Jack Crooks
[edit] Biography
Jack Crooks (John Charles Crooks) was born on November 9, 1865 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He made his Major League debut on September 26, 1889 for the Columbus Colts. In 1890, his rookie year, he hit .221 with 1 home run and 62 RBI. Crooks played for the Columbus Colts, St. Louis Perfectos, Washington Senators and Louisville Colonels over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Jack Crooks's best season was 1891, when he stole 50 bases.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1889
| COL
| a
| 12
| 43
| 13
| 14
| 0
| 7
| .326
| .463
| .512
| 2
| 3
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| COL
| a
| 135
| 485
| 86
| 107
| 1
| 62
| .221
| .357
| .254
| 5
| 4
| 96
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 57
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| COL
| a
| 138
| 519
| 110
| 127
| 0
| 46
| .245
| .379
| .331
| 19
| 13
| 103
| 47
| 9
| 0
| 50
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| STL
| N
| 128
| 445
| 82
| 95
| 7
| 38
| .213
| .400
| .294
| 7
| 4
| 136
| 52
| 2
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| STL
| N
| 128
| 448
| 93
| 106
| 1
| 48
| .237
| .408
| .306
| 10
| 9
| 121
| 37
| 9
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| WAS
| N
| 117
| 409
| 80
| 114
| 6
| 57
| .279
| .392
| .408
| 19
| 8
| 68
| 39
| 8
| 16
| 36
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| WAS
| N
| 25
| 84
| 20
| 24
| 3
| 20
| .286
| .406
| .429
| 3
| 0
| 16
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| LOU
| N
| 39
| 122
| 19
| 29
| 2
| 15
| .238
| .354
| .344
| 5
| 1
| 20
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| TOT
| N
| 64
| 206
| 39
| 53
| 5
| 35
| .257
| .376
| .379
| 8
| 1
| 36
| 16
| 3
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 72
| 225
| 33
| 52
| 1
| 20
| .231
| .359
| .280
| 4
| 2
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 509
| 1733
| 327
| 420
| 20
| 198
| .242
| .392
| .332
| 48
| 24
| 401
| 144
| 27
| 32
| 103
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 285
| 1047
| 209
| 248
| 1
| 115
| .237
| .372
| .303
| 26
| 20
| 209
| 51
| 17
| 0
| 117
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 794
| 2780
| 536
| 668
| 21
| 313
| .240
| .385
| .321
| 74
| 44
| 610
| 195
| 44
| 32
| 220
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1889
| COL
| a
| 2B
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 44
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1890
| COL
| a
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1890
| COL
| a
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1890
| COL
| a
| 2B
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 352
| 349
| 47
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1891
| COL
| a
| 2B
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 399
| 404
| 36
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1892
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 101
| 0
| 0
| 280
| 296
| 44
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1892
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 48
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .876
|
| 1892
| STL
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| STL
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 210
| 286
| 50
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1893
| STL
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1895
| WAS
| N
| 2B
| 117
| 0
| 0
| 327
| 364
| 32
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1896
| WAS
| N
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1896
| WAS
| N
| 2B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 49
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1896
| LOU
| N
| 2B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 112
| 111
| 18
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1896
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 160
| 27
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 192
| 209
| 17
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 627
| 0
| 0
| 1742
| 1826
| 204
| 273
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 251
| 352
| 64
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 20
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .872
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators with Jim Rogers and $1000 to Louisville Colonels in exchange for John O'Brien (July 3, 1896).
- Sold by Columbus (Western) to St. Louis Browns (October, 1897).
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