 -165.0 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 5.62 2.50 .983 5.29 4.65
1972 STL NL 23 SS 43 30 258.0 140 51 86 3 20 .979 -2.4 -11.2 -2.4 -0.5 -1.8 0 4.78 3.19 .966 5.04 4.48
1972 STL NL 23 2B 38 30 289.1 166 68 92 6 21 .964 0.5 2.1 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 1 4.98 4.21 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 STL NL 23 3B 14 8 85.0 31 11 19 1 1 .968 0.2 2.8 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 3.18 2.14 .945 2.87 2.55
1973 TOT NL 24 SS 36 15 170.0 101 27 69 5 10 .950 2.0 14.1 2.0 0.3 1.8 0 5.08 2.67 .961 4.93 4.31
1973 TOT NL 24 2B 10 5 56.0 32 9 20 3 4 .906 -1.4 -30.0 -1.4 -2.7 1.3 0 4.66 2.90 .981 5.53 4.92
1973 STL NL 24 SS 7 4 30.0 16 6 9 1 2 .938 -0.5 -20.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.50 2.14 .962 4.92 4.31
1973 STL NL 24 2B 5 5 42.0 23 5 16 2 2 .913 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.3 1.3 0 4.50 4.20 .983 5.53 4.92
1973 STL NL 24 3B 4 0 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 0 1.12 0.25 .950 2.92 2.50
1973 CIN NL 24 SS 29 11 140.0 85 21 60 4 8 .953 2.5 21.4 2.5 0.3 2.3 0 5.21 2.79 .961 4.93 4.31
1973 CIN NL 24 2B 5 0 14.0 9 4 4 1 2 .889 -1.4 -120.0 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 5.14 1.60 .978 5.53 4.92
1974 CLE AL 25 3B 18 12 125.1 27 4 21 2 3 .926 -2.2 -21.1 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 0 1.80 1.39 .956 3.12 2.77
1974 CLE AL 25 SS 13 3 49.2 35 9 24 2 1 .943 -0.2 -4.8 0.8 0.6 0.1 -1 5.98 2.54 .966 4.98 4.24
1974 CLE AL 25 2B 3 1 12.0 10 1 8 1 1 .900 0.5 50.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.75 3.00 .980 5.40 4.57
1975 CLE AL 26 SS 30 22 208.2 115 40 72 3 12 .974 1.0 5.8 1.0 0.8 0.2 0 4.83 3.73 .958 4.85 4.09
1975 CLE AL 26 2B 19 11 113.0 77 25 49 3 5 .961 1.7 18.1 2.7 1.4 1.3 -1 5.89 3.89 .975 5.40 4.73
1975 CLE AL 26 3B 13 4 47.0 10 4 5 1 1 .900 -1.1 -28.1 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 0 1.72 0.69 .960 3.16 2.81
1976 CLE AL 27 3B 1 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.00 2.00 .950 3.00 2.60
1976 CLE AL 27 DH 1
5 Seasons SS 157 90 903.0 521 164 338 19 58 .964 3.4 4.5 4.4 5.5 -1.0 -1 5.00 3.20 .963 4.98 4.29
5 Seasons 2B 72 48 478.1 291 107 170 14 32 .952 0.2 0.5 0.2 -2.7 2.9 0 5.21 3.85 .978 5.39 4.83
6 Seasons 3B 53 24 272.1 78 22 51 5 6 .936 -3.4 -15.0 -3.4 -2.0 -1.5 0 2.41 1.38 .951 3.04 2.69
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 282 162 1653.2 890 293 559 38 96 .957 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.8 0.4 -1 4.64 3.02 .924 4.78 4.13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 STL NL 21 38 21 38 38 0 0 0 2 3 35 0 0 0 0 2 1
1972 STL NL 23 101 68 101 101 0 0 0 38 14 43 0 0 0 0 17 5
1973 CIN NL 24 36 11 36 36 0 0 0 5 0 29 0 0 0 0 4 3
1973 STL NL 24 22 9 22 22 0 0 0 5 4 7 0 0 0 0 10 0
1974 CLE AL 25 37 16 37 34 0 0 0 3 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1975 CLE AL 26 61 37 61 61 0 0 0 19 13 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 CLE AL 27 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 297 162 297 293 0 0 0 72 53 157 0 0 0 0 0 44 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 STL NL 21 949 68% 78% 30% 108 91% 0 38 13 20 5 89 65 20 2 3 6 0 6 0 6 15 8 1 4 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 1
1972 STL NL 23 1156 59% 76% 27% 115 90% 0 54 20 23 11 84 61 23 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 20 10 1 5 1 0 18 11 6 2 0 2
1973 CIN NL 24 590 66% 78% 30% 74 89% 0 22 11 10 1 60 50 10 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 8 3 0 5 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 24 132 56% 78% 27% 13 85% 0 7 2 3 2 9 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 25 231 56% 84% 29% 34 88% 0 9 4 5 0 25 17 6 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 26 935 62% 79% 24% 89 97% 2 40 18 15 7 72 60 9 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 12 4 1 2 2 0 9 5 4 3 2 1
5 Seasons 3993 63% 78% 28% 433 91% 2 170 68 76 26 339 261 69 4 7 19 0 18 1 15 58 27 3 16 3 0 50 30 19 7 3 4
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 STL NL 21 37 73% 76% 24% 2 50% 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1972 STL NL 23 1251 55% 75% 25% 114 94% 0 71 24 33 14 96 81 11 1 1 6 1 5 0 5 21 8 4 5 3 20 8 12 1 1 0
1973 CIN NL 24 68 68% 71% 18% 5 60% 0 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 24 198 46% 76% 26% 17 88% 0 5 1 3 1 15 13 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 25 47 40% 94% 36% 9 89% 0 1 1 0 0 8 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 26 492 59% 77% 27% 56 91% 0 26 9 14 3 49 44 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0
5 Seasons 2093 55% 76% 26% 203 91% 0 111 37 55 19 172 147 17 1 4 14 1 12 1 13 32 11 8 8 3 30 11 19 2 1 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 STL NL 21 16 75% 75% 31% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1972 STL NL 23 384 53% 70% 21% 23 96% 0 7 5 2 0 16 15 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 24 31 52% 87% 32% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 25 547 59% 82% 28% 31 81% 0 4 4 0 0 22 17 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 26 226 58% 73% 23% 10 80% 0 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 27 15 73% 87% 40% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1219 57% 77% 25% 69 86% 0 16 11 4 1 47 39 8 0 1 5 0 5 0 4 6 5 0 5 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 68%

* 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.

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