George Crowe
George Daniel Crowe (Big George)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 212 lb.

Born: March 22, 1923 in Whiteland, IN
High School: Franklin (Franklin, IN)
School: University of Indianapolis
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1952
Final Game: April 30, 1961
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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
1952 29 BSN NL 73 240 217 25 56 13 1 4 20 0 1 18 25 .258 .329 .382 .712 99 83 5 5 0 3
1953 30 MLN NL 47 45 42 6 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 2 7 .286 .333 .476 .810 113 20 1 1 0 /3
1955 32 MLN NL 104 354 303 41 85 12 4 15 55 1 0 45 44 .281 .374 .495 .869 133 150 2 1 4 1 8 3
1956 33 CIN NL 77 157 144 22 36 2 1 10 23 0 0 11 28 .250 .312 .486 .798 106 70 1 2 0 0 1 3
1957 34 CIN NL 133 532 494 71 134 20 1 31 92 1 1 32 62 .271 .314 .504 .818 111 249 9 1 0 5 3 *3
1958 35 CIN NL 111 392 345 31 95 12 5 7 61 1 0 41 51 .275 .348 .400 .748 93 138 7 0 1 5 3 3/4 AS
1959 36 STL NL 77 109 103 14 31 6 0 8 29 0 0 5 12 .301 .330 .592 .923 134 61 4 0 0 1 2 3
1960 37 STL NL 73 79 72 5 17 3 0 4 13 0 0 5 16 .236 .278 .444 .723 89 32 4 0 0 2 1 /3
1961 38 STL NL 7 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 702 1915 1727 215 467 70 12 81 299 3 2 159 246 .270 .333 .466 .799 109 804 33 10 5 14 18
162 Game Avg. 162 442 399 50 108 16 3 19 69 1 0 37 57 .270 .333 .466 .799 109 186 8 2 1
MLN (3 yrs) 224 639 562 72 153 27 5 21 81 1 1 65 76 .272 .354 .450 .805 119 253 8 7 4 1 8
STL (3 yrs) 157 195 182 19 49 9 0 12 42 0 0 10 29 .269 .303 .516 .819 110 94 8 0 0 3 3
CIN (3 yrs) 321 1081 983 124 265 34 7 48 176 2 1 84 141 .270 .326 .465 .791 104 457 17 3 1 10 7

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
1952 29 BSN NL 240 167 26 4.2 95 .277 .258 .258 .329 .330 .382 .384 .712 .714 99 .502 0.1 0.0 .629 .203 .124 .0
1953 30 MLN NL 45 31 6 5.1 105 .303 .286 .267 .333 .337 .476 .416 .810 .753 113 .527 0.8 0.1 .742 .238 .190 .0
1955 32 MLN NL 354 225 59 7.0 102 .286 .281 .261 .374 .331 .495 .413 .869 .744 133 .677 14.9 1.4 .895 .366 .215 1.9
1956 33 CIN NL 157 109 22 5.4 108 .245 .250 .271 .312 .339 .486 .428 .798 .766 106 .585 0.2 0.0 .761 .313 .236 .0
1957 34 CIN NL 532 375 77 5.6 108 .254 .271 .275 .314 .340 .504 .426 .818 .766 111 .584 5.3 0.5 .762 .298 .233 1.9
1958 35 CIN NL 392 263 50 5.1 111 .301 .275 .277 .348 .345 .400 .432 .748 .778 93 .541 -3.1 -0.3 .700 .246 .125 1.8
1959 36 STL NL 109 77 18 6.2 110 .274 .301 .277 .330 .344 .592 .429 .923 .773 134 .635 4.5 0.4 .868 .340 .291 .0
1960 37 STL NL 79 61 8 3.5 106 .241 .236 .272 .278 .339 .444 .418 .723 .757 89 .404 -1.4 -0.1 .627 .278 .208 .0
1961 38 STL NL 7 6 0 0.0 114 .167 .143 .281 .143 .349 .143 .438 .286 .788 -27 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
9 Seasons 1915 1314 266 5.4 106 .273 .270 .270 .333 .338 .466 .419 .799 .758 109 .579 20.1 1.9 .752 .288 .195 5.8
162 Game Avg. 442 303 61 5.4 106 .273 .270 .270 .333 .338 .466 .419 .799 .758 109 .579 5 0 .752 .288 .195 1
MLN (3 yrs) 639 423 91 5.7 99 .283 .272 .260 .354 .331 .450 .402 .805 .733 119 .611 15.8 1.5 .778 .294 .178 1.9
STL (3 yrs) 195 144 26 4.8 108 .257 .269 .275 .303 .342 .516 .425 .819 .767 110 .531 1.8 0.2 .738 .302 .247 .0
CIN (3 yrs) 1081 747 149 5.4 109 .270 .270 .275 .326 .342 .465 .429 .791 .770 104 .569 2.5 0.2 .740 .282 .195 3.8

