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Bill Crowley

William Michael Crowley

Positions: Outfielder and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 159 lb.

Born: April 8, 1857 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1875
Teams (by GP): Bisons/Beaneaters/RedStockings/Grays/Athletics/... 1875-1885

Final Game: October 10, 1885
Died: July 14, 1891 in Gloucester, NJ
Buried: New St. Mary Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ
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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
1875 18 PHI NA 9 38 37 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .081 .105 .081 .186 -36 3 0 0 /5O3
1877 20 LOU NL 61 242 238 30 67 9 3 1 23 4 13 .282 .293 .357 .651 90 85 0 *O/2645
1879 22 BUF NL 60 267 261 41 75 9 5 0 30 6 14 .287 .303 .360 .664 115 94 0 O2/34
1880 23 BUF NL 85 373 354 57 95 16 4 0 20 19 23 .268 .306 .336 .642 115 119 0 *O2
1881 24 BSN NL 72 293 279 33 71 12 0 0 31 14 15 .254 .290 .297 .588 87 83 0 *O
1883 26 TOT MLB 34 141 137 19 36 9 3 0 21 4 .263 .284 .372 .656 101 51 0 O/3
1883 26 PHA AA 23 99 96 16 24 4 3 0 16 3 .250 .273 .354 .627 93 34 0 O/3
1883 26 CLV NL 11 42 41 3 12 5 0 0 5 1 7 .293 .310 .415 .724 118 17 0 O
1884 27 BSN NL 108 440 407 50 110 14 6 6 61 33 74 .270 .325 .378 .703 122 154 0 *O
1885 28 BUF NL 92 365 344 29 83 14 1 1 36 21 32 .241 .285 .297 .581 86 102 0 *O
8 Seasons 521 2159 2057 263 540 83 22 8 225 0 0 102 171 .263 .297 .336 .633 101 691 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 671 640 82 168 26 7 2 70 32 .263 .297 .336 .633 101 215 0
BUF (3 yrs) 237 1005 959 127 253 39 10 1 86 46 69 .264 .298 .328 .626 104 315 0
BSN (2 yrs) 180 733 686 83 181 26 6 6 92 47 89 .264 .311 .345 .657 108 237 0
PHA (1 yr) 23 99 96 16 24 4 3 0 16 3 .250 .273 .354 .627 93 34 0
PHI (1 yr) 9 38 37 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .081 .105 .081 .186 -36 3 0 0
CLV (1 yr) 11 42 41 3 12 5 0 0 5 1 7 .293 .310 .415 .724 118 17 0
LOU (1 yr) 61 242 238 30 67 9 3 1 23 4 13 .282 .293 .357 .651 90 85 0
NL (7 yrs) 489 2022 1924 243 513 79 19 8 206 98 178 .267 .302 .340 .642 104 654 0
AA (1 yr) 23 99 96 16 24 4 3 0 16 3 .250 .273 .354 .627 93 34 0
NA (1 yr) 9 38 37 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .081 .105 .081 .186 -36 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1875 18 PHI NA 38 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ /5O3
1877 20 LOU NL 242 -6 -1 0 0 4 -3 8 2 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $ *O/2645
1879 22 BUF NL 267 3 0 0 0 2 -2 8 11 1.1 9 0.9 0.2 $ O2/34
1880 23 BUF NL 373 4 0 0 0 -1 -3 11 11 1.1 12 1.2 -0.1 $ *O2
1881 24 BSN NL 293 -6 -1 0 0 0 -4 9 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $1,000 *O
1883 26 PHA AA 99 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ O/3
1883 26 CLV NL 42 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ O
1884 27 BSN NL 440 15 -3 0 0 -1 -7 14 18 1.7 19 1.8 -0.1 $1,900 *O
1885 28 BUF NL 365 -11 -2 0 0 -6 -6 12 -13 -1.3 -7 -0.7 -0.6 $ *O
8 Seasons 2159 -5 -8 0 0 -3 -27 66 23 2.5 26 2.5 0.0 $2,900
BUF (3 yrs) 1005 -4 -2 0 0 -5 -11 31 9 0.9 14 1.4 -0.5 $
BSN (2 yrs) 733 9 -4 0 0 -1 -11 23 16 1.6 17 1.6 0.0 $2,900
PHA (1 yr) 99 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $
PHI (1 yr) 38 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $
CLV (1 yr) 42 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
LOU (1 yr) 242 -6 -1 0 0 4 -3 8 2 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1875 PHI NA 18 3B 4 15 6 6 3 0 .800 3.00 .764 3.68
1875 PHI NA 18 OF 4 13 11 0 2 0 .846 2.75 .818 1.88 0-4-0
