Sam Crawford

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 61–51
ERA 3.98
WHIP 1.36
SO 461
Pitcher PIV 3909.3
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 200 lb
Born
4/15/1892 in Dallas, TX, USA

Full name: Samuel Crawford

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
61 51 160 114 73 7 7 976.7 976 432 25 351 461 3.98 3909.3

Career ERA 3.98 vs. league average 3.58 across their career seasons — 11.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1911 BRG EAS 2 3 10 8 6 0 0 73.7 82 34 27 34 4.15 3.37 (-23%) 182.3
1912 BRG EAS 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 18.0 26 16 5 14 8.00 3.36 (-138%) 223.4
1913 COG WES 3 1 4 4 4 0 0 36.0 34 8 11 12 2.00 3.07 (+35%) 204.8
1913 CAG WES 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 26.3 27 6 9 8 2.05 3.07 (+33%) -36.9
1914 CAG WES 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 4 1 3.38 — 0.0
1915 CAG WES 4 1 6 5 4 1 0 42.7 26 7 13 26 1.48 2.90 (+49%) 768.9
1916 CAG WES 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 4 3.00 — 0.0
1918 CAG WES 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 12.7 9 4 10 1 2.84 2.83 (avg) -530.2
1919 DS WES 10 4 18 14 9 1 3 112.0 109 38 50 55 3.05 3.09 (+1%) -1227.8
1919 CAG WES 1 2 5 4 3 0 0 35.0 35 13 9 13 3.34 3.09 (-8%) 485.9
1920 KCM NNL 14 8 26 18 14 2 1 181.7 149 58 58 102 2.87 3.45 (+17%) 2791.0
1921 KCM NNL 9 11 30 23 15 0 2 187.7 203 94 63 91 4.51 4.02 (-12%) 112.8
1922 KCM NNL 7 5 13 9 6 1 0 79.3 82 33 20 24 3.74 4.18 (+10%) 307.6
1923 KCM NNL 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 7 5 6 7.88 — 0.0
1924 SLS NNL 3 3 8 5 2 0 1 37.0 43 23 21 22 5.59 4.13 (-36%) -423.1
1925 CAG NNL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 3 4.50 — 0.0
1925 BBB NNL 4 7 21 11 5 1 0 96.0 94 65 40 38 6.09 4.55 (-34%) 1050.7
1928 CTG NNL 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4.7 11 6 1 0 11.57 — 0.0
1931 CC2 NNL 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 20 13 1 7 14.62 — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 61 51 160 114 73 7 7 976.2 976 432 351 461 3.98 — 3,909

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
201 457 41 87 10 2 0 30 11 28 0 .190 .240 .221 .461 -1,499

Career AVG .190 vs. league average .273 across their career seasons — 30.2% below league average.

Career OBP .240 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 28.5% below league average.

Career SLG .221 vs. league average .372 across their career seasons — 40.6% below league average.

Career OPS .461 vs. league average .708 across their career seasons — 34.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1911 BRG EAS 12 35 7 10 3 0 0 6 2 4 0 .286 — — — — 0.0
1912 BRG EAS 6 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .176 — — — — 0.0
1913 COG WES 4 12 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1913 CAG WES 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1914 CAG WES 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1915 CAG WES 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .133 — — — — 0.0
1916 CAG WES 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1918 CAG WES 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1919 DS WES 19 38 4 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 .211 — — — — 0.0
1919 CAG WES 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .100 — — — — 0.0
1920 KCM NNL 28 66 5 11 0 1 0 6 0 4 0 .167 .271 (-39%) .331 (-35%) .363 (-46%) .694 (-41%) -418.2
1921 KCM NNL 35 84 8 19 1 0 0 4 3 6 0 .226 .286 (-21%) .344 (-19%) .395 (-40%) .739 (-30%) -399.0
1922 KCM NNL 18 39 3 8 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 .205 — — — — 0.0
1923 KCM NNL 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1924 SLS NNL 8 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1925 CAG NNL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 — — — — 0.0
1925 BBB NNL 35 72 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 .139 .288 (-52%) .349 (-50%) .407 (-62%) .756 (-57%) 0.0
1926 CAG NNL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
1928 CTG NNL 12 23 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 .217 — — — — 0.0
1929 CAG NNL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1931 CC2 NNL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 21 seasons 201 457 41 87 10 2 0 30 11 28 0 .190 — — — — -817

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1926 NWS CAG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1926 NWS CAG 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home101100—
Away361100.167

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home13.000000.00
Away312.0120650.00

Last 4 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1938-07-03 BIRCAGL 000000000
1938-06-26 BIRJAXW 011000000
1925-08-29 BIRMEMW 411000000
1921-05-09 KCMCAGL 200000000

Last 4 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1938-07-03 BIRCAG — 0.0000000
1938-06-26 BIRJAX W 3.0000000
1925-08-29 BIRMEM W 9.0600440
1921-05-09 KCMCAG L 3.0660210

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 2 0 3 0 0 1
2B 8 3 6 7 3 0
3B 1 1 0 1 0 0
C 1 1 3 0 0 0
OF 26 6 15 3 6 1
P 160 89 25 215 20 8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1911 BRG OF 2 0 3 1 0 0
1911 BRG P 10 0 1 17 5 0
1912 BRG OF 4 0 3 2 2 1
1912 BRG P 5 0 1 1 1 0
1913 COG P 4 0 1 10 2 0
1913 CAG P 3 0 1 11 0 0
1914 CAG P 1 0 2 3 0 0
1915 CAG P 6 0 1 14 1 2
1916 CAG P 1 0 0 3 0 0
1918 CAG P 2 0 0 5 0 0
1919 DS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 DS P 18 14 3 23 2 1
1919 CAG P 5 4 0 5 1 0
1920 KCM 1B 1 0 3 0 0 1
1920 KCM OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1920 KCM P 26 18 8 38 1 1
1921 KCM OF 5 2 2 0 0 0
1921 KCM P 30 23 3 42 6 2
1922 KCM 2B 1 0 1 2 0 0
1922 KCM 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0
1922 KCM OF 1 1 2 0 2 0
1922 KCM P 13 9 2 24 0 1
1923 KCM OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1923 KCM P 2 2 0 2 1 0
1924 SLS P 8 5 1 14 0 1
1925 CAG P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBB 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBB OF 6 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBB P 21 12 0 1 0 0
1926 CAG OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1928 CTG 2B 4 3 5 5 3 0
1928 CTG OF 4 3 4 0 2 0
1928 CTG P 3 1 0 2 0 0
1929 CAG C 1 1 3 0 0 0
1931 CC2 P 1 1 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 160
Catcher 1
First Base 2
Second Base 8
Third Base 1
Left Field 8
Center Field 3
Right Field 15

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Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

  1. 98
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  2. 96
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  3. 96
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    48-48, 4.06 ERA
  4. 94
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    49-43, 3.94 ERA
  5. 94
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    55-66, 3.89 ERA
  6. 90
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    46-54, 4.07 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Sam Crawford

Was Sam Crawford a pitcher?
Yes. Sam Crawford pitched in the major leagues, recording 61 wins and 461 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Sam Crawford hit?
Sam Crawford hit 0 career home runs with 87 hits.