Sam Crawford

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Major League Baseball career

Crawford was sold by the Grand Rapids in September 1899 to the Cincinnati Reds. Crawford appeared in 31 games for the Reds in the 1899 season. Crawford, who was a year younger than his days with Wahoo's traveling team, was playing in the major leagues with future Hall of Famers Jake Beckley and Bid McPhee. Crawford played.307 in 31 games with the Reds in 1899. He played in 101 games and was one of the National League's top triples with 15 runs and seven others in 1900, at the age of 20, and was one of the top national league triples with 15 runs and seven runs.

Crawford was one of the best sluggers in baseball in 1901, batting.330 and winning a major league leading 16 home runs. In addition, he came in third in the National League in triples (16), RBIs (104) (104), and slugging percentage (.524). Crawford had another good year in 1902, leading the National League in total bases (256) and triples (22), finishing second in batting average (.333), and extra base hits (43). In 1901, he hit 12 inside-the-park home runs, a major league record that has never been tied.

A bidding war for players existed between the National League and American League at the end of 1902. Crawford has played for both the Reds and the Detroit Tigers. Crawford's contract triggered a publicized legal controversy, with a judge eventually awarding Crawford to the Tigers but demanding $3,000 in compensation to the Reds.

Crawford played for the 1903-1903 season and played for the Tigers until the end of his major league career in 1917. With a.335 batting average, he led the American League in 1903 and finished second in the batting league with 25 triples and finished second.

The Tigers had two of baseball's best hitters with Ty Cobb's arrival at the 1905 season. In 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1909, Cobb and Crawford led Detroit to three straight American League pennants, but the Tigers lost all three of them, with one of them crumbling in their World Series debuts. Crawford's average in three World Series was.243, while Cobb's.200 in the 1907 World Series and.231 in the 1909 World Series was an incredible.300.

Despite the fact that Crawford did not qualify for another World Series, he remained one of baseball's most feared hitters until 1915. He hit a career high of.378 with 115 RBIs and 57 extra base hits in 1911. Crawford played in 472 games for the Tigers from 1913 to 1915. Crawford was one of the top American League hits, RBIs, extra base hits, slugging percentage, and total bases from 1905 to 1915. He led the American League in triples five times, including an American League record 26 triples in 1914. Crawford has made 309 triples in his career, making him the all-time major league champion.

Crawford was a good fielder in his prime, even though his defense suffered in his later years. His range factor was 2.68 points higher in 1900, which was 55 points higher than the league average of 2.13. He led all American League outfielders with a.988 fielding percentage in 1905, which was 35 points higher than the league average.

Despite Crawford's lead in both RBI (112) and extra base hits (54%) in 1915, the Tigers began shifting the right field duties from Crawford to future MLB Hall of Fame candidate Harry Heilmann in 1916. Crawford played 78 games in right field that year, while Heilmann 66 was 66, with Crawford's plate appearances down almost in half from 694 to 368.

Crawford lost his spot in the team completely in 1917 and was mainly relegated to a pinch-hitting role. Crawford made.173 in 104 at bats in his first limited role. Crawford was cut from the 1917 season but did not participate in Major League Baseball again.

Crawford was one of the greatest sluggers of the dead-ball era. In a season (199), he holds the major league record for triples in a career (309) and inside-the-park home runs in a season (12). He has the second most inside-the-park home runs in a career (51), as well as the rare feat of hitting more triples than doubles in his career: 22 to 18 in 1902, 26 to 22, 1916, and 19 to 11 in 1916, the last as a ripe old age for a ballplayer in his era of 36.

Crawford was the first player to lead both the National League and American League in home runs (1901 and 1908). For 11 years, he was one of the AL's top hits, RBI, extra base hits, slugging percentage, and total bases, from 1905 to 1915. Crawford ranks as the ninth in baseball history, according to Baseball-Reference.com's "Gray Ink Test," which assigns points based on how often a player is one of the league's top batting leaders. He had 2,961 hits and a.309 batting average during his career. With 2,466 hits as a Tiger, he ranks fifth on the Detroit Tigers all-time hits list.