1875 PHI NA 18 1B 1 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 5.00 .936 10.90
1877 LOU NL 20 OF 58 152 109 20 23 2 .849 2.22 .831 1.88 0-57-2
1877 LOU NL 20 C 2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 .876 6.15 2
1877 LOU NL 20 SS 2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .865 4.60
1877 LOU NL 20 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .865 6.40
1877 LOU NL 20 3B 1 4 1 1 2 0 .500 2.00 .840 3.70
1879 BUF NL 22 OF 43 94 62 14 18 4 .809 1.77 .838 1.89 3-1-39
1879 BUF NL 22 C 10 49 34 8 7 0 .857 4.20 .889 6.45 7
1879 BUF NL 22 1B 7 86 76 4 6 6 .930 11.43 .953 11.13
1879 BUF NL 22 2B 3 23 10 11 2 2 .913 7.00 .897 6.83
1880 BUF NL 23 OF 74 187 131 23 33 3 .824 2.08 .855 1.85 8-21-48
1880 BUF NL 23 C 22 113 73 23 17 0 .850 4.36 .894 6.88 31
1881 BSN NL 24 OF 72 167 130 17 20 5 .880 2.04 .871 2.06 0-47-26
1883 TOT MLB 26 OF 33 55 43 3 9 0 .836 1.39 .851 1.85 0-21-12
1883 PHA AA 26 OF 22 42 31 3 8 0 .810 1.55 .851 1.80 0-21-1
1883 PHA AA 26 1B 1 18 16 0 2 0 .889 16.00 .951 10.70
1883 CLV NL 26 OF 11 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.09 .849 1.96 0-0-11
1884 BSN NL 27 OF 108 169 125 22 22 5 .870 1.36 .867 1.79 0-2-107
1885 BUF NL 28 OF 92 183 152 8 23 1 .874 1.74 .881 1.85 71-1-20
8 Seasons OF 484 1020 763 107 150 20 .853 1.80 .858 1.88 82-154-254
3 Seasons C 34 171 115 32 24 0 .860 4.32 .892 6.71 40
3 Seasons 1B 9 109 97 4 8 7 .927 11.22 .952 11.06
2 Seasons 3B 5 19 7 7 5 0 .737 2.80 .780 3.68
2 Seasons 2B 4 25 11 12 2 2 .920 5.75 .894 6.72
1 Season SS 2 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .865 4.60
8 Seasons TOT 538 1352 997 166 189 29 .860 2.16 .870 2.40 82-154-254 40
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1877 NL  0.5 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1877 NL  61 (1st)
1880 NL  85 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1880 NL  354 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1880 NL  373 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1877 NL  1 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1880 NL  19 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1884 NL  74 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1880 NL  114 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1877 NL  238.0 (10th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1877 NL  58 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1877 NL  109 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1877 NL  20 (2nd)
1880 NL  23 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1877 NL  23 (3rd)
1880 NL  33 (2nd)
Career  150 (67th)

Youngest s c a p y
1875 NA  born 1857-04-08 (2nd)
1877 NL  born 1857-04-08 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jimmy Outlaw (963)
  2. John Dobbs (962)
  3. Joe Evans (957)
  4. Rube Ellis (956)
  5. Tom Oliver (951)
  6. Del Howard (951)
  7. Steve Lyons (947)
  8. Tuck Stainback (947)
  9. Harry Blake (946)
  10. Gus Felix (946)
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  1. Red Schoendienst (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jack Warner (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. John Morrill (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Juan Beniquez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bob Bailor (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Bailor (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
188124Boston Red Stockings$1,000Celler committee 23
188427Boston Beaneaters$1,90011/14/83 Sporting Life
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,900
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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