General Crowder

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1926-1936)

General Crowder was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1936 for the Washington Senators, the St. Louis Browns, and the Detroit Tigers, a span of 11 seasons. Across 402 career appearances, he went 167-115 with a 4.12 ERA, 799 strikeouts, and 22 saves. He also batted .194 with 0 home runs. General Crowder was an All-Star.

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

W–L 167–115
ERA 4.12
WHIP 1.39
SO 799
Pitcher PIV -2219.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / R
Height / Weight
5'10" / 170 lb
Born
1/11/1899 in Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Died
4/3/1972 in Winston-Salem, NC, USA
MLB Debut
1926-07-24
Last Game
1936-06-22
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Alvin Floyd Crowder

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Career Pitching Statistics

General Crowder — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
167 115 402 292 150 16 22 2344.1 2,453 1,072 136 800 799 4.12 -2219.0

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 4.28 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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General Crowder Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1926 WS1 AL 7 4 19 12 6 0 1 100.0 97 44 60 26 3.96 4.11 (+4%) -1730.9
1927 WS1 AL 4 7 15 11 4 2 0 67.1 58 34 42 22 4.54 4.08 (-11%) -1504.5
1927 SLA AL 3 5 21 8 2 1 3 73.2 71 41 42 30 5.01 4.08 (-23%) -872.4
1928 SLA AL 21 5 41 31 19 1 2 244.0 238 100 91 99 3.69 4.13 (+11%) 860.7
1929 SLA AL 17 15 40 34 19 4 4 266.2 272 116 93 79 3.91 4.60 (+15%) -1801.0
1930 SLA AL 3 7 13 10 5 1 1 77.1 85 40 27 42 4.66 4.80 (+3%) -1269.2
1930 WS1 AL 15 9 27 25 20 0 1 202.1 191 81 69 65 3.60 4.80 (+25%) 2174.1
1931 WS1 AL 18 11 44 26 13 1 2 234.1 255 101 72 85 3.88 4.10 (+5%) 188.0
1932 WS1 AL 26 13 50 39 21 3 1 327.0 319 121 77 103 3.33 4.13 (+19%) 2165.0
1933 WS1 AL 24 15 52 35 17 0 4 299.1 311 132 81 110 3.97 3.86 (-3%) 1832.9
1934 WS1 AL 4 10 29 13 4 0 3 100.2 142 76 38 39 6.79 4.29 (-58%) -1130.0
1934 DET AL 5 1 9 9 3 1 0 66.2 81 31 20 30 4.18 4.29 (+2%) 821.5
1935 DET AL 16 10 33 32 16 2 0 241.0 269 114 67 59 4.26 4.35 (+2%) -605.2
1936 DET AL 4 3 9 7 1 0 0 44.0 64 41 21 10 8.39 4.59 (-83%) -1348.0
Career · 14 seasons 167 115 402 292 150 16 22 2,344.1 2,453 1,072 800 799 4.12 — -2,219

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

General Crowder — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
403 847 66 164 18 5 0 59 0 37 77 .194 .227 .227 .454 -4,054

Career AVG .194 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — 31.1% below league average.

Career OBP .227 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 33.8% below league average.

Career SLG .227 vs. league average .398 across their career seasons — 43.1% below league average.

Career OPS .454 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 38.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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General Crowder 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
1926 WS1 AL 19 38 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 .237 — — — — 0.0
1927 WS1 AL 15 22 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 .136 — — — — 0.0
1927 SLA AL 21 23 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .261 — — — — 0.0
1928 SLA AL 41 80 11 15 1 0 0 8 0 5 9 .188 .280 (-33%) .342 (-31%) .395 (-49%) .737 (-41%) -526.0
1929 SLA AL 40 96 6 18 4 0 0 5 0 2 11 .188 .289 (-35%) .353 (-42%) .415 (-45%) .769 (-44%) -716.6
1930 SLA AL 13 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 .160 — — — — 0.0
1930 WS1 AL 27 76 6 13 4 1 0 6 0 4 5 .171 .293 (-42%) .354 (-40%) .429 (-42%) .784 (-41%) 0.0
1931 WS1 AL 44 88 5 19 0 0 0 7 0 3 7 .216 .276 (-22%) .338 (-29%) .388 (-44%) .726 (-37%) -513.1
1932 WS1 AL 51 122 11 27 2 2 0 9 0 4 10 .221 .275 (-20%) .335 (-27%) .391 (-31%) .726 (-29%) -579.0
1933 WS1 AL 52 102 7 19 3 0 0 7 0 9 8 .186 .270 (-31%) .329 (-24%) .377 (-43%) .707 (-34%) -526.8
1934 WS1 AL 29 32 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 .219 — — — — 0.0
1934 DET AL 9 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 — — — — 0.0
1935 DET AL 33 93 6 17 0 1 0 8 0 5 3 .183 .279 (-35%) .342 (-35%) .399 (-49%) .742 (-42%) -641.6
1936 DET AL 9 20 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .150 — — — — 0.0
Career · 14 seasons 403 847 66 164 18 5 0 59 0 37 77 .194 — — — — -3,503

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

General Crowder — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
5 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250

Playoff Batting by Year

General Crowder — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1935 WS DET 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
1934 WS DET 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1933 WS WS1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Playoff Career Pitching