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 CIN NL 35 DNP

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
1952 29 BSN NL 240 1.7% 10.4% 7.5% 7.5% 32% 1.39 8.7 54.3 10.9 78%
1953 30 MLN NL 45 4.4% 15.6% 4.4% 8.9% 33% 3.50 6.0 21.0 7.0 73%
1955 32 MLN NL 354 4.2% 12.4% 12.7% 8.8% 37% 0.98 6.9 20.2 5.5 0.78 69%
1956 33 CIN NL 157 6.4% 17.8% 7.0% 8.3% 36% 2.55 5.1 14.4 6.3 0.51 68%
1957 34 CIN NL 532 5.8% 11.7% 6.0% 9.8% 39% 1.94 8.0 15.9 5.4 0.67 76%
1958 35 CIN NL 392 1.8% 13.0% 10.5% 6.1% 25% 1.24 6.8 49.3 5.7 0.80 74%
1959 36 STL NL 109 7.3% 11.0% 4.6% 12.8% 45% 2.40 8.6 12.9 3.6 0.78 77%
1960 37 STL NL 79 5.1% 20.3% 6.3% 8.9% 41% 3.20 4.5 18.0 5.5 0.92 68%
1961 38 STL NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 0.25 86%
9 Seasons 1915 4.2% 12.9% 8.3% 8.5% 35% 1.55 7.0 21.3 5.8 0.72 74%
MLB Averages

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
1955 32 MLN NL 2 0 22% 93 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 36% 12 11 1 5 3 2 5 0 5
1956 33 CIN NL 1 0 31% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 29% 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 1
1957 34 CIN NL 9 0 29% 189 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 28% 22 17 5 7 5 1 11 6 5
1958 35 CIN NL 4 0 19% 124 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 41% 18 15 3 7 5 2 14 3 11
1959 36 STL NL 2 0 21% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1960 37 STL NL 0 0 6% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 38 STL NL 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
9 Seasons 18 0 24% 468 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 15 35% 57 46 11 21 15 5 36 11 24
MLB Averages

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
1955 32 MLN NL 229 88% 85 18 5 1 3 1.14 15 0 8 9 0 1 8 0 2 4 200% 40 2 5% 11 4 36% 149 36 24% 14 6 43% 20 7 35% 125
1956 33 CIN NL 157 78% 36 43 11 3 4 1.53 10 0 1 7 3 6 4 0 1 0 0% 28 1 4% 16 4 25% 91 13 14% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
1957 34 CIN NL 532 73% 134 13 5 0 2 2.37 31 0 9 29 2 19 12 0 0 0 100 9 9% 49 13 27% 334 64 19% 29 15 52% 26 9 35% 0
1958 35 CIN NL 393 83% 95 20 8 0 4 2.48 7 0 13 7 0 5 2 0 1 1 100% 85 7 8% 39 14 36% 299 56 19% 34 21 62% 20 9 45% 0
1959 36 STL NL 109 98% 31 63 17 4 13 1.95 8 1 8 8 0 5 3 0 0 0 34 4 12% 13 3 23% 109 21 19% 14 7 50% 6 3 50% 0
1960 37 STL NL 79 97% 17 61 15 4 10 2.02 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 19 4 21% 8 3 38% 72 9 13% 9 4 44% 4 2 50% 0
1961 38 STL NL 7 100% 1 7 1 0 0 2.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1506 82% 467 225 62 12 36 1.90 81 1 45 64 5 39 30 0 4 5 125% 308 33 11% 137 41 30% 1062 199 19% 104 54 52% 81 31 38% 125
MLB Averages

