Sam Crawford

Hall of Fame

Right Field

1899—1917

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#21

Player Detail

Samuel Earl
GIVEN NAME
Crawford
SURNAME
April 18, 1880, in Wahoo, NE
BORN
June 15, 1968, in Hollywood, CA, USA
DIED
1899—1917
Playing Career
Played from 21-37
PLAYING AGE
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Wahoo Sam
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 190
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
September 10, 1899
Major League Debut
September 16, 1917
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Right Fielder —
— Tigers ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Sam Crawford?

The other Hall of Fame outfielder who played for Detroit when Ty Cobb reigned supreme. The two men were jealous of each other.
After his pro baseball career, Sam Crawford worked as head coach of the USC ballclub and also as an umpire in the Pacific Coast League.
  • Sam Crawford Scouting Report

70

HITTING

70

POWER

60

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2385
2821
89
1444
.312

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
58.4
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.817
.714
114.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.312
.364
.453

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Socks Seybold
Elmer Flick

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.321
.374
.462

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Oscar Stanage
Lu Blue
Bid McPhee
Donie Bush
Ossie Vitt
Bobby Veach
Ty Cobb
Harry Heilmann
George Mullin
Hooks Dauss
Hughie Jennings

Sam Crawford Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Crawford
542
168
79
26
18
5
86
43
29
21
245
212
.312
.364
.453
817
AVG RF
532
148
73
20
10
3
47
45
24
197
201
.278
.343
.371
.714

Sam Crawford Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
21
11
20
10
5
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
7
16
35
29
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Sam Crawford PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
75.3
41.6
25.9
19.8
5.11
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Sam Crawford
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
440.3
224.1
156.9
102.9
29.9
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Sam Crawford
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF