What years did Doc Crandall play?

Doc Crandall played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1918.

Was Doc Crandall a pitcher?

Yes. Doc Crandall pitched in the major leagues, recording 102 wins and 606 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Doc Crandall hit?

Doc Crandall hit 9 career home runs with 253 hits.

What were Doc Crandall's career stats?

In 302 games, Doc Crandall went 102-62 with a 2.92 ERA, 606 strikeouts, 1,546.2 innings pitched, and 25 saves. At the plate he had 253 hits and 9 home runs.

What position did Doc Crandall play?

Doc Crandall played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Doc Crandall and how much did he weigh?

Doc Crandall was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 180 pounds.

What was Doc Crandall's career ERA?

Doc Crandall finished with a 2.92 career ERA, going 102-62 with 606 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Doc Crandall have?

Doc Crandall recorded 606 career strikeouts.

Is Doc Crandall in the Hall of Fame?

No. Doc Crandall has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Doc Crandall

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1908-1918)

Doc Crandall was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1918 for 5 teams, including the New York Giants, a span of 11 seasons. Across 302 career appearances, he went 102-62 with a 2.92 ERA, 606 strikeouts, and 25 saves. He also batted .285 with 9 home runs. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 2,845.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 102–62

ERA 2.92

WHIP 1.24

SO 606

Pitcher PIV -1301.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 180 lb
Born: 10/8/1887 in Wadena, IN, USA
Died: 8/17/1951 in Bell, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1908-04-24
Last Game: 1918-08-31

Full name: James Otis Crandall

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Career Pitching Statistics

Doc Crandall — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
102	62	302	135	91	9	25	1546.2	1,538	502	52	379	606	2.92	-1301.2

Career ERA 2.92 vs. league average 2.90 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Doc Crandall Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1908	NY1	NL	12	12	32	24	13	0	0	214.2	198	70	59	77	2.93	2.40 (-22%)	-779.6
1909	NY1	NL	6	4	30	8	4	0	6	122.0	117	39	33	55	2.88	2.55 (-13%)	-644.2
1910	NY1	NL	17	4	42	18	13	2	5	207.2	194	59	43	73	2.56	2.79 (+8%)	-858.6
1911	NY1	NL	15	5	41	15	9	2	5	198.2	199	58	51	94	2.63	3.37 (+22%)	18.7
1912	NY1	NL	13	7	37	10	7	0	2	162.0	181	65	35	60	3.61	3.36 (-7%)	-47.8
1913	NY1	NL	2	4	24	2	1	0	5	55.1	61	19	13	28	3.09	3.07 (-1%)	362.6
1913	NY1	NL	2	0	11	1	1	0	1	42.1	41	12	11	14	2.55	3.07 (+17%)	362.6
1914	SLF	FL	13	9	27	21	18	1	0	196.0	194	77	52	84	3.54	2.93 (-21%)	-915.5
1915	SLF	FL	21	15	51	33	22	4	1	312.2	307	90	77	117	2.59	2.90 (+11%)	1553.8
1916	SLA	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	7	4	1	0	27.00	—	0.0
1918	BSN	NL	1	2	5	3	3	0	0	34.0	39	9	4	4	2.38	2.83 (+16%)	-44.3
Career · 11 seasons			102	62	302	135	91	9	25	1,546.2	1,538	502	379	606	2.92	—	-992

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Doc Crandall — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
500	887	109	253	35	19	9	126	9	118	112	.285	.372	.398	.770	2,845

Career AVG .285 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — +12.3% above league average.

Career OBP .372 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — +16.3% above league average.

Career SLG .398 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — +19.3% above league average.

Career OPS .770 vs. league average .653 across their career seasons — +17.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Doc Crandall Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1908	NY1	NL	34	72	8	16	4	0	2	6	0	4	11	.222	.240 (-8%)	.298 (-9%)	.306 (+18%)	.605 (+5%)	31.7
1909	NY1	NL	30	41	4	10	0	1	1	1	0	1	7	.244	—	—	—	—	0.0
1910	NY1	NL	45	73	10	25	2	4	1	13	0	5	7	.342	.249 (+37%)	.317 (+21%)	.326 (+59%)	.644 (+40%)	418.8
1911	NY1	NL	61	113	12	27	1	4	2	21	2	8	16	.239	.266 (-10%)	.336 (-12%)	.356 (+4%)	.693 (-4%)	-102.4
1912	NY1	NL	50	80	9	25	6	2	0	19	0	6	7	.312	.268 (+16%)	.335 (+7%)	.358 (+22%)	.694 (+15%)	177.1
1913	NY1	NL	31	25	4	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	5	.280	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	SLN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	NY1	NL	15	22	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	.364	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	SLF	FL	118	278	40	86	16	5	2	41	3	58	32	.309	.255 (+21%)	.322 (+33%)	.339 (+25%)	.661 (+29%)	1776.3
1915	SLF	FL	84	141	18	40	2	2	1	19	4	27	15	.284	.250 (+13%)	.318 (+27%)	.332 (+5%)	.651 (+16%)	543.6
1916	SLA	AL	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	BSN	NL	14	28	1	8	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			500	887	109	253	35	19	9	126	9	118	112	.285	—	—	—	—	2,845

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Doc Crandall — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	.143

Playoff Batting by Year

Doc Crandall — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1913	WS	NY1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1912	WS	NY1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1911	WS	NY1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

Doc Crandall — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	5	0	0	10.2	7	2	0	6	1.69

Playoff Pitching by Year

Doc Crandall — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	SO	ERA
1913	WS	NY1	0	2	4.2	4	2	2	3.86
1912	WS	NY1	0	1	2.0	1	0	2	0.00
1911	WS	NY1	1	2	4.0	2	0	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Doc Crandall — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	252	443	67	140	3	76	.316
Away	250	446	40	113	6	53	.253

Pitching — Home / Away

Doc Crandall — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	156	853.1	834	240	195	345	2.53
Away	147	694.1	704	213	185	266	2.76

Last 10 Games — Batting

Doc Crandall — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
1918-08-31	BSN	PHI	L	4	0	0	0	0	0
1918-08-30	BSN	PHI	W	3	1	0	1	1	1
1918-08-25	BSN	CIN	W	2	0	1	0	0	0
1918-08-24	BSN	CIN	L	3	0	1	0	0	0
1918-08-21	BSN	PIT	L	1	0	1	0	0	0
1918-08-19	BSN	CHC	L	2	0	0	0	1	0
1918-08-18	BSN	CHC	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1918-08-17	BSN	STL	L	2	0	1	0	2	1
1918-08-16	BSN	STL	L	2	0	1	0	0	0
1918-08-13	BSN	NY1	L	1	0	1	1	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Doc Crandall — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1918-08-31	BSN	PHI	L	8.0	14	6	5	1	0	1
1918-08-25	BSN	CIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1918-08-19	BSN	CHC	L	8.0	9	2	2	1	1	0
1918-08-16	BSN	STL	—	6.0	6	0	0	0	2	0
1918-08-07	BSN	STL	W	11.0	9	3	2	2	1	0
1916-05-29	SLA	DET	—	0.1	2	4	3	1	0	0
1916-04-23	SLA	CLE	—	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	0
1915-10-03	SLF	KCF	W	2.0	4	2	2	0	3	0
1915-10-02	SLF	KCF	—	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0
1915-09-29	SLF	KCF	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Doc Crandall — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	4	0	0	0
2B	71	0	105	165	21	11
OF	4	0	5	0	0	0
P	302	50	76	432	20	17
SS	8	0	5	12	3	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Doc Crandall — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1908	NY1	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1908	NY1	P	32	24	15	52	1	2
1909	NY1	P	30	8	9	39	3	4
1910	NY1	P	42	18	12	49	1	3
1910	NY1	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
1911	NY1	2B	3	0	3	5	1	0
1911	NY1	P	41	0	9	59	3	2
1911	NY1	SS	6	0	5	12	2	1
1912	NY1	1B	1	0	4	0	0	0
1912	NY1	2B	2	0	1	3	0	0
1912	NY1	P	37	0	4	41	2	0
1913	NY1	2B	2	0	3	5	0	1
1913	NY1	P	24	0	0	17	0	0
1913	NY1	P	11	0	2	14	0	0
1914	SLF	2B	63	0	98	152	20	10
1914	SLF	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1914	SLF	P	27	0	8	52	4	2
1914	SLF	SS	1	0	0	0	1	0
1915	SLF	P	51	0	15	99	5	3
1916	SLA	P	2	0	0	0	1	0
1918	BSN	OF	3	0	5	0	0	0
1918	BSN	P	5	0	2	10	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Doc Crandall Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	303
First Base	1
Second Base	70
Shortstop	8
Center Field	1
Right Field	3

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Doc Crandall: the record in brief

According to the bio, Doc Crandall debuted on April 24, 1908 and played a final game on August 31, 1918. The team column moves through the New York Giants (1908 through 1913), the St. Louis Cardinals (1913), the St. Louis Terriers (1914 to 1915), the St. Louis Browns (1916), and the Boston Braves (1918). The bio lists Crandall as a pitcher who batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 5 feet, 10 inches and 180 pounds. Crandall was born on October 8, 1887, in Wadena, IN, USA. The bio records the death on August 17, 1951, in Bell, CA, USA. Crandall's full given name, per the bio, is James Otis Crandall.

The pitching table credits Crandall with a 102-62 record and a 2.92 ERA in 302 games. The totals include 606 strikeouts, 91 complete games, 9 shutouts, and 25 saves. Crandall's 2.92 ERA was close to the 2.90 league figure for those seasons. 1915 brought Crandall a season-high 21 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Doc Crandall

What years did Doc Crandall play?: Doc Crandall played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1918.
Was Doc Crandall a pitcher?: Yes. Doc Crandall pitched in the major leagues, recording 102 wins and 606 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Doc Crandall hit?: Doc Crandall hit 9 career home runs with 253 hits.
What teams did Doc Crandall play for?: Doc Crandall played for 5 teams: the New York Giants (1908–1913), the St. Louis Cardinals (1913), the St. Louis Terriers (1914–1915), the St. Louis Browns (1916), and the Boston Braves (1918).
What were Doc Crandall's career stats?: In 302 games, Doc Crandall went 102-62 with a 2.92 ERA, 606 strikeouts, 1,546.2 innings pitched, and 25 saves. At the plate he had 253 hits and 9 home runs.
What position did Doc Crandall play?: Doc Crandall played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Doc Crandall and how much did he weigh?: Doc Crandall was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 180 pounds.
What was Doc Crandall's career ERA?: Doc Crandall finished with a 2.92 career ERA, going 102-62 with 606 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Doc Crandall have?: Doc Crandall recorded 606 career strikeouts.
Is Doc Crandall in the Hall of Fame?: No. Doc Crandall has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.