General Crowder

Alvin Floyd Crowder (General)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 11, 1899 in Winston-Salem, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 1926
Teams (by GP): Senators/Browns/Tigers 1926-1936

Final Game: June 22, 1936
Died: April 3, 1972 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: Forsyth Memorial Park Cemetery, Winston-Salem, NC
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1926 27 WSH AL 7 4 .636 3.96 19 12 6 6 0 1 100.0 97 52 44 3 60 26 2 1 0 450 98 1.570 8.7 0.3 5.4 2.3 0.43
1927 28 TOT AL 7 12 .368 4.79 36 19 11 6 3 3 141.0 129 88 75 6 84 52 3 1 3 622 88 1.511 8.2 0.4 5.4 3.3 0.62
1927 28 WSH AL 4 7 .364 4.54 15 11 1 4 2 0 67.1 58 44 34 3 42 22 2 1 1 301 90 1.485 7.8 0.4 5.6 2.9 0.52
1927 28 SLB AL 3 5 .375 5.01 21 8 10 2 1 3 73.2 71 44 41 3 42 30 1 0 2 321 87 1.534 8.7 0.4 5.1 3.7 0.71
1928 29 SLB AL 21 5 .808 3.69 41 31 6 19 1 2 244.0 238 113 100 11 91 99 1 0 1 1033 114 1.348 8.8 0.4 3.4 3.7 1.09
1929 30 SLB AL 17 15 .531 3.92 40 34 5 19 4 4 266.2 272 133 116 22 93 79 0 0 2 1128 113 1.369 9.2 0.7 3.1 2.7 0.85
1930 31 TOT AL 18 16 .529 3.89 40 35 4 25 1 2 279.2 276 133 121 17 96 107 2 0 1 1188 120 1.330 8.9 0.5 3.1 3.4 1.11
1930 31 SLB AL 3 7 .300 4.66 13 10 3 5 1 1 77.1 85 43 40 11 27 42 1 0 0 341 104 1.448 9.9 1.3 3.1 4.9 1.56
1930 31 WSH AL 15 9 .625 3.60 27 25 1 20 0 1 202.1 191 90 81 6 69 65 1 0 1 847 128 1.285 8.5 0.3 3.1 2.9 0.94
1931 32 WSH AL 18 11 .621 3.88 44 26 10 13 1 2 234.1 255 117 101 14 72 85 1 0 4 1009 111 1.395 9.8 0.5 2.8 3.3 1.18
1932 33 WSH AL 26 13 .667 3.33 50 39 10 21 3 1 327.0 319 136 121 17 77 103 0 0 0 1356 129 1.211 8.8 0.5 2.1 2.8 1.34 MVP-27
1933 34 WSH AL 24 15 .615 3.97 52 35 10 17 0 4 299.1 311 140 132 14 81 110 3 0 2 1268 105 1.310 9.4 0.4 2.4 3.3 1.36 AS,MVP-7
1934 35 TOT AL 9 11 .450 5.75 38 22 8 7 1 3 167.1 223 123 107 12 58 69 0 0 4 779 76 1.679 12.0 0.6 3.1 3.7 1.19
1934 35 WSH AL 4 10 .286 6.79 29 13 8 4 0 3 100.2 142 88 76 9 38 39 0 0 4 483 64 1.788 12.7 0.8 3.4 3.5 1.03
1934 35 DET AL 5 1 .833 4.19 9 9 0 3 1 0 66.2 81 35 31 3 20 30 0 0 0 296 105 1.515 10.9 0.4 2.7 4.1 1.50
1935 36 DET AL 16 10 .615 4.26 33 32 0 16 2 0 241.0 269 127 114 16 67 59 4 1 1 1026 97 1.394 10.0 0.6 2.5 2.2 0.88
1936 37 DET AL 4 3 .571 8.39 9 7 1 1 0 0 44.0 64 42 41 5 21 10 0 0 2 211 59 1.932 13.1 1.0 4.3 2.0 0.48
11 Yrs 167 115 .592 4.12 402 292 71 150 16 22 2344.1 2453 1204 1072 137 800 799 16 3 20 10070 105 1.388 9.4 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.00
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .592 4.12 39 29 7 15 2 2 230 240 118 105 13 78 78 2 0 2 987 105 1.388 9.4 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.00
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
WSH (7 yrs) 98 69 .587 3.98 236 161 46 85 6 12 1331.0 1373 667 589 66 439 450 9 2 12 5714 107 1.361 9.3 0.4 3.0 3.0 1.03
SLB (4 yrs) 44 32 .579 4.04 115 83 24 45 7 10 661.2 666 333 297 47 253 250 3 0 5 2823 109 1.389 9.1 0.6 3.4 3.4 0.99
DET (3 yrs) 25 14 .641 4.76 51 48 1 20 3 0 351.2 414 204 186 24 108 99 4 1 3 1533 90 1.484 10.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1926 27 WSH AL 100.0 19 12 52 4.68 4.74 -0.13 0.00 97.6 4.75 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.9 12 .504 .500 $
1927 28 WSH AL 67.1 15 11 44 5.88 4.79 0.11 0.00 99.0 4.63 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .441 .495 $
