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Creepy
Crespi		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 16, 1918 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1946    1947   
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
1938 20 NYG NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1939 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1940 22 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1941 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1942 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1943 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1944 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1945 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1946 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1947 29 MIN AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1948 30 MIN AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1949 31 MIN AL $ 750,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1950 32 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1951 33 CIN NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1952 34 CIN NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 3 6 6 6
1953 35 CIN NL $ 450,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 6 6 6
1954 36 PIT NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
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
1938 20 AAA   2 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6  
    AA   135 514 61 141 25 2 5 49 12 6 63 52 .274 .354 .360 .713 67.6  
1939 21 AAA   137 486 42 131 13 1 4 41 9 5 44 48 .270 .330 .325 .655 53.6  
1940 22 AAA   137 524 55 137 22 2 2 55 3 5 61 40 .261 .338 .323 .661 58.8  
1941 23 AAA   137 483 59 136 21 1 4 46 4 5 45 35 .282 .343 .354 .697 58.0  
1942 24 AAA   135 445 63 113 17 1 6 61 5 6 43 39 .254 .320 .337 .657 48.1  
1943 25 AAA   135 434 57 115 25 1 5 37 6 6 50 56 .265 .341 .362 .703 53.8  
1944 26 NYG NL 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
  MIN AL 124 361 40 94 15 5 6 42 1 0 30 60 .260 .318 .380 .698 42.3 5.0
  TOT   128 363 40 95 15 5 6 42 1 0 30 60 .262 .319 .380 .699 42.8 5.0
1945 27 MIN AL 155 504 54 126 22 4 4 54 1 0 52 61 .250 .322 .333 .655 54.1 5.9
1946 28 MIN AL 154 552 62 146 24 2 3 49 0 0 36 69 .264 .308 .332 .640 55.2 2.7
1947 29 MIN AL 152 503 48 137 17 1 5 51 0 0 42 58 .272 .330 .340 .670 56.6 5.2
1948 30 MIN AL 154 510 57 131 32 2 2 63 0 0 41 88 .257 .309 .339 .648 50.0 2.9
1949 31 MIN AL 122 366 40 110 17 2 3 29 1 0 25 52 .301 .346 .383 .729 44.8 4.9
1950 32 MIN AL 72 179 21 43 6 1 3 22 0 0 15 25 .240 .303 .335 .638 18.4 0.7
    AAA   31 123 15 34 2 0 2 9 4 1 11 13 .276 .336 .341 .677 14.9  
1951 33 CIN NL 129 427 36 113 11 1 2 43 3 0 23 64 .265 .302 .309 .612 38.6 2.0
1952 34 CIN NL 92 222 22 60 8 0 2 33 1 0 15 32 .270 .318 .333 .651 23.7 2.5
1953 35 CIN NL 25 56 3 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 3 14 .232 .271 .321 .593 4.4 0.3
1954 36 PIT NL 27 48 4 9 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 13 .188 .235 .250 .485 2.7 0.0
11 Years Sim 1210 3730 387 983 156 20 30 397 7 0 285 536 .264 .316 .340 .656 391.2 32.1
7 Years AAA 714 2502 293 667 100 6 23 249 31 28 256 232 .267 .338 .339 .677 287.9  
1 Years AA 135 514 61 141 25 2 5 49 12 6 63 52 .274 .358 .360 .718 67.6  
8 Years Minors 849 3016 354 808 125 8 28 298 43 34 319 284 .268 .342 .343 .684 355.5  
162 Game Average 499 51 131 20 2 4 53 0 0 38 71 .264 .316 .340 .656 52.4  
Career Highs 155 552 62 146 32 5 6 63 3 0 52 88 .301 .346 .383 .729 56.6  
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   2415 249 629 106 13 17 248 6 0 188 355 .260 .315 .336 .651 254.4
vs LH   1315 138 354 50 7 13 149 1 0 97 181 .269 .318 .348 .666 144.9
Home 608 1835 191 482 76 10 11 184 3 0 142 259 .263 .317 .333 .650 192.4
Away 602 1895 196 501 80 10 19 213 4 0 143 277 .264 .316 .347 .663 206.9
RISP   861 0 231 38 2 4 336 0 0 77 115 .268 .320 .331 .651 94.4
Pinch Hitting   59 4 18 3 0 0 12 0 0 8 6 .305 .391 .356 .747 8.4
Close/Late   343 23 80 10 2 5 34 0 0 22 51 .233 .281 .318 .598 30.2
Mar/Apr 191 617 67 149 16 2 5 65 1 0 46 83 .241 .298 .298 .596 54.7
May 230 712 76 192 30 5 11 67 1 0 56 99 .270 .323 .372 .695 84.9
June 213 659 57 168 33 3 2 53 1 0 45 102 .255 .303 .323 .626 63.1
July 206 607 73 163 29 4 1 76 0 0 51 90 .269 .326 .334 .660 65.7
August 198 624 65 173 27 4 5 73 2 0 51 97 .277 .330 .357 .688 73.7
