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 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
1952 BSN NL 29 1B 55 526 476 42 8 40 .985 9.42 .990 9.17
1953 MLN NL 30 1B 9 19 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.11 .989 9.17
1955 MLN NL 32 1B 79 77 690.2 746 677 61 8 62 .989 -3.0 -5.2 -3.0 0.1 -3.1 0 9.62 9.34 .991 9.79 9.09
1956 CIN NL 33 1B 32 25 242.0 253 225 25 3 15 .988 3.5 17.4 2.5 1.4 1.1 1 9.30 7.81 .989 9.82 8.71
1957 CIN NL 34 1B 120 117 1056.1 1029 932 86 11 86 .989 -3.6 -4.1 -4.6 -2.0 -2.6 1 8.67 8.48 .990 8.52 8.33
1958 CIN NL 35 1B 93 87 745.1 772 713 53 6 65 .992 -3.2 -5.2 -3.2 1.4 -4.6 0 9.25 8.24 .990 9.54 8.11 AS
1958 CIN NL 35 2B 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80 AS
1959 STL NL 36 1B 14 11 90.0 94 82 12 0 9 1.000 1.4 18.7 1.4 1.6 -0.1 0 9.40 6.71 .988 9.58 8.04
1960 STL NL 37 1B 5 2 22.0 23 21 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 5.5 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 9.41 4.60 .991 9.57 8.20
8 Seasons 1B 407 319 2846.1 3462 3143 283 36 279 .990 -4.8 -2.0 -6.8 2.4 -9.1 2 10.83 8.42 .990 9.25 8.58
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
9 Seasons TOT 408 319 2847.0 3463 3144 283 36 280 .990 -4.8 -2.0 -6.8 2.4 -9.1 2 10.83 8.40 .980 9.25 8.57

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
1952 BSN NL 29 73 73 73 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 30 47 47 47 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 MLN NL 32 104 77 104 104 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
1956 CIN NL 33 77 25 77 77 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
1957 CIN NL 34 133 117 133 133 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1958 CIN NL 35 111 87 111 111 0 0 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1959 STL NL 36 77 11 77 77 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
1960 STL NL 37 73 2 73 73 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0
1961 STL NL 38 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
9 Seasons 702 319 702 702 0 0 407 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 252 1
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 MLN NL 32 1945 63% 77% 26% 88 90% 1 402 19 382 2 32 31 19 10 0 0 7 2 4 1 2 37 2 0 1 34 3 3 2 1 11 73%
1956 CIN NL 33 1053 61% 81% 25% 78 92% 0 224 29 196 0 18 25 19 5 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 16 3 1 0 16 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1957 CIN NL 34 4657 62% 80% 24% 227 94% 0 941 65 862 11 70 86 65 17 0 3 11 2 9 0 8 89 7 0 2 78 9 11 1 10 13 85%
1958 CIN NL 35 3227 64% 80% 26% 155 95% 0 700 36 659 3 69 50 36 9 0 3 6 0 5 1 2 68 0 1 1 62 3 5 0 4 16 100%
1959 STL NL 36 410 58% 75% 26% 25 92% 0 82 5 75 2 6 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1960 STL NL 37 98 80% 80% 31% 5 100% 0 21 2 19 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 11390 63% 80% 25% 578 93% 1 2370 156 2193 18 196 206 147 47 1 6 27 5 19 3 13 218 12 4 4 198 21 19 3 15 44 86%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

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
1958 CIN NL 35 1 100% 100% 0% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1 Season 1 100% 100% 0% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

* 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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