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Billy Crowell

William Theodore Crowell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 6, 1865 in Cincinnati, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1887
Teams (by GP): Blues/Colonels 1887-1888

Final Game: September 5, 1888
Died: July 24, 1935 in Fort Worth, TX
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1887	21	CLE	AA	14	31	.311	4.88	45	45	0	45	1	0	389.1	541	350	211	9	138	72	20	0	23	1812	89	1.744	12.5	0.2	3.2	1.7	0.52
1888	22	TOT	AA	5	14	.263	5.81	19	19	0	17	0	0	159.2	224	162	103	9	67	66	10	0	20	778	54	1.823	12.6	0.5	3.8	3.7	0.99
1888	22	CLE	AA	5	13	.278	5.79	18	18	0	16	0	0	150.2	212	148	97	8	61	61	9	0	20	732	53	1.812	12.7	0.5	3.6	3.6	1.00
1888	22	LOU	AA	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	14	6	1	6	5	1	0	0	46	54	2.000	12.0	1.0	6.0	5.0	0.83
2 Seasons				19	45	.297	5.15	64	64	0	62	1	0	549.0	765	512	314	18	205	138	30	0	43	2590	77	1.767	12.5	0.3	3.4	2.3	0.67
162 Game Avg.				10	24	.297	5.15	34	34	0	33	1	0	292	406	272	167	10	109	73	16	0	23	1376	77	1.767	12.5	0.3	3.4	2.3	0.67

CLE (2 yrs)				19	44	.302	5.13	63	63	0	61	1	0	540.0	753	498	308	17	199	133	29	0	43	2544	78	1.763	12.6	0.3	3.3	2.2	0.67
LOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	14	6	1	6	5	1	0	0	46	54	2.000	12.0	1.0	6.0	5.0	0.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1887	21	CLE	AA	389.1	45	350	332	-24	1.0	-18	0.7	$
1888	22	CLE	AA	150.2	18	148	100	-5	1.0	-48	-3.8	$
1888	22	LOU	AA	9.0	1	14	6	0	1.0	-8	-0.7	$
2 Seasons				549.0	64	512	438	-29	1.0	-74	-3.8	$

CLE (2 yrs)				540.0	63	498	432	-29	1.0	-66	-3.1	$
LOU (1 yr)				9.0	1	14	6	0	1.0	-8	-0.7	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1887	21	CLE	AA	45	167	156	15	22	1	0	0	6	5	10	.141	.198	.147	.345	-2	23	1	1
1888	22	TOT	AA	19	65	61	5	5	2	0	0	3	2	4	.082	.138	.115	.253	-18	7	0	1/O
1888	22	CLE	AA	18	61	58	5	5	2	0	0	3	1	3	.086	.131	.121	.252	-18	7	0	1/O
1888	22	LOU	AA	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0	0	/1
2 Seasons				64	232	217	20	27	3	0	0	9	7	14	.124	.181	.138	.319	-6	30	1
162 Game Avg.				162	587	549	51	68	8	0	0	23	18	35	.124	.181	.138	.319	-6	76	3

CLE (2 yrs)				63	228	214	20	27	3	0	0	9	6	13	.126	.180	.140	.320	-6	30	1
LOU (1 yr)				1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1887	21	CLE	AA	167	-25	-1	0	0	0	2	3	-21	-1.6	-21	-1.6	0.0	$	1
1888	22	CLE	AA	61	-8	0	0	0	0	1	1	-6	-0.5	-6	-0.6	0.1	$	1/O
1888	22	LOU	AA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
2 Seasons				232	-33	-1	0	0	0	3	4	-27	-2.1	-27	-2.2	0.1	$

CLE (2 yrs)				228	-33	-1	0	0	0	3	4	-27	-2.1	-27	-2.2	0.1	$
LOU (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1887	CLE	AA	21	P	45	389.1	75	5	65	5	4	.933	1.62	1.56	.876	2.27	2.18
1888	TOT	AA	22	P	19	159.2	40	2	35	3	1	.925	2.09	1.95	.888	2.45	2.41
1888	CLE	AA	22	P	18	150.2	35	2	31	2	1	.943	1.97	1.83	.886	2.45	2.41
1888	CLE	AA	22	OF	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.80	0-0-1
1888	LOU	AA	22	P	1	9.0	5	0	4	1	0	.800	4.00	4.00	.900	2.40	2.40
	2 Seasons			P	64	549.0	115	7	100	8	5	.930	1.75	1.67	.880	2.32	2.25
	1 Season			OF	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.80	0-0-1
	2 Seasons			TOT	65	549.0	115	7	100	8	5	.930	1.75	1.65	.880	2.32	2.24	0-0-1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1887 AA 45 (10th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1887 AA 389.3 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1887 AA 45 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1887 AA 45 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1887 AA 1 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1887 AA 9 (6th) 1888 AA 9 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1887 AA 138 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1887 AA 541 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 1887 AA 31 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1887 AA 211 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1887 AA 20 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1887 AA 1812 (8th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1887 AA .933 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1586), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1822), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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