Crush Holloway

Right Fielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .273
HR 31
RBI 404
H 937
OPS .693
PIV -3,752
Position
Right Fielder
Bats / Throws
B / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 180 lb
Born
9/15/1896 in Hillsboro, TX, USA
Died
6/24/1972 in Baltimore, MD, USA

Full name: Crush Christopher Columbus Holloway

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
336.0 299.0 61.0 79.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 10.0 31.0 8.0 11.0 .264 .335 .341 .676

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1936 19.0 15.0 1.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 2.0 .267 .421 .267 .688
Listed seasons · 1 19 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 .267 — — —

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
875 3,437 573 937 132 54 31 404 148 242 27 .273 .323 .370 .693 -3,752

Career AVG .273 vs. league average .282 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .323 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 6.0% below league average.

Career SLG .370 vs. league average .397 across their career seasons — 6.9% below league average.

Career OPS .693 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 6.5% 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
1921 ABC NNL 85 318 39 97 10 4 2 45 4 18 2 .305 .286 (+7%) .344 (avg) .395 (-4%) .739 (-2%) -106.0
1922 ABC NNL 77 272 37 75 11 2 3 32 12 16 0 .276 .285 (-3%) .345 (-7%) .397 (-8%) .743 (-8%) -360.3
1923 ABC NNL 79 314 45 93 10 5 2 53 13 10 0 .296 .282 (+5%) .344 (-7%) .390 (-3%) .734 (-5%) -307.9
1924 BBS ECL 56 229 51 76 9 4 5 39 19 12 6 .332 .283 (+17%) .345 (+6%) .389 (+21%) .734 (+14%) 511.3
1925 BBS ECL 61 244 45 72 7 5 0 25 15 15 0 .295 .288 (+2%) .349 (-4%) .407 (-10%) .756 (-7%) -312.4
1926 BBS ECL 60 232 44 55 9 3 1 19 18 23 8 .237 .279 (-15%) .345 (-11%) .390 (-19%) .735 (-15%) -572.0
1927 BBS ECL 67 267 50 66 7 6 4 32 12 23 0 .247 .282 (-12%) .344 (-10%) .392 (-7%) .736 (-8%) -389.2
1928 BBS ECL 60 249 44 75 16 4 2 33 9 22 2 .301 .280 (+7%) .342 (+5%) .395 (+7%) .737 (+6%) 239.3
1929 HIL ANL 81 333 63 88 15 5 3 21 10 32 4 .264 .289 (-9%) .353 (-5%) .415 (-12%) .769 (-9%) -490.4
1930 DS NNL 71 292 49 73 11 9 1 30 12 19 0 .250 .293 (-15%) .354 (-16%) .429 (-16%) .784 (-16%) -864.1
1931 BBS IND 54 208 30 53 12 2 0 15 7 15 4 .255 .276 (-8%) .338 (-8%) .388 (-15%) .726 (-12%) -386.1
1932 BBS EWL 7 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .053 — — — — 0.0
1932 HIL EWL 19 77 12 18 2 0 1 4 1 8 0 .234 .275 (-15%) .335 (-9%) .391 (-24%) .726 (-17%) 0.0
1932 NBY IND 19 79 18 24 2 1 1 16 5 5 0 .304 .275 (+10%) .335 (+5%) .391 (avg) .726 (+3%) 0.0
1933 SOX NN2 36 142 25 40 7 3 2 27 6 13 0 .282 .270 (+4%) .329 (+5%) .377 (+10%) .707 (+8%) 176.6
1934 PBG NN2 17 71 4 10 0 1 1 5 1 3 1 .141 .278 (-49%) .340 (-48%) .392 (-46%) .733 (-47%) -554.9
1935 NBY IND 5 15 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .400 — — — — 0.0
1935 BE NN2 19 73 15 15 2 0 3 7 3 7 0 .205 .279 (-27%) .342 (-20%) .399 (-11%) .742 (-15%) 0.0
1939 BEG NN2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 875 3,437 573 937 132 54 31 404 148 242 27 .273 — — — — -3,416

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
7 29 8 9 0 0 0 2 5 0 .310

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1930 NNC DS 7 29 8 9 0 0 0 2 5 0 .310

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (26 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1769121011.145
Away93271025.312

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1935-08-25 BRNNY6L 101000000
1935-08-17 BRNPH5L 401000010
1935-08-13 BRNHOMW 400000000
1935-08-12 BRNHOMW 332002520
1935-08-04 BRNNW1L 500000000
1935-08-04 BRNNW1L 411000000
1935-08-03 BRNNW1W 411000010
1935-08-03 BRNNW1W 400000000
1935-07-28 BRNNW1W 412000000
1935-07-28 BRNNW1W 411100010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 8 8 85 4 4 4
2B 18 16 27 43 5 3
OF 855 783 1425 97 68 12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1921 ABC 2B 18 16 27 43 5 3
1921 ABC OF 69 69 117 10 5 0
1922 ABC OF 77 74 117 10 1 1
1923 ABC 1B 8 8 85 4 4 4
1923 ABC OF 72 71 117 6 4 1
1924 BBS OF 56 56 124 9 3 3
1925 BBS OF 60 1 0 0 1 0
1926 BBS OF 61 59 135 11 8 1
1927 BBS OF 67 67 143 7 8 0
1928 BBS OF 62 60 114 8 8 1
1929 HIL OF 83 81 132 17 16 1
1930 DS OF 71 71 98 7 2 2
1931 BBS OF 55 54 104 5 5 0
1932 BBS OF 7 6 4 1 0 0
1932 HIL OF 19 19 32 1 1 1
1932 NBY OF 19 19 34 1 2 0
1933 SOX OF 37 36 90 2 2 0
1934 PBG OF 17 17 40 1 1 0
1935 NBY OF 4 4 4 0 0 0
1935 BE OF 18 18 19 1 1 1
1939 BEG OF 1 1 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
First Base 8
Second Base 18
Left Field 213
Center Field 149
Right Field 493

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Frequently Asked Questions about Crush Holloway

Was Crush Holloway a pitcher?
No. Crush Holloway was a position player (Right Fielder).
How many home runs did Crush Holloway hit?
Crush Holloway hit 31 career home runs with 937 hits.