Jack Crooks

Full Name: John Charles Crooks	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170	First Game: September 26, 1889
Birthdate: November 9, 1865	Final Game: August 3, 1898
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: February 2, 1918
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1889	COL	a	12	43	13	14	0	7	.326	.463	.512	2	3	10	4	1	0	10
1890	COL	a	135	485	86	107	1	62	.221	.357	.254	5	4	96	0	7	0	57
1891	COL	a	138	519	110	127	0	46	.245	.379	.331	19	13	103	47	9	0	50
1892	STL	N	128	445	82	95	7	38	.213	.400	.294	7	4	136	52	2	0	23
1893	STL	N	128	448	93	106	1	48	.237	.408	.306	10	9	121	37	9	0	31
1895	WAS	N	117	409	80	114	6	57	.279	.392	.408	19	8	68	39	8	16	36
1896	WAS	N	25	84	20	24	3	20	.286	.406	.429	3	0	16	8	1	5	2
1896	LOU	N	39	122	19	29	2	15	.238	.354	.344	5	1	20	8	2	0	8
1896	TOT	N	64	206	39	53	5	35	.257	.376	.379	8	1	36	16	3	5	10
1898	STL	N	72	225	33	52	1	20	.231	.359	.280	4	2	40	0	5	11	3
Total	NL		509	1733	327	420	20	198	.242	.392	.332	48	24	401	144	27	32	103
Total	AA		285	1047	209	248	1	115	.237	.372	.303	26	20	209	51	17	0	117
Total			794	2780	536	668	21	313	.240	.385	.321	74	44	610	195	44	32	220

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	AVG
1889	COL	a	2B	12	31	44	1	4	0	.987
1890	COL	a	3B	1	2	1	1	0	0	.750
1890	COL	a	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1890	COL	a	2B	134	352	349	47	59	0	.937
1891	COL	a	2B	138	399	404	36	72	0	.957
1892	STL	N	2B	101	280	296	44	43	0	.929
1892	STL	N	3B	25	30	48	11	1	0	.876
1892	STL	N	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1893	STL	N	C	1	4	2	0	0	4	1.000
1893	STL	N	3B	123	210	286	50	19	0	.908
1893	STL	N	SS	4	9	12	3	2	0	.875
1895	WAS	N	2B	117	327	364	32	43	0	.956
1896	WAS	N	3B	4	8	10	2	1	0	.900
1896	WAS	N	2B	20	49	49	9	5	0	.916
1896	LOU	N	2B	39	112	111	18	24	0	.925
1896	TOT	N	2B	59	161	160	27	29	0	.922
1898	STL	N	3B	3	1	7	0	0	0	1.000
1898	STL	N	SS	2	5	8	2	1	0	.867
1898	STL	N	2B	66	192	209	17	23	0	.959
1898	STL	N	OF	1	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	627	1742	1826	204	273	0	.946
Total			OF	4	5	0	1	0	0	.833
Total			3B	156	251	352	64	21	0	.904
Total			SS	6	14	20	5	3	0	.872
Total			C	1	4	2	0	0	4	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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