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Alvin Crowder
Alvin Floyd Crowder (General)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 11, 1899 in Winston-Salem, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 1926
Final Game: June 22, 1936
Died: April 3, 1972 in Winston-Salem, NC
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Standard Pitching

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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 97 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 0 1 291 89 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 1 2 331 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 1069 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 0 341 105 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 13 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 106 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 4.18 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 98 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 Seasons 167 115 .592 4.12 402 292 71 150 16 22 2344.1 2453 1204 1072 136 800 799 16 3 20 10106 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 2 990 105 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 65 439 450 9 1 12 5704 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 1 5 2869 108 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 91 1.484 10.6 0.6 2.8 2.5 0.92

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

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
1926 27 WSH AL 19 41 38 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .237 .256 .263 .520 37 10 0 2 1
1927 28 TOT AL 36 48 45 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .200 .217 .244 .462 19 11 0 2 1
1927 28 WSH AL 15 23 22 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .136 .136 .182 .318 -18 4 0 1 1
1927 28 SLB AL 21 25 23 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .261 .292 .304 .596 53 7 0 1 1
1928 29 SLB AL 41 94 80 11 15 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 9 .188 .235 .200 .435 14 16 0 9 1
1929 30 SLB AL 40 99 96 6 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 11 .188 .204 .229 .433 10 22 0 1 1
1930 31 TOT AL 40 112 101 8 17 4 1 0 8 0 0 5 8 .168 .208 .228 .435 10 23 0 6 1
1930 31 SLB AL 13 26 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .160 .192 .160 .352 -11 4 0 0 1
1930 31 WSH AL 27 86 76 6 13 4 1 0 6 0 0 4 5 .171 .213 .250 .463 17 19 0 6 1
1931 32 WSH AL 44 94 88 5 19 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 7 .216 .242 .216 .458 21 19 0 3 1
1932 33 WSH AL 51 131 122 11 27 2 2 0 9 0 1 4 10 .221 .246 .270 .517 34 33 0 5 1 MVP-27
1933 34 WSH AL 52 119 102 7 19 3 0 0 7 0 0 9 8 .186 .252 .216 .468 25 22 0 8 1 AS,MVP-7
1934 35 TOT AL 38 66 62 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .177 .203 .194 .397 4 12 0 2 1
1934 35 WSH AL 29 36 32 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .219 .265 .250 .515 36 8 0 2 1
1934 35 DET AL 9 30 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -31 4 0 0 /1
1935 36 DET AL 33 103 93 6 17 0 1 0 8 0 0 5 3 .183 .224 .204 .429 13 19 0 5 1
1936 37 DET AL 9 21 20 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .150 .250 .400 -3 5 0 1 /1
11 Seasons 403 928 847 66 164 18 5 0 59 0 1 37 77 .194 .227 .227 .454 18 192 0 44
162 Game Avg. 162 373 340 27 66 7 2 0 24 0 0 15 31 .194 .227 .227 .454 18 77 0 18
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
WSH (7 yrs) 237 530 480 36 97 12 3 0 35 0 1 23 45 .202 .239 .240 .478 25 115 0 27
SLB (4 yrs) 115 244 224 22 43 6 0 0 16 0 0 9 24 .192 .223 .219 .442 13 49 0 11
DET (3 yrs) 51 154 143 8 24 0 2 0 8 0 0 5 8 .168 .196 .196 .392 2 28 0 6

Postseason Batting

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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
1933 34 WSH AL WS NYG L 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1934 35 DET AL WS STL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 36 DET AL WS CHC W 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 5 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1926 WSH AL 27 P 19 37 5 31 1 0 .973 1.89 .957 1.39
1927 TOT AL 28 P 36 28 4 24 0 1 1.000 0.78 .957 1.40
1927 WSH AL 28 P 15 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.40
1927 SLB AL 28 P 21 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 0.62 .954 1.40
1928 SLB AL 29 P 41 39 4 33 2 3 .949 0.90 .956 1.37
1929 SLB AL 30 P 40 57 6 50 1 1 .982 1.40 .956 1.29
1930 TOT AL 31 P 40 51 8 42 1 3 .980 1.25 .943 1.18
1930 SLB AL 31 P 13 22 6 16 0 2 1.000 1.69 .941 1.18
1930 WSH AL 31 P 27 29 2 26 1 1 .966 1.04 .945 1.18
1931 WSH AL 32 P 44 40 5 34 1 1 .975 0.89 .952 1.19
1932 WSH AL 33 P 50 66 7 58 1 5 .985 1.30 .958 1.21 MVP-27
1933 WSH AL 34 P 52 53 0 53 0 2 1.000 1.02 .958 1.18 AS,MVP-7
1934 TOT AL 35 P 38 28 3 25 0 0 1.000 0.74 .954 1.11
1934 WSH AL 35 P 29 19 1 18 0 0 1.000 0.66 .953 1.11
1934 DET AL 35 P 9 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.00 .956 1.11
1935 DET AL 36 P 33 41 10 31 0 5 1.000 1.24 .946 1.12
1936 DET AL 37 P 9 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.11 .950 1.04
11 Seasons P 402 450 56 387 7 22 .984 1.10 .954 1.23
11 Seasons TOT 402 450 56 387 7 22 .984 1.10 .938 1.23
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

All-Star Games
1933 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 AL (27, 2%)
1933 AL (7, 35%)
0.37 Career Shares (519th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1930 AL  3.894 (9th)
1932 AL  3.330 (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 (186th)

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 (136th)

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  13 (10th)
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 (239th)

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  2453 (242nd)

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  .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  1072 (182nd)

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  1128 (5th)
1930 AL  1188 (5th)
1932 AL  1356 (1st)
1933 AL  1268 (2nd)
Career  10106 (226th)

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

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 (120), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 131 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (178), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jack Billingham (908)
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  7. George Pipgras (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Watty Clark (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jesse Haines (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tommy Thomas (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

July 7, 1927: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Tom Zachary.

June 13, 1930: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Heinie Manush to the Washington Senators for Goose Goslin.

August 4, 1934: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Washington Senators.

February 5, 1937: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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