George Crowe
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[edit] Biography
George Crowe (George Daniel Crowe) was born on March 22, 1921 in Whiteland, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1952 for the Boston Braves. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 4 home runs and 20 RBI. Crowe played for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that George Crowe's best season was 1957, when he slugged 31 home runs and knocked in 92 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | BOS | N | 73 | 217 | 25 | 56 | 4 | 20 | .258 | .329 | .382 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1953 | MIL | N | 47 | 42 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | .286 | .333 | .476 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955 | MIL | N | 104 | 303 | 41 | 85 | 15 | 55 | .281 | .374 | .495 | 12 | 4 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 1956 | CIN | N | 77 | 144 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 23 | .250 | .312 | .486 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | CIN | N | 133 | 494 | 71 | 134 | 31 | 92 | .271 | .314 | .504 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 1958 | CIN | N | 111 | 345 | 31 | 95 | 7 | 61 | .275 | .348 | .400 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1959 | STL | N | 77 | 103 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 29 | .301 | .330 | .592 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1960 | STL | N | 73 | 72 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 13 | .236 | .278 | .444 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1961 | STL | N | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 702 | 1727 | 215 | 467 | 81 | 299 | .270 | .333 | .466 | 70 | 12 | 159 | 246 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 33 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 1952 | BOS | N | 1B | 55 | 0 | 0 | 476 | 42 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .985 |
| 1953 | MIL | N | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1955 | MIL | N | 1B | 79 | 0 | 0 | 677 | 61 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1956 | CIN | N | 1B | 32 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .988 |
| 1957 | CIN | N | 1B | 120 | 117 | 1056.1 | 932 | 86 | 11 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1958 | CIN | N | 1B | 93 | 87 | 745.1 | 713 | 53 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .992 |
| 1958 | CIN | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1959 | STL | N | 1B | 14 | 11 | 90 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | STL | N | 1B | 5 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 1B | 407 | 217 | 1913.2 | 3143 | 283 | 36 | 279 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .990 | ||
| Total | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (April 28, 1949).
- Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bob Hazle and a player to be named later (April 9, 1956); Milwaukee Braves received Corky Valentine (May 10, 1956).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Alex Grammas and Alex Kellner to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bob Mabe, Eddie Kasko and Del Ennis (October 3, 1958).
[edit] Trivia
- All Star in 1958
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