1927 28 SLB AL 73.2 21 8 44 5.38 5.18 -0.14 0.00 107.3 5.71 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.9 11 .512 .501 $
1928 29 SLB AL 245.0 41 31 113 4.15 4.84 0.01 0.00 103.8 5.01 22 2.3 1.0 -0.1 4.4 51 .557 .514 $
1929 30 SLB AL 265.2 40 34 133 4.51 5.15 0.18 0.00 102.7 5.11 18 1.8 1.0 -0.1 4.0 49 .545 .511 $
1930 31 SLB AL 77.1 13 10 43 5.00 5.36 0.00 0.00 104.9 5.62 5 0.5 1.0 -0.0 1.1 15 .536 .503 $
1930 31 WSH AL 201.2 27 25 90 4.02 5.28 0.42 0.00 99.8 4.85 18 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.3 44 .563 .511 $
1931 32 WSH AL 234.0 44 26 117 4.50 5.18 0.22 0.00 98.2 4.87 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.8 38 .518 .505 $
1932 33 WSH AL 327.0 50 39 136 3.74 5.20 0.28 0.00 96.2 4.73 35 3.4 1.0 -0.2 6.1 76 .568 .521 $ MVP-27
1933 34 WSH AL 299.1 52 35 140 4.21 4.96 0.27 0.00 97.7 4.58 9 0.9 1.0 -0.2 3.4 47 .517 .505 $ AS,MVP-7
1934 35 WSH AL 100.2 29 13 88 7.87 5.39 0.06 0.00 95.8 5.11 -31 -2.7 1.0 -0.1 -1.8 -19 .407 .483 $
1934 35 DET AL 66.2 9 9 35 4.73 5.13 0.16 0.00 98.0 4.87 1 0.1 -0.0 0.6 9 .511 .501 $
1935 36 DET AL 241.0 33 32 127 4.74 5.05 0.28 0.00 95.8 4.57 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.2 1.5 24 .488 .497 $
1936 37 DET AL 44.0 9 7 42 8.59 5.90 0.04 0.00 95.5 5.60 -15 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .372 .493 $
11 Seasons 2343.1 402 292 1204 4.62 5.11 0.18 0.00 99.2 4.89 61 6.7 1.0 -1.2 26.1 349 .517 .503 $
WSH (7 yrs) 1330.0 236 161 667 4.51 5.11 0.23 0.00 97.6 4.76 31 3.3 1.0 -0.7 14.4 198 .514 .503 $
SLB (4 yrs) 661.2 115 83 333 4.53 5.06 0.06 0.00 103.9 5.20 48 4.8 1.0 -0.3 10.4 127 .542 .507 $
DET (3 yrs) 351.2 51 48 204 5.22 5.17 0.23 0.00 96.2 4.75 -18 -1.5 1.0 -0.2 1.3 25 .471 .497 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1933 34 WSH AL WS L NYG 0 1 .000 7.36 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 16 9 9 0 5 1 7 0 0 1 53 1.909 13.1 0.0 4.1 5.7 1.40
1934 35 DET AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 1.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 1.167 9.0 1.5 1.5 3.0 2.00
1935 36 DET AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 34 0.889 5.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
3 Yrs (3 Series) 1 2 .333 3.81 5 4 1 1 0 0 26.0 27 14 11 2 9 1 14 0 0 1 116 1.385 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.8 1.56
3 WS 1 2 .333 3.81 5 4 1 1 0 0 26.0 27 14 11 2 9 1 14 0 0 1 116 1.385 9.3 0.7 3.1 4.8 1.56

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1933 WSH AL 34 0 0 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 0.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1926 27 WSH AL 450 0.7% 5.8% 13.3% 2.4% 11% 76%
1927 28 TOT AL 622 1.0% 8.4% 13.5% 1.6% 8% 75%
1927 28 WSH AL 301 1.0% 7.3% 14.0% 2.3% 12% 75%
1927 28 SLB AL 321 0.9% 9.4% 13.1% 0.9% 4% 75%
1928 29 SLB AL 1035 1.1% 9.6% 8.8% 4.5% 20% 79%
1929 30 SLB AL 1129 2.0% 7.0% 8.2% 5.5% 23% 80%
1930 31 TOT AL 1187 1.4% 9.0% 8.1% 5.4% 23% 79%
1930 31 SLB AL 341 3.2% 12.3% 7.9% 5.6% 22% 72%
1930 31 WSH AL 846 0.7% 7.7% 8.2% 5.3% 24% 82%
1931 32 WSH AL 1004 1.4% 8.5% 7.2% 3.3% 13% 82%
1932 33 WSH AL 1359 1.3% 7.6% 5.7% 3.6% 15% 85%
1933 34 WSH AL 1270 1.1% 8.7% 6.4% 3.5% 14% 82%
1934 35 TOT AL 779 1.5% 8.9% 7.5% 4.1% 14% 81%