General Crowder — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 5 4 0 26.0 27 11 9 14 3.81

Playoff Pitching by Year

General Crowder — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1935 WS DET 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 5 1 3 5 1.00
1934 WS DET 0 1 2 1 0 6.0 6 1 1 2 1.50
1933 WS WS1 0 1 2 2 0 11.0 16 9 5 7 7.36

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

General Crowder — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home2054263575031.176
Away1984213189029.211

Pitching — Home / Away

General Crowder — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2041227.012205083884783.73
Away1981116.212355694113214.59

Last 10 Games — Batting

General Crowder — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1936-06-22 DETBOSW 100000000
1936-06-18 DETMINL 100000000
1936-06-12 DETNYYL 000000000
1936-06-07 DETMINW 400000000
1936-05-31 DETSLAL 511010001
1936-05-26 DETCHWW 401000000
1936-05-21 DETNYYW 000000000
1936-05-18 DETMINW 401000000
1936-04-22 DETSLAL 100000000
1935-09-29 DETCHWL 200000110

Last 10 Games — Pitching

General Crowder — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1936-06-22 DETBOS W 3.2400010
1936-06-18 DETMIN L 5.0744311
1936-06-12 DETNYY L 0.2255400
1936-06-07 DETMIN W 6.01055210
1936-05-31 DETSLA — 8.112109422
1936-05-26 DETCHW W 8.11499512
1936-05-21 DETNYY — 1.0122001
1936-05-18 DETMIN W 9.0511230
1936-04-22 DETSLA L 2.0966110
1935-09-29 DETCHW — 8.0722230

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

General Crowder — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 402 0 56 387 7 22

Season-by-Season Fielding

General Crowder — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1926 WS1 P 19 0 5 31 1 0
1927 WS1 P 15 0 2 13 0 0
1927 SLA P 21 0 2 11 0 1
1928 SLA P 41 0 4 33 2 3
1929 SLA P 40 0 6 50 1 1
1930 SLA P 13 0 6 16 0 2
1930 WS1 P 27 0 2 26 1 1
1931 WS1 P 44 0 5 34 1 1
1932 WS1 P 50 0 7 58 1 5
1933 WS1 P 52 0 0 53 0 2
1934 WS1 P 29 0 1 18 0 0
1934 DET P 9 0 2 7 0 0
1935 DET P 33 0 10 31 0 5
1936 DET P 9 0 4 6 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

General Crowder Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 402

Awards & Honors

General Crowder — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1933 Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1933 TSN All-Star P
1932 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1928 Baseball Magazine All-Star P1

Award Voting History

General Crowder — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1933 Most Valuable Player AL 7th 28.0 80 0
1932 Most Valuable Player AL 27th 2.0 80 0

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

General Crowder (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Larry Benton
    127-128, 4.03 ERA
  2. 92
    Ed Brandt
    121-146, 3.86 ERA
  3. 88
    Tommy Thomas
    117-128, 4.11 ERA
  4. 86
    Sam Gray
    111-115, 4.18 ERA
  5. 85
    Jack Billingham
    145-113, 3.83 ERA
  6. 83
    Howie Pollet
    131-116, 3.51 ERA

General Crowder: the record in brief

General Crowder played a first major league game on July 24, 1926 and a last one on June 22, 1936. Club by club, the record runs the Washington Senators (1926 through 1934), the St. Louis Browns (1927 through 1930), and the Detroit Tigers (1934 through 1936). Crowder is listed as a pitcher at 170 pounds on a 5-foot-10 frame. The bio says Crowder batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Crowder was born on January 11, 1899, in Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Crowder's death is recorded on April 3, 1972, in Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Crowder's full given name, per the bio, is Alvin Floyd Crowder.

Crowder's career pitching line is 167 wins, 115 losses and a 4.12 ERA over 402 appearances. The same table counts 799 strikeouts, 150 complete games, 16 shutouts, and 22 saves. Crowder's 4.12 ERA was close to the 4.28 league figure for those seasons. Crowder won 26 games in 1932, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 110 in 1933.

Frequently Asked Questions about General Crowder

What years did General Crowder play?
General Crowder played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1936.
Was General Crowder a pitcher?
Yes. General Crowder pitched in the major leagues, recording 167 wins and 799 strikeouts.
How many home runs did General Crowder hit?
General Crowder hit 0 career home runs with 164 hits.
What teams did General Crowder play for?
General Crowder played for 3 teams: the Washington Senators (1926–1927, 1930–1934), the St. Louis Browns (1927–1930), and the Detroit Tigers (1934–1936).
What awards did General Crowder win?
General Crowder was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were General Crowder's career stats?
In 402 games, General Crowder went 167-115 with a 4.12 ERA, 799 strikeouts, 2,344.1 innings pitched, and 22 saves. At the plate he had 164 hits and 0 home runs.
What position did General Crowder play?
General Crowder played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was General Crowder and how much did he weigh?
General Crowder was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 170 pounds.
What was General Crowder's career ERA?
General Crowder finished with a 4.12 career ERA, going 167-115 with 799 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did General Crowder have?
General Crowder recorded 799 career strikeouts.
Is General Crowder in the Hall of Fame?
No. General Crowder has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did General Crowder make?
General Crowder was selected to 1 All-Star Game.