Jim Crawford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: September 29, 1950 in Chicago, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 14th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tucson HS (Tucson, AZ) and the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Tucson HS (Tucson, AZ)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: April 6, 1973 (Age 22-189d, 13,327th in major league history)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 27, 1978 (Age 27-301d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: James Frederick Crawford

Nicknames: Catfish

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

ERA

4.40

181

431.1

276

WHIP

1.528

Summary of 27 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 2 tying, 7 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	20
HOU	7

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	5

Home/Road
Home	16
Away	11

Outs
0	11
2	10
1	6

13 Opps
SFG	3
TEX	3
NYY	3
MIN	2
BOS	2
OAK	2
MON	2
BAL	2
TOR	2
MIL	2
CHW	2
SDP	1
CIN	1

23 Batters
Ken Singleton	3
Ed Goodson	2
Sal Bando	2
Eric Soderholm	1
Gene Tenace	1
Dave Kingman	1
Otto Vélez	1
Willie McCovey	1
Denis Menke	1
Bob Bailor	1
Tom Grieve	1
Butch Hobson	1
Jim Tyrone	1
Chet Lemon	1
John Boccabella	1
Toby Harrah	1
Richie Zisk	1
Cito Gaston	1
Thurman Munson	1
Rick Burleson	1
Graig Nettles	1
Rod Carew	1
Dan Ford	1

9 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	12
Astrodome (HOU)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	12
9	6
8	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	12
1--	5
123	3
12-	3
-2-	2
--3	1
1-3	1

52 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	12
1 on	8
2 on	4
3 on	3
Any on	15

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	4
4	1
5	2
6	4
7	5
8	1
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	7
4-6	7
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	5
+1	1
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	16
Tied	7
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	8
3B	8
1B	3
CF	2
C	2
SS	2
LF	1
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	6
6th	6
8th	5
3rd	4
4th	3
7th	1
1st	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-04-12	Willie McCovey	SFG		HOU	ahead 5-2	b 4	2	1-3	3	4	3	10%	97%		Home Run; B. Bonds Scores; C. Speier Scores
2	2	2	1	1973-05-21	Ed Goodson	SFG	@	HOU	ahead 8-4	t 9	0	---	1	5	5	1%	99%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1973-06-22	Ed Goodson	SFG		HOU	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	1--	2	5	5	8%	97%		Home Run; D. Kingman Scores
4	4	4	1	1973-07-02	Cito Gaston	SDP	@	HOU	tied 5-5	t 9	1	12-	3	5	9	39%	97%		Home Run; J. Morales Scores; N. Colbert Scores
5	5	5	1	1973-07-06 (1)	John Boccabella	MON		HOU	ahead 8-7	b 6	2	123	4	8	2	21%	97%		Home Run; B. Bailey Scores; K. Singleton Scores; M. Jorgensen Scores
6	6	6	1	1973-07-16	Ken Singleton	MON	@	HOU	behind 2-5	t 9	2	12-	3	4	9	37%	40%		Home Run; R. Hunt Scores; M. Jorgensen Scores
7	7	7	1	1973-09-04	Denis Menke	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 6-4	t 9	0	---	1	8	6	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1976-05-22	Ken Singleton	BAL		DET	tied 4-4	b 9	2	123	4	6	9	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); P. Blair Scores; L. May Scores; T. Harper Scores
9	9	2	1	1976-07-18	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	DET	ahead 8-1	t 7	0	---	1	6	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1976-08-10 (2)	Tom Grieve	TEX	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1976-09-24 (2)	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	12-	3	6	5	13%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Piniella Scores; O. Vélez Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1977-04-19	Rick Burleson	BOS		DET	ahead 4-2	b 2	1	-2-	2	1	6	11%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Miller Scores
13	13	2	1	1977-04-27	Eric Soderholm	CHW	@	DET	behind 6-8	t 6	0	---	1	7	5	12%	34%		Home Run (LF-CF)
14	14	3	2	1977-04-27	Chet Lemon	CHW	@	DET	behind 7-8	t 6	0	---	1	8	8	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	1977-05-13	Sal Bando	MIL		DET	ahead 7-2	b 5	0	---	1	5	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	5	2	1977-05-13	Sal Bando	MIL		DET	ahead 8-3	b 7	2	---	1	5	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	6	1	1977-05-30	Jim Tyrone	OAK	@	DET	ahead 5-0	t 7	0	---	1	9	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	7	1	1977-07-15	Bob Bailor	TOR		DET	tied 6-6	b 13	2	1--	2	3	8	44%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores
19	19	8	1	1977-08-03	Dan Ford	MIN		DET	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	9	1	1977-08-12	Rod Carew	MIN	@	DET	ahead 8-3	t 3	2	123	4	3	3	7%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Cubbage Scores; B. Randall Scores; R. Smalley Scores
21	21	10	1	1977-09-17	Thurman Munson	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	2	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Randolph Scores
22	22	11	2	1977-09-17	Dave Kingman	NYY	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	6	DH	15%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores
23	23	12	1	1977-09-25	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	DET	ahead 10-3	t 8	0	1--	2	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lynn Scores
24	24	13	1	1977-09-29	Ken Singleton	BAL		DET	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	3	9	11%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Dauer Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1978-04-22	Toby Harrah	TEX	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	1	6	5	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1978-04-23 (2)	Richie Zisk	TEX	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 11	0	---	1	4	9	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1978-06-21	Otto Vélez	TOR		DET	behind 6-10	b 7	2	--3	2	6	9	9%	14%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Howell Scores