Sam Crawford

Sam Crawford

1899–1917 · Bats L · Throws L · 6'0", 190 lb · b. 1880 Wahoo, NE

Career 2,517 G · 2,961 H · 97 HR · 1,519 RBI · .309 AVG

Seasons leading his league

16

8 best in baseball 8 league only

120 Top-5 finishes

11 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1902 Best season

Spanning 1901–1915, peaking at 2 titles in 1902.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

Team records #3 Tigers career SB #5 Tigers career H #6 Tigers career RBI #8 Tigers career R #8 Tigers 1911 H #10 Tigers career AVG

Led in Triples for 3 straight seasons (1913–1915) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

229th League titles 16
245th Best in baseball 8
28th Top-5 finishes 120

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

1st Triples 309
16th Outfield Assists 268
35th Hits 2,961
53rd Runs Batted In 1,519
61st Total Bases 4,328
99th Runs 1,391
99th Stolen Bases 366
104th Doubles 458
113th Outfield Putouts 3,626
118th Batting Average .309
312th Walks 760
397th On-Base Plus Slug. .814
422nd Outfield Fielding Percentage .965
428th On-Base Percentage .362
455th Slugging Percentage .452
485th Outfield Range Factor 1.69

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Triples	6	1st	3 yrs (1913–1915)	1902 22 1903 25 1910 19 1913 23 1914 26 1915 AL 19 1901 #3 1906 #3 1907 #2 1908 #2 1909 #2 1912 #3
Runs Batted In	3	1st	2 yrs (1914–1915)	1910 AL 120 1914 AL 104 1915 AL 112 1901 #3 1902 #3 1908 #2 1909 #2 1911 #2 1912 #2
Total Bases	2	1st	—	1913 298 1902 NL 256 1903 #2 1905 #3 1907 #2 1908 #2 1909 #2 1911 #3 1914 #2 1915 #2
Home Runs	2	1st	—	1901 16 1908 AL 7 1905 #3 1909 #3 1913 #2 1914 #2
Outfield Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1905 .988 1906 #3 1908 #2 1911 #2 1912 #2 1914 #2
Doubles	1	1st	—	1909 AL 35 1905 #2 1907 #2 1908 #2 1915 #2
Runs	1	1st	—	1907 AL 102 1908 #2
Outfield Range Factor	—	#2	—	1907 #2 1909 #3
Outfield Assists	—	#2	—	1902 #2
Outfield Putouts	—	#2	—	1907 #2 1909 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1901 #3 1902 #2 1905 #2 1907 #2 1908 #2 1909 #2 1911 #3 1914 #2
On-Base Plus Slug.	—	#2	—	1902 #3 1903 #3 1905 #2 1907 #2 1908 #3 1909 #3 1911 #3 1914 #3
Hits	—	#2	—	1902 #3 1903 #2 1905 #3 1907 #3 1908 #2 1909 #3 1911 #3 1913 #2 1914 #2 1915 #2
Batting Average	—	#2	—	1902 #2 1903 #2 1907 #2 1908 #2 1911 #3

Title Seasons

11 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1915	2	RBI 112 3B 19
1914	2	RBI 104 3B 26
1913	2	3B 23 TB 298
1910	2	RBI 120 3B 19
1909	1	2B 35
1908	1	HR 7
1907	1	R 102
1905	1	OF FPCT .988
1903	1	3B 25
1902	2	3B 22 TB 256
1901	1	HR 16

