Pat Crosby

Patrick Crosby

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
• High School Benjamin Cardozo High School

• Born February 13, 1965 in Flushing, NY USA

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Biographical Information

OF/1B Pat Crosby played in the minor leagues from 1984 to 1986. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft out of a high school in Queens, NY and began his career that same year with the Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League where he hit .356 in 24 games (but just 73 at-bats). He got a more extended look in 1985 when he split his time between Elizabethton and the Kenosha Twins of the Midwest League, where he hit .238/.317/.297 in 105 games.

He is mainly remembered for being part of a significant trade between the Twins and the New York Mets on January 16, 1986. He joined 2B Tim Teufel in heading to the Mets in return for three players, Billy Beane, Bill Latham and Joe Klink. Teufel turned out to be a key addition to the Mets as they won the 1986 World Series while Beane was a former top draft pick who was expected to become a starter with the Twins. That never happened, but he would go on to achieve greater fame and fortune as the long-time General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. The other two players given up by the Mets, both pitchers, played briefly in the majors, but it was not the case for Crosby. In his final pro season in 1986, he was in the New York-Penn League with the Little Falls Mets and hit .259/.311/.300 in 62 games. He was released the next spring, ending his career. In all, he hit 3 professional home runs, one in each of his three seasons.