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
1952 29 73 240 217 25 56 13 1 4 20 0 1 18 25 .258 .329 .382 .712 99 83 5 5 0
1953 30 120 285 259 31 68 15 1 6 26 0 1 20 32 .263 .330 .398 .728 102 103 6 6 0
1954 31 120 285 259 31 68 15 1 6 26 0 1 20 32 .263 .330 .398 .728 102 103 6 6 0
1955 32 224 639 562 72 153 27 5 21 81 1 1 65 76 .272 .354 .450 .805 119 253 8 7 4 1 8
1956 33 301 796 706 94 189 29 6 31 104 1 1 76 104 .268 .346 .458 .803 116 323 9 9 4 1 9
1957 34 434 1328 1200 165 323 49 7 62 196 2 2 108 166 .269 .333 .477 .810 114 572 18 10 4 6 12
1958 35 545 1720 1545 196 418 61 12 69 257 3 2 149 217 .271 .336 .460 .796 109 710 25 10 5 11 15
1959 36 622 1829 1648 210 449 67 12 77 286 3 2 154 229 .272 .336 .468 .804 111 771 29 10 5 12 17
1960 37 695 1908 1720 215 466 70 12 81 299 3 2 159 245 .271 .334 .467 .801 110 803 33 10 5 14 18
1961 38 702 1915 1727 215 467 70 12 81 299 3 2 159 246 .270 .333 .466 .799 109 804 33 10 5 14 18

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 29 76 254 229 28 61 14 1 4 23 0 20 26 .266 .339 .389 .727 29 73
1953 30 49 46 43 6 12 2 0 2 6 0 2 7 .279 .326 .465 .791 6 47
1955 32 109 373 322 44 93 13 4 16 58 1 49 46 .289 .383 .503 .886 63 104
1956 33 80 165 151 23 38 2 1 11 24 0 12 29 .252 .315 .497 .812 23 77
1957 34 139 548 510 71 134 20 1 31 92 1 32 65 .263 .305 .488 .793 76 133
1958 35 117 408 361 31 98 12 5 7 60 1 42 54 .271 .343 .391 .734 49 111
1959 36 80 110 104 14 29 6 0 7 28 0 5 13 .279 .309 .538 .848 18 77
1960 37 76 78 72 5 15 3 0 4 12 0 4 17 .208 .244 .417 .660 7 73
1961 38 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
9 Seasons 733 1989 1799 222 480 72 12 82 303 3 166 258 .267 .330 .457 .787 271 702
162 Game Avg. 162 440 398 49 106 16 3 18 67 1 37 57 .267 .330 .457 .787 60 702

* 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

All-Star Games
1958

Slugging % s c a p y
1957 NL--.504--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1957 NL--31--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1957 NL--92--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL--5--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1957 NL--15.935--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1961 NL--born 1923-03-22--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1395), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1681), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Dave Revering (944)
  7. Tony Horton (943)
  8. Jason Kubel (937)
  9. Bubba Trammell (936)
  10. Mike Jacobs (933)
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  2. Reb Russell (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Olmedo Saenz (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Olmedo Saenz (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Luke Easter (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Luke Easter (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Luke Easter (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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