Willie Crawford Notable

b. September 7, 1946 · Los Angeles Dodgers 1964–1975, St. Louis Cardinals 1976, Houston Astros 1977, Oakland Athletics 1977

Willie Crawford played for four clubs across 14 seasons as a right fielder, opening with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1964 and closing with the Oakland Athletics in 1977.

Across 1,210 games he batted .268, with 921 hits and 507 runs. He finished with 86 home runs, 152 doubles and 47 stolen bases.

He played 982 games in the outfield, with 1,659 putouts and 44 errors.

He was born in Los Angeles, CA, USA on September 7, 1946, and died on August 27, 2004. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Month	1	1973
Player of the Week	1	1973

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1964	LAD	10	16	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	7	1	.313
1965	LAD	52	27	10	4	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	.148
1966	LAD	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1967	LAD	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.250
1968	LAD	61	175	25	44	12	1	4	14	20	64	1	.251
1969	LAD	129	389	64	96	17	5	11	41	49	85	4	.247
1970	LAD	109	299	48	70	8	6	8	40	33	88	4	.234
1971	LAD	114	342	64	96	16	6	9	40	28	49	5	.281
1972	LAD	96	243	28	61	7	3	8	27	35	55	4	.251
1973	LAD	145	457	75	135	26	2	14	66	78	91	12	.295
1974	LAD	139	468	73	138	23	4	11	61	64	88	7	.295
1975	LAD	124	373	46	98	15	2	9	46	49	43	5	.263
1976	STL	120	392	49	119	17	5	9	50	37	53	2	.304
1977	HOU/OAK	101	250	21	54	10	1	3	34	34	30	0	.216
Career	—	1210	3435	507	921	152	35	86	419	431	664	47	.268

On this day & linked events

1946

Born September 7, 1946

Los Angeles, CA, USA

2004

Died August 27, 2004

1964

Major-league debut: Willie Crawford

Willie Crawford made a major-league debut on September 16, 1964.

1977

Final major-league game: Willie Crawford

Willie Crawford played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.

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