Sep/Oct 172 511 49 138 21 2 6 63 2 0 36 65 .270 .317 .354 .671 57.1
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
1944 26 NYG NL SS 4 4 4.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.74   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MIN AL SS 120 120 934.9 177 438 9 78 .986 5.92   6.6
    3B 4 0 6.6 0 5 0 1 1.000 6.82   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 124 124 939.6 178 440 9 78 .986 5.92   6.7
      3B 4 0 6.6 0 5 0 1 1.000 6.82   0.1
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1945 27 MIN AL SS 142 142 1144.3 201 503 14 107 .981 5.54   6.4
    CF 16 0 42.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.76   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1946 28 MIN AL SS 149 149 1266.0 212 627 23 108 .973 5.96   7.8
    CF 3 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1947 29 MIN AL 3B 148 145 1231.3 87 357 8 29 .982 3.25   4.2
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1948 30 MIN AL 3B 151 151 1241.0 70 353 10 33 .977 3.07   5.4
    SS 7 0 11.0 3 7 0 3 1.000 8.18   0.2
    2B 3 0 4.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1949 31 MIN AL 2B 65 62 483.3 131 230 9 51 .976 6.72   2.7
    3B 50 49 407.0 25 106 8 10 .942 2.90   1.4
    SS 8 0 16.0 3 11 1 0 .933 7.88   0.1
1950 32 MIN AL 2B 55 55 448.0 101 222 12 40 .964 6.49   2.4
    SS 7 0 11.3 4 5 0 2 1.000 7.15   0.1
    CF 2 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
1951 33 CIN NL SS 118 114 982.3 176 434 12 80 .981 5.59   6.2
    3B 7 0 13.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.46   0.1
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 34 CIN NL 3B 33 27 248.3 20 79 1 9 .990 3.59   1.3
    2B 13 10 87.7 16 42 2 9 .967 5.95   0.2
    SS 10 8 62.3 8 26 0 5 1.000 4.91   0.3
    CF 3 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.0
    1B 1 1 10.7 12 2 0 0 1.000 11.82   0.0
1953 35 CIN NL 3B 14 8 68.0 4 13 4 1 .810 2.25   0.1
    SS 7 6 50.0 4 19 0 3 1.000 4.14   0.2
    CF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 36 PIT NL 2B 22 13 122.0 33 75 2 13 .982 7.97   1.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 576 543 4488.9 790 2075 59 387 .980 5.74   28.0
  3B 411 380 3222.9 207 918 31 84 .973 3.14   12.5
  2B 165 140 1157.7 282 578 25 115 .972 6.69   6.4
  CF 27 4 88.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.2
  1B 1 1 10.7 12 2 0 0 1.000 11.82   0.0
  LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1181 1068 8972.8 1315 3573 115 586 .977 4.90   47.1
Career Highs   161 151 1274.0 214 628 23 108 .986 7.65    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 30 MIN AL 4 15 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .333 .646
Career Post-Season Batting 4 15 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .333 .646
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.
Games
1945-9-155
1946-10-154
 Strikeouts
1948-6-88
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Larry Brown (972)
  2. Dave Hilton (951)
  3. John Donaldson (951)
  4. Steve Mesner (948)
  5. Bob Aspromonte (948)
  6. Jake Wood (939)
  7. Phil Garner (938)
  8. Ron Oester (935)
  9. Bill Narleski (935)
  10. Ed Kranepool (935)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1938
Injured on 7/12/1940 with a Bruised Heel, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/6/1944, off Johnny Sain (PIT)
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 5/1/1944 (Going to NYG: CF Joe Dimaggio, P Tom Baker. Going to MIN: SS Creepy Crespi, P Hal Gregg, CF Al Gionfriddo, P Oscar Judd)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1944, off Archie Mckain (MON)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1946
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $750,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1949: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1950 (Going to MIN: LF Jeff Heath. Going to TAM: P Alex Kellner, 2B Creepy Crespi, RF George Case)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 2/1/1951 (Going to CIN: C Del Crandall, 2B Creepy Crespi, 3B Dario Lodigiani, RF George Case. Going to TAM: 1B Ray Sanders)
9/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $450,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/10/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/21/1954
 
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