Glenn
Crawford
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: December 2, 1913 in Usa, MI, NORTH BRANCH
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 31 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 10 10
1946 32 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1947 33 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1948 34 DET AL     7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
1949 35 BSN NL $ 3,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
1950 36 BSN NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1945 31 DET AL 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0
    AAA   105 382 48 113 12 1 5 47 6 5 57 13 .296 .387 .372 .759 57.4  
1946 32 DET AL 15 9 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 1.3 0.1
1947 33 DET AL 55 157 22 45 4 0 1 10 0 0 16 8 .287 .353 .331 .684 17.4 2.4
1948 34 DET AL 135 452 75 138 16 5 0 45 0 0 62 29 .305 .387 .363 .750 65.0 9.7
1949 35 STL NL 39 129 12 31 2 0 0 7 0 1 20 8 .240 .347 .256 .602 12.8 0.6
  BSN NL 20 56 3 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 9 10 .196 .308 .196 .504 3.4 0.0
  TOT   59 185 15 42 2 0 0 11 0 2 29 18 .227 .335 .238 .573 16.1 0.6
    AAA   81 327 38 78 5 0 2 26 2 0 32 41 .239 .306 .272 .579 29.3  
1950 36 AAA   37 49 8 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 15 .143 .222 .163 .385 1.4  
5 Years Sim 276 812 116 230 22 5 1 69 0 2 108 57 .283 .367 .326 .694 100.3 12.8
3 Years AAA 223 758 94 198 18 1 7 77 8 5 94 69 .261 .340 .315 .655 88.1  
162 Game Average 476 68 135 12 2 0 40 0 1 63 33 .283 .367 .326 .694 58.9  
Career Highs 135 452 75 138 16 5 1 45 0 2 62 29 .333 .400 .363 .750 65.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   663 97 196 17 3 1 53 0 1 88 48 .296 .377 .335 .712 89.1
vs LH   149 19 34 5 2 0 16 0 1 20 9 .228 .324 .289 .612 14.6
Home 140 413 56 104 8 2 0 33 0 2 56 31 .252 .340 .281 .621 43.6
Away 136 399 60 126 14 3 1 36 0 0 52 26 .316 .395 .373 .769 60.1
RISP   190 0 51 7 2 0 65 0 0 28 17 .268 .359 .326 .685 24.3
Pinch Hitting   29 5 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 5 .414 .469 .414 .883 5.4
Close/Late   75 13 20 1 0 0 5 0 0 13 3 .267 .375 .280 .655 9.4
Mar/Apr 54 160 19 47 6 1 0 8 0 2 19 10 .294 .372 .344 .716 20.3
May 57 181 26 46 5 2 0 21 0 0 28 7 .254 .354 .304 .658 21.7
June 31 82 6 26 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 6 .317 .371 .329 .700 10.2
July 24 74 13 21 4 0 0 9 0 0 13 6 .284 .391 .338 .729 10.7
August 38 124 21 35 5 2 0 9 0 0 12 10 .282 .341 .355 .695 15.2
Sep/Oct 67 191 31 55 1 0 1 15 0 0 29 18 .288 .382 .309 .691 25.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1945 31 DET AL 2B 10 2 28.0 10 15 0 3 1.000 8.04   0.2
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1946 32 DET AL 2B 3 1 12.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 18.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 33 DET AL RF 16 16 127.0 21 1 2 0 .917 1.56   0.3
    2B 14 13 110.0 22 58 2 13 .976 6.55   0.9
    3B 7 6 50.0 4 19 1 0 .958 4.14   0.3
    SS 6 5 42.0 9 14 2 2 .920 4.93   0.2
    1B 2 2 17.0 26 1 1 1 .964 14.29   0.0
    CF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1948 34 DET AL SS 69 60 522.0 100 226 11 43 .967 5.62   3.7
    3B 31 26 234.0 17 68 4 10 .955 3.27   0.9
    2B 15 14 120.3 29 47 5 12 .938 5.68   0.3
    CF 6 6 53.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.06   0.2
    RF 4 3 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67    
    1B 2 2 18.0 21 3 1 0 .960 12.00   0.0
    LF 2 2 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1949 35 STL NL 3B 33 31 266.5 21 69 5 7 .947 3.04   0.0
    SS 6 2 21.6 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.42   0.1
    2B 2 2 16.0 4 6 1 1 .909 5.63   0.1
  BSN NL 3B 17 16 115.5 9 30 2 3 .951 3.04   0.5
    SS 3 1 9.4 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.74   0.1
    2B 1 1 7.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
  3B 90 79 671.0 52 188 12 20 .952 3.22   1.8
  SS 85 68 597.0 115 257 13 50 .966 5.61   4.1
  2B 45 33 293.3 68 133 8 29 .962 6.17   1.6
  RF 20 19 154.0 23 1 2 0 .923 1.40   0.3
  CF 7 7 60.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
  1B 4 4 35.0 47 4 2 1 .962 13.11   0.0
  LF 3 3 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
Career Totals   254 213 1831.3 329 583 37 100 .961 4.48   8.0
Career Highs   129 113 989.3 190 344 21 65 1.000 7.88    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1948-10-5
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  7. Marv Rackley (946)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Detroit in 1945
Had first career hit on 9/7/1945, off Bud Byerly (BOS)
Injured on 3/27/1947 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 9/13/1947, off Charley Schanz (OAK)
Released by Detroit on 10/14/1948
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/10/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Traded from St. Louis to Boston (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to BSN: SS Glenn Crawford, 3B Billy Goodman, 2B Cecil Travis. Going to STL: P Joe Nuxhall, P Joe Haynes, 2B George Kell)