Batting

led the league 19 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1899	CIN	NL	31	127	25	39	3	7	1	20	2	10	6	.307	.318	.465	.782
1900	CIN	NL	101	389	68	101	15	15	7	59	28	35	14	.260	.314	.429	.744
1901	CIN	NL	131	515	91	170	20	16	16	104	37	45	13	.330	.378	.524	.903
1902	CIN	NL	140	555	92	185	18	22	3	78	47	40	16	.333	.386	.461	.848
1903	DET	AL	137	550	88	184	23	25	4	89	25	46	18	.335	.366	.489	.855
1904	DET	AL	150	562	49	143	22	16	2	73	44	58	20	.254	.309	.361	.670
1905	DET	AL	154	575	73	171	38	10	6	75	50	31	22	.297	.357	.430	.786
1906	DET	AL	145	563	65	166	25	16	2	66	38	20	24	.295	.341	.407	.747
1907	DET	AL	144	582	102	188	34	17	4	81	37	29	18	.323	.366	.461	.826
1908	DET	AL	152	591	102	184	33	16	7	80	37	28	15	.311	.355	.457	.812
1909	DET	AL	156	589	83	185	35	14	6	97	47	32	30	.314	.366	.452	.817
1910	DET	AL	154	588	83	170	26	19	5	120	37	34	20	.289	.332	.424	.756
1911	DET	AL	146	574	109	217	36	14	7	115	61	36	37	.378	.438	.526	.964
1912	DET	AL	149	581	81	189	30	21	4	109	42	32	41	.325	.373	.470	.843
1913	DET	AL	153	609	78	193	32	23	9	83	52	28	13	.317	.371	.489	.860
1914	DET	AL	157	582	74	183	22	26	8	104	69	31	25	.314	.388	.483	.871
1915	DET	AL	156	612	81	183	31	19	4	112	66	29	24	.299	.367	.431	.799
1916	DET	AL	100	322	41	92	11	13	0	42	37	10	10	.286	.359	.401	.760
1917	DET	AL	61	104	6	18	4	0	2	12	4	6	0	.173	.204	.269	.473
Career	—	—	2,517	9,570	1,391	2,961	458	309	97	1,519	760	580	366	.309	.362	.452	.814

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1899	CIN	NL	OF	31	—	237.0	56	9	2	2	67	.970	2.10
1900	CIN	NL	OF	95	—	953.0	237	18	14	2	269	.948	2.68
1901	CIN	NL	OF	127	—	1123.0	209	20	19	6	248	.923	1.80
1902	CIN	NL	OF	140	—	1210.0	208	24	17	5	249	.932	1.66
1903	DET	AL	OF	137	—	1167.0	225	16	10	3	251	.960	1.76
1904	DET	AL	OF	150	150	1308.0	230	18	7	8	255	.973	1.65
1905	DET	AL	OF	103	103	873.0	152	18	2	3	172	.988	1.65
			1B	51	51	458.0	478	41	11	22	530	.979	10.18
1906	DET	AL	OF	116	116	1003.0	171	19	3	2	193	.985	1.64
			1B	32	27	265.0	287	17	2	10	306	.994	9.50
1907	DET	AL	OF	144	144	1276.0	311	22	12	2	345	.965	2.31
			1B	2	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
1908	DET	AL	OF	134	135	1192.0	252	9	8	2	269	.970	1.95
			1B	17	16	153.0	176	13	6	12	195	.969	11.12
1909	DET	AL	OF	139	140	1250.0	297	7	11	2	315	.965	2.19
			1B	18	16	142.0	189	10	6	2	205	.971	11.06
1910	DET	AL	OF	153	153	1349.0	223	10	9	2	242	.963	1.52
			1B	1	1	13.0	11	1	0	0	12	1.000	12.00
1911	DET	AL	OF	146	—	—	181	16	5	3	202	.975	1.35
1912	DET	AL	OF	149	—	—	169	16	3	5	188	.984	1.24
1913	DET	AL	OF	140	—	—	201	14	8	5	223	.964	1.54
			1B	13	—	—	156	7	6	6	169	.965	12.54
1914	DET	AL	OF	157	—	—	193	18	5	4	216	.977	1.34
1915	DET	AL	OF	156	—	—	219	8	6	1	233	.974	1.46
1916	DET	AL	OF	79	—	—	85	6	2	2	93	.979	1.15
			1B	2	—	—	19	0	0	1	19	1.000	9.50
1917	DET	AL	1B	15	—	—	158	2	2	5	162	.988	10.67
			OF	3	—	—	7	0	0	0	7	1.000	2.33
Career	—	—	OF	2,299	941	12941.0	3,626	268	143	59	4,037	.965	1.69
	—	—	1B	151	111	1038.0	1,476	91	33	58	1,600	.979	10.38