1934 35 WSH AL 483 1.9% 8.1% 7.9% 4.4% 15% 80%
1934 35 DET AL 296 1.0% 10.1% 6.8% 3.7% 14% 82%
1935 36 DET AL 1027 1.6% 5.7% 6.5% 4.6% 18% 85%
1936 37 DET AL 211 2.4% 4.7% 10.0% 2.8% 9% 82%
11 Yrs 10073 1.4% 7.9% 7.9% 4.0% 17% 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 7.9% 8.1% 3.2% 13% 80%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1926 27 7 4 .636 3.96 19 12 6 6 0 1 100.0 97 52 44 3 60 26 2 1 0 450 98 1.570 8.7 0.3 5.4 2.3 0.43 98
1927 28 14 16 .467 4.44 55 31 17 12 3 4 241.0 226 140 119 9 144 78 5 2 3 1072 92 1.535 8.4 0.3 5.4 2.9 0.54 92
1928 29 35 21 .625 4.06 96 62 23 31 4 6 485.0 464 253 219 20 235 177 6 2 4 2105 102 1.441 8.6 0.4 4.4 3.3 0.75 102
1929 30 52 36 .591 4.01 136 96 28 50 8 10 751.2 736 386 335 42 328 256 6 2 6 3233 106 1.416 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.1 0.78 106
1930 31 70 52 .574 3.98 176 131 32 75 9 12 1031.1 1012 519 456 59 424 363 8 2 7 4421 110 1.392 8.8 0.5 3.7 3.2 0.86 110
1931 32 88 63 .583 3.96 220 157 42 88 10 14 1265.2 1267 636 557 73 496 448 9 2 11 5430 110 1.393 9.0 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.90 110
1932 33 114 76 .600 3.83 270 196 52 109 13 15 1592.2 1586 772 678 90 573 551 9 2 11 6786 113 1.356 9.0 0.5 3.2 3.1 0.96 113
1933 34 138 91 .603 3.85 322 231 62 126 13 19 1892.0 1897 912 810 104 654 661 12 2 13 8054 112 1.348 9.0 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.01 112
1934 35 147 102 .590 4.01 360 253 70 133 14 22 2059.1 2120 1035 917 116 712 730 12 2 17 8833 108 1.375 9.3 0.5 3.1 3.2 1.03 108
1935 36 163 112 .593 4.03 393 285 70 149 16 22 2300.1 2389 1162 1031 132 779 789 16 3 18 9859 107 1.377 9.3 0.5 3.0 3.1 1.01 107
1936 37 167 115 .592 4.12 402 292 71 150 16 22 2344.1 2453 1204 1072 137 800 799 16 3 20 10070 105 1.388 9.4 0.5 3.1 3.1 1.00 105

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1926 27 6 5 .545 3.93 103.0 101 50 45 3 62 27 2 1.583 8.8 5.4 2.4 0.44 0.3 19
1927 28 7 9 .438 4.32 146.0 127 78 70 6 83 54 3 1.438 7.8 5.1 3.3 0.65 0.4 36
1928 29 16 12 .571 3.34 253.0 237 104 94 11 91 103 1 1.296 8.4 3.2 3.7 1.13 0.4 41
1929 30 18 13 .581 3.35 279.0 265 116 104 21 91 83 0 1.276 8.5 2.9 2.7 0.91 0.7 40
1930 31 21 12 .636 3.10 299.0 261 114 103 16 91 114 2 1.177 7.9 2.7 3.4 1.25 0.5 40
1931 32 16 11 .593 3.43 244.0 250 103 93 14 71 89 1 1.316 9.2 2.6 3.3 1.25 0.5 44
1932 33 25 13 .658 2.92 345.0 315 124 112 17 76 109 0 1.133 8.2 2.0 2.8 1.43 0.4 50
1933 34 19 16 .543 3.63 317.0 316 142 128 14 82 116 3 1.256 9.0 2.3 3.3 1.41 0.4 52
1934 35 7 12 .368 5.05 180.0 222 112 101 12 58 74 0 1.556 11.1 2.9 3.7 1.28 0.6 38
1935 36 13 14 .481 4.13 246.0 275 126 113 16 68 60 4 1.394 10.1 2.5 2.2 0.88 0.6 33
1936 37 1 4 .200 6.51 47.0 60 38 34 5 20 11 0 1.702 11.5 3.8 2.1 0.55 1.0 9
11 Yrs 149 121 .552 3.65 2459.0 2429 1107 997 135 793 840 16 1.310 8.9 3.1 1.06 0.5 402

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 AL (27, 2%)
1933 AL (7, 35%)
0.37 Career Shares (534th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1932 AL  6.2 (7th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1928 AL  4.4 (7th)
1929 AL  4.0 (10th)
1930 AL  4.4 (8th)
1932 AL  6.1 (3rd)
1933 AL  3.4 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1930 AL  3.89 (9th)
1932 AL  3.33 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1928 AL  21 (4th)
1929 AL  17 (8th)