Ed Barrow, the Yankees' general manager, who played Crawford in his first two years as a manager, said Crawford never had a better hitter than Crawford. Crawford's Fielder Jones, one of Crawford's contemporaries, wrote: "No one of them can strike quite as hard as Crawford." He stands up to the plate like a brick house, and he hits all the pitchers without playing favorites."

Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb were teammates for a time of 13 seasons. Crawford followed Cobb in the batting order year after year, and they played together in right and center field. Despite this, the two had a complicated relationship.

Crawford, one of Cobb's 1905-bears who bullied Cobb in the major leagues, was one of the Detroit veterans who mocked Cobb. Cobb, a vivacious personality, took it personally. Cobb later became the best hitter in the game and was later accepted on the Tigers team as they won AL championships in 1907, 1908, and 1909. Cobb and Crawford also had a student-teacher relationship at this time. Cobb talked about Crawford's base-stealing technique and how Crawford would teach him about flyballs and throwing out base runners in interviews later in life with Al Stump. Cobb said he'd always remember Crawford's kindness.

The student-teacher relationship progressed to become one of a tyrant rivalry. Cobb was unpopular with his teammates, and Crawford, the baseball's top player, was dissatisfied with Cobb's preferential treatment. Cobb was allowed to report late for spring training and then be given private quarters on the road – privileges that were not afforded to Crawford. The two teams had a ferocious rivalry. Crawford remembered that Cobb if he went three for four on a day when Cobb was hitless, Cobb would go red and sometimes walk out of the park with the game still on. Crawford was reportedly one of many Tigers who sent a telegram to Lajoie congratulating Cobb when it first (and erroneously) announced that Nap Lajoie had won the batting title.

Cobb wrote a letter in retirement accusing Crawford of not helping in the outfield and intentionally fouling off balls when Cobb was stealing bases. Crawford first learned of the letter in 1946 and accused Cobb of being a "cheapskate" who never helped his coworkers. Cobb had not been a good fielder, according to him, "he blamed me." Crawford denied intentionally denying the depriving of bases by Cobb, saying that Cobb had "dreamed it up."

Cobb attributed the feud to jealousy when asked about it. Crawford was "a hell of a good player," but he was "second best" on the Tigers and "hated to be a member." Richard Bak, a Cobb biographer, said that Crawford "only tolerated each other" and that Cobb's conduct was fueled by Cobb's theft of Crawford's thunder.

Cobb and Crawford may not have talked to each other, but they did a wonderful job of communicating non-verbally with glances and nods on the base paths, which was unusual. They became one of the most profitable double steal pairings in baseball history.

A reporter discovered hundreds of letters in his household after Cobb's death, recommending Crawford's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Crawford was not aware of Cobb's efforts until after Cobb died, according to reports.

Later baseball career

Crawford, who had been released by the Tigers, joined the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, helping them win minor league titles in 1918 and 1921. He had two hits, stole a base, and threw out two runners in his first game. Crawford played four seasons for the Angels (1918–1921). He played in 96 games, gained 104 hits, and batted.292. He hit.360 in 1919, with 41 doubles, 18 triples, 14 home runs, and 14 stolen bases in 173 games. (The PCL had a tumultuous schedule, with significantly more games than the then 154-game Major League season). In 187 games, he batted.332 runs, 46 doubles, and 21 triples. He was ranked.316 with 199 hits and 44 doubles in 175 games last year, when he was 41 years old in 1921.

Crawford stayed in Southern California and became the head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) baseball team in 1924, a position he held until 1929. In 1927, he was instrumental in the establishment of the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association, and he led the university of Southern California to second-place finishes in his first two seasons. Crawford served as the USC coach from 1959–463. He served in the Pacific Coast League from 1935 to 1938, retiring after finding it a thankless job and a lonely life.

Crawford appeared as the baseball coach in Buster Keaton's comedies in 1927.

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