John
Crawford
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 12, 1945 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 28 CAL JL $ 2,790,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
1974 29 CAL JL $ 2,790,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
1975 30 CAL JL $ 2,790,000 5 5 5 6 5 5 11 11 11 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
1976 31 AUS FL $ 2,790,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 11 11 11 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 4
1977 32 CHA JL $ 8,500,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 12 12 12 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4
1978 33 BRK FL $ 5,370,000 3 2 3 5 5 5 12 12 12 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1979 34 BRK FL $ 5,370,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 13 13 13 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,790,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 8,500,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 13 13 13 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 28 CAL JL 157 586 77 144 21 9 22 78 21 13 50 98 .246 .305 .425 .730 73.6 11.1
1974 29 CAL JL 156 553 62 141 23 7 18 87 10 11 50 94 .255 .322 .420 .741 73.4 12.2
1975 30 CAL JL 156 572 72 151 33 6 16 67 12 7 41 111 .264 .316 .427 .742 75.2 12.8
1976 31 CAL JL 61 218 26 45 7 5 11 31 5 2 15 46 .206 .263 .436 .698 25.7 4.5
  AUS FL 78 202 26 58 8 2 8 29 4 1 16 39 .287 .344 .465 .809 31.4 6.9
  TOT   139 420 52 103 15 7 19 60 9 3 31 85 .245 .302 .450 .752 57.1 11.3
1977 32 BIR FL 73 256 30 67 13 4 9 48 8 5 23 54 .262 .322 .449 .771 36.3 6.4
  CHA JL 23 71 8 17 2 1 3 10 2 2 3 21 .239 .267 .423 .689 7.6 1.0
  TOT   96 327 38 84 15 5 12 58 10 7 26 75 .257 .310 .443 .753 44.0 7.4
    AAA   50 163 26 36 11 4 7 27 2 1 18 32 .221 .298 .466 .765 23.1  
1978 33 BRK FL 84 147 13 31 10 0 8 33 3 7 6 40 .211 .241 .442 .683 15.1 1.2
1979 34 BRK FL 72 180 20 29 8 0 6 12 5 2 13 63 .161 .218 .306 .523 11.8 0.0
7 Years Sim 860 2785 334 683 125 34 101 395 70 50 217 566 .245 .302 .423 .725 350.2 56.0
1 Years AAA 50 163 26 36 11 4 7 27 2 1 18 32 .221 .304 .466 .771 23.1  
162 Game Average 524 62 128 23 6 19 74 13 9 40 106 .245 .302 .423 .725 66.0  
Career Highs 157 586 77 151 33 9 22 87 21 13 50 111 .264 .322 .450 .753 75.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1725 212 427 82 22 61 242 47 31 132 347 .248 .303 .427 .730 219.6
vs LH   1060 122 256 43 12 40 153 23 19 85 219 .242 .299 .418 .717 131.3
Home 435 1366 170 338 59 15 55 195 38 21 95 262 .247 .299 .433 .733 175.5
Away 425 1419 164 345 66 19 46 200 32 29 122 304 .243 .304 .414 .718 175.4
RISP   648 0 161 24 9 27 273 0 0 64 149 .248 .312 .438 .750 91.0
Pinch Hitting   68 5 19 3 1 2 13 0 1 5 17 .279 .329 .441 .770 9.3
Close/Late   353 42 93 10 5 12 49 0 0 20 62 .263 .303 .422 .725 44.5
Mar/Apr 159 533 65 127 24 10 10 66 16 15 41 116 .238 .292 .377 .669 56.6
May 162 552 61 136 21 7 20 70 18 15 36 115 .246 .293 .418 .712 65.9
June 143 462 56 114 26 2 14 61 8 6 38 84 .247 .308 .403 .710 56.0
July 122 371 41 85 18 4 16 61 5 4 25 82 .229 .282 .429 .710 44.3
August 128 395 57 97 12 6 16 49 10 6 42 68 .246 .323 .428 .751 55.0
Sep/Oct 146 472 54 124 24 5 25 88 13 4 35 101 .263 .314 .494 .808 73.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 28 CAL JL LF 150 144 1289.3 296 10 1 1 .997 2.14   3.5
    RF 4 2 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
1974 29 CAL JL LF 151 148 1309.0 287 8 3 4 .990 2.03   2.8
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1975 30 CAL JL RF 153 147 1313.0 254 5 9 1 .966 1.78   1.8
1976 31 CAL JL RF 33 30 316.7 70 3 2 1 .973 2.07   0.3
    LF 19 16 172.1 34 1 1 1 .972 1.83   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.81   0.0
  AUS FL RF 43 38 296.6 66 2 2 0 .971 2.06   0.9
    LF 24 21 161.2 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
  TOT   RF 76 68 613.3 136 5 4 1 .972 2.07   1.1
      LF 43 37 333.3 65 1 1 1 .985 1.78   0.0
      CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 32 BIR FL LF 60 56 527.8 145 1 1 0 .993 2.49   2.5
    RF 14 13 110.0 29 0 2 0 .935 2.37   0.0
  CHA JL LF 19 18 138.9 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.4
    RF 5 4 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.0
  TOT   LF 79 74 666.7 183 1 1 0 .995 2.48   3.0
      RF 19 17 139.0 37 0 2 0 .949 2.40   0.0
1978 33 BRK FL RF 51 34 310.0 57 3 5 0 .923 1.74   0.7
    LF 7 0 13.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.29    
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 34 BRK FL LF 43 37 306.7 80 1 0 0 1.000 2.38   1.1
    1B 11 10 91.0 94 7 2 10 .981 9.99   0.2
    RF 7 2 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  LF 473 440 3918.7 916 21 6 6 .994 2.15   10.3
  RF 312 270 2432.3 499 13 20 2 .962 1.89   3.6
  1B 12 10 92.0 95 7 2 10 .981 9.98   0.2
  CF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
Career Totals   800 720 6451.6 1514 41 28 18 .982 2.17   14.2
Career Highs   154 148 1318.3 304 10 9 10 .997 4.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 28 CAL JL 3 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300 .417 .300 .717
1976 31 AUS FL 1 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .750 .833 1.000 1.833
Career Post-Season Batting 4 14 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .429 .556 .500 1.056
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1975-8-156
Doubles
1975-10-33
Caught Stealing
1973-7-13
1974-9-11
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 11th round, 260th overall pick, by California in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Tito Corbin (VAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1973, off J.R. Riles (LOU)
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/23/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $8,500,000 per year
Injured on 6/22/1977 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Birmingham to Charlotte on 7/3/1977 (Going to CHA: LF J. Crawford. Going to BIR: C C. Davis, LF B. Hall)
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/25/1978 to a 3-year deal worth $5,370,000 per year