Frank Crespi

Name Note: Name presented as Creepy Crespi in some sources

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 175lb (173cm, 79kg)

Born: February 16, 1918 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: March 1, 1990 in Florissant, MO

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

School: Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 14, 1938 (Age 20-210d, 8,525th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 24-223d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Frank Angelo Joseph Crespi

Nicknames: Creepy

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1942 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

911

240

.263

125

RBI

OBP

.336

SLG

.321

OPS

.657

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
4	4	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 18	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 26 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 26 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 28	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
14	14	Apr 29	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
15	15	Apr 30	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	17	May 2	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	26	6.0	3	3	0	6	2
18	18	May 3 (1)	STL		BRO	W,14-10	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
19	19	May 3 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	26	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
20	20	May 5	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	47	11.0	7	2	0	9	1
21	21	May 6	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
22	22	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
23	23	May 9	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	24	May 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS	23	5.0	4	2	0	6	1
25	25	May 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 12	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
27	27	May 13	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	28	May 15	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	5	4	0	9	1
29	29	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
30	30	May 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	31	May 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	32	May 18	STL	@	NYG	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
33	33	May 19	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
34	34	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
35	35	May 23	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 24 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
38	43 (5)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,10-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	52 (8)	Jun 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	56 (3)	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS	22	5.1	2	1	0	3	1
41	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	58	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	59	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
44	60	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
45	61	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	62	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	63	Jun 25	STL	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	64	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	57	14.0	7	3	0	10	3
49	65	Jun 28 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
50	66	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	67	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
52	68	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	7	0	11	0
53	69	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
55	71	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	72	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	3
57	73	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	74	Jul 9	STL		NYG	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
59	75	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
60	76	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
61	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
62	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	79	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	81 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	83 (1)	Jul 17	STL		PHI	W,10-1	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	1
66	87 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
67	88	Jul 21	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
68	89	Jul 22	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
69	90	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
70	97 (6)	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	102 (4)	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
72	103	Aug 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	104	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	105	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	4	2	0	6	1
75	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
76	107	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
77	108	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	109	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	5	6	1	12	1
80	111	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	112	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,5-13	GS	14	3.0	1	1	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	133 (20)	Sep 2	STL		NYG	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
83	134	Sep 3	STL		NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	137 (2)	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	138	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-11	GF	20	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	139	Sep 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
87	148 (8)	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	156 (7)	Sep 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
							88gm		701.0	227	201	16	444	43