Ed Crane
[edit] Biography
Born on May 27, 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts, Ed Crane (Edward Nicholas Crane) played for the Boston Reds, Providence Grays, Buffalo Bisons, Washington Senators, New York Gothams, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Porkers and Brooklyn Bridegrooms over the course of his 9 year career. Crane broke into the bigs on April 17, 1884 with the Boston Reds, and put up a 7.20 ERA in 70 innings pitched in 1886, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Crane's best season was 1891, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 173 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4.00
| 13
| 14
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 17
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| WAS
| N
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 7
| 7.20
| 39
| 85
| 56
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 70
| 91
| 5
| 53
| 0
| 22
| 0
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| 12
| 11
| 5
| 6
| 2.43
| 58
| 51
| 25
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 92.2
| 70
| 3
| 40
| 0
| 10
| 2
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| 29
| 25
| 14
| 10
| 3.68
| 130
| 161
| 94
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 230
| 221
| 10
| 136
| 0
| 18
| 10
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| 43
| 35
| 16
| 19
| 4.63
| 117
| 280
| 170
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 330.1
| 323
| 12
| 210
| 0
| 39
| 11
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| 15
| 13
| 4
| 8
| 4.09
| 51
| 91
| 53
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 116.2
| 134
| 3
| 64
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1891
| CIN
| a
| 32
| 31
| 14
| 14
| 2.45
| 122
| 151
| 68
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 250
| 216
| 3
| 139
| 0
| 16
| 0
|
| 1891
| Total
|
| 47
| 44
| 18
| 22
| 2.97
| 173
| 242
| 121
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 366.2
| 350
| 6
| 203
| 0
| 21
| 0
|
| 1892
| NY
| N
| 47
| 42
| 16
| 24
| 3.80
| 174
| 276
| 154
| 35
| 2
| 1
| 364.1
| 350
| 10
| 189
| 0
| 31
| 0
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 10
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 5.93
| 11
| 62
| 45
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 68.1
| 84
| 2
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1893
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 13.50
| 5
| 19
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 19
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 12
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 6.89
| 16
| 81
| 60
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 78.1
| 103
| 4
| 50
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4.00
| 13
| 14
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 17
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 43
| 35
| 16
| 19
| 4.63
| 117
| 280
| 170
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 330.1
| 323
| 12
| 210
| 0
| 39
| 11
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 125
| 108
| 42
| 61
| 4.18
| 468
| 745
| 442
| 92
| 6
| 2
| 952
| 969
| 35
| 532
| 0
| 90
| 12
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 32
| 31
| 14
| 14
| 2.45
| 122
| 151
| 68
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 250
| 216
| 3
| 139
| 0
| 16
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 204
| 176
| 72
| 96
| 3.99
| 720
| 1190
| 688
| 146
| 7
| 2
| 1550.1
| 1525
| 51
| 887
| 0
| 145
| 23
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .902
|
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| OF
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 21
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| C
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 74
| 64
| 2
| 0
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .836
|
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1885
| BUF
| N
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .769
|
| 1885
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1885
| TOT
| N
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1886
| WAS
| N
| C
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1886
| WAS
| N
| OF
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 16
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .866
|
| 1886
| WAS
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 23
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 23
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .762
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 71
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 26
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1891
| CIN
| a
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1891
| CIN
| a
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 55
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .822
|
| 1891
| Total
|
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 81
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .848
|
| 1892
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1892
| NY
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 74
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .821
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1893
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .850
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 204
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 307
| 71
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 257
| 79
| 65
| 3
| 0
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .838
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 207
| 38
| 48
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .836
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1884
| BOS
| U
| 101
| 428
| 83
| 122
| 12
| 0
| .285
| .308
| .451
| 23
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| BUF
| N
| 13
| 51
| 5
| 14
| 2
| 9
| .275
| .315
| .431
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| TOT
| N
| 14
| 53
| 5
| 14
| 2
| 9
| .264
| .316
| .415
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| WAS
| N
| 80
| 292
| 20
| 50
| 0
| 20
| .171
| .207
| .229
| 11
| 3
| 13
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| 12
| 37
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 2
| .162
| .225
| .297
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| 29
| 103
| 16
| 21
| 2
| 11
| .204
| .293
| .272
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| 43
| 146
| 27
| 46
| 0
| 16
| .315
| .363
| .404
| 5
| 4
| 10
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CIN
| N
| 15
| 46
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .109
| .163
| .109
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CIN
| a
| 34
| 110
| 13
| 17
| 1
| 7
| .155
| .212
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| Total
|
| 49
| 156
| 16
| 22
| 1
| 9
| .141
| .198
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| NY
| N
| 48
| 163
| 20
| 40
| 0
| 14
| .245
| .297
| .264
| 1
| 1
| 11
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 12
| 26
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .462
| .576
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .400
| .600
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 15
| 31
| 9
| 14
| 0
| 3
| .452
| .553
| .516
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 101
| 428
| 83
| 122
| 12
| 0
| .285
| .308
| .451
| 23
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 43
| 146
| 27
| 46
| 0
| 16
| .315
| .363
| .404
| 5
| 4
| 10
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 213
| 725
| 76
| 150
| 5
| 61
| .207
| .263
| .265
| 17
| 5
| 54
| 137
| 1
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 34
| 110
| 13
| 17
| 1
| 7
| .155
| .212
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 391
| 1409
| 199
| 335
| 18
| 84
| .238
| .283
| .329
| 45
| 15
| 86
| 191
| 2
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Granted to league by Buffalo Bisons with Pete Conway, Jim Lillie and George Myers (November 19, 1885).
- Obtained from league by Washington Senators (@January, 1886).
- Assigned to Milwaukee Brewers by Cincinnati Porkers (August 21, 1891).
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