1930 AL  18 (6th)
1931 AL  18 (6th)
1932 AL  26 (1st)
1933 AL  24 (1st)
1935 AL  16 (8th)
Career  167 (191st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1928 AL  .808 (1st)
1931 AL  .621 (9th)
1932 AL  .667 (7th)
1933 AL  .615 (8th)
1935 AL  .615 (10th)
Career  .592 (140th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1930 AL  1.330 (7th)
1932 AL  1.211 (2nd)
1933 AL  1.310 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 AL  8.779 (8th)
1929 AL  9.180 (10th)
1930 AL  8.882 (4th)
1932 AL  8.780 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL  2.119 (2nd)
1933 AL  2.435 (6th)
1935 AL  2.502 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1928 AL  41 (8th)
1929 AL  40 (8th)
1930 AL  40 (9th)
1931 AL  44 (7th)
1932 AL  50 (3rd)
1933 AL  52 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1929 AL  4 (5th)
1933 AL  4 (8th)
1934 AL  3 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1928 AL  244.0 (9th)
1929 AL  266.7 (5th)
1930 AL  279.7 (5th)
1932 AL  327.0 (1st)
1933 AL  299.3 (2nd)
1935 AL  241.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1928 AL  99 (10th)
1930 AL  107 (10th)
1933 AL  110 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1928 AL  31 (4th)
1929 AL  34 (3rd)
1930 AL  35 (3rd)
1932 AL  39 (1st)
1933 AL  35 (4th)
1935 AL  32 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1928 AL  19 (9th)
1929 AL  19 (8th)
1930 AL  25 (2nd)
1932 AL  21 (4th)
1933 AL  17 (5th)
Career  150 (228th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1927 AL  3 (2nd)
1929 AL  4 (1st)
1930 AL  1 (10th)
1932 AL  3 (3rd)
1935 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1928 AL  11 (10th)
1929 AL  22 (1st)
1930 AL  17 (6th)
1931 AL  14 (9th)
1932 AL  17 (7th)
1933 AL  14 (8th)
1935 AL  16 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1928 AL  91 (6th)
1929 AL  93 (10th)
1930 AL  96 (7th)
Career  800 (244th)

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL  272 (7th)
1930 AL  276 (7th)
1932 AL  319 (1st)
1933 AL  311 (1st)
1935 AL  269 (7th)
Career  2,453 (247th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 AL  1.338 (6th)
1933 AL  1.358 (6th)
1934 AL  1.190 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 AL  0.468 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1929 AL  15 (9th)
1930 AL  16 (6th)
1933 AL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1928 AL  100 (10th)
1929 AL  116 (7th)
1930 AL  121 (5th)
1932 AL  121 (9th)
1933 AL  132 (3rd)
1935 AL  114 (7th)
Career  1,072 (185th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1931 AL  4 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1929 AL  1,128 (5th)
1930 AL  1,188 (5th)
1932 AL  1,356 (1st)
1933 AL  1,268 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1930 AL  120 (8th)
1932 AL  129 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1930 AL  29 (5th)
1932 AL  40 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1928 AL  1.6 (10th)
1930 AL  2.7 (5th)
1932 AL  3.8 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1935 AL  born 1899-01-11 (8th)
1936 AL  born 1899-01-11 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 131 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (183), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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