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Alan
Crosby		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 28, 1915 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1952   
All-Star Selections 1939    1940    1946    1949    1950    1952   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Chet Covington Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 23 MEM SA 15 10 .600 32 32 7 3 0 231.7 199 88 19 60 204 3.42 .229 .276 .389 .665  
1939 24 MEM SA 18 14 .563 34 34 28 3 0 276.3 241 103 34 62 274 3.35 .232 .274 .416 .690  
1940 25 MEM SA 21 11 .656 36 36 32 4 0 313.0 266 110 41 46 358 3.16 .229 .257 .428 .685  
1941 26 MEM SA 18 9 .667 29 29 26 4 0 248.7 200 73 18 35 280 2.64 .216 .245 .369 .614  
1942 27 MEM SA 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 .000 .091 .000 .091  
1944 29 MEM SA 15 15 .500 35 35 24 3 0 302.7 261 116 26 42 329 3.45 .231 .259 .395 .654  
1945 30 MEM SA 16 15 .516 35 35 24 3 0 295.0 265 102 24 33 279 3.11 .238 .260 .394 .654  
1946 31 MEM SA 16 11 .593 33 33 17 0 0 273.0 258 122 27 39 263 4.02 .248 .272 .441 .713  
1947 32 MEM SA 6 12 .333 23 23 7 0 0 173.0 175 77 14 28 162 4.01 .260 .290 .447 .737  
1948 33 LR SA 10 13 .435 29 29 6 0 0 224.3 225 106 24 30 207 4.25 .260 .282 .451 .733  
1949 34 LR SA 15 15 .500 35 35 4 1 0 266.0 242 102 31 51 218 3.45 .240 .275 .428 .703  
1950 35 LR SA 17 11 .607 44 44 4 1 0 284.0 294 133 33 46 244 4.21 .262 .291 .475 .766  
1951 36 MOB SA 7 16 .304 33 33 5 0 0 237.3 221 107 33 52 179 4.06 .247 .286 .448 .734  
1952 37 MOB SA 20 6 .769 33 32 3 1 0 227.7 224 100 29 53 146 3.95 .254 .295 .452 .747  
14 Years Sim 194 158 .551 432 431 187 23 0 3356.0 3071 1339 353 578 3147 3.59 .241 .273 .425 .698  
Season Average 13 11 .542 30 30 13 1 0 239.7 219 95 25 41 224 3.59 .241 .273 .425 .698  
Career Highs 21 16 .769 44 44 32 4 0 313.0 294 133 41 62 358 4.25 .262 .295 .475 .766  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 23 MEM SA 32 84 10 10 7 0 0 9 0 0 3 34 .119 .148 .202 .350 1.0  
1939 24 MEM SA 34 96 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 52 .031 .061 .063 .123 -6.0  
1940 25 MEM SA 36 115 10 9 5 1 0 4 0 0 7 42 .078 .131 .139 .270 -1.3  
1941 26 MEM SA 29 89 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 34 .034 .065 .045 .109 -5.5  
1942 27 MEM SA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1944 29 MEM SA 35 109 7 6 3 0 2 5 0 0 4 47 .055 .088 .138 .226 -3.2  
1945 30 MEM SA 35 104 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 55 .058 .075 .067 .143 -5.4  
1946 31 MEM SA 33 91 6 8 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 43 .088 .108 .154 .261 -1.0  
1947 32 MEM SA 23 58 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 .034 .034 .069 .103 -4.2  
1948 33 LR SA 29 81 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 49 .062 .095 .099 .194 -2.9  
1949 34 LR SA 35 94 2 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 59 .074 .084 .117 .201 -3.5  
1950 35 LR SA 44 97 4 7 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 45 .072 .091 .134 .225 -2.8  
1951 36 MOB SA 33 81 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 48 .012 .059 .012 .071 -5.6  
1952 37 MOB SA 33 77 4 8 4 0 1 9 0 0 4 41 .104 .146 .195 .341 0.8  
14 Years Sim 432 1178 50 75 42 1 4 36 0 2 38 586 .064 .093 .111 .204 -39.8  
162 Game Average 441 18 28 15 0 1 13 0 0 14 219 .064 .093 .111 .204 -14.9  
Career Highs 44 115 10 10 7 1 2 9 0 1 7 59 .119 .148 .202 .350 1.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 23 MEM SA P 32 32 231.7 8 29 1 3 .974 1.44    
1939 24 MEM SA P 34 34 276.3 13 32 1 1 .978 1.47    
1940 25 MEM SA P 36 36 313.0 13 40 1 1 .981 1.52    
1941 26 MEM SA P 29 29 248.7 12 32 0 1 1.000 1.59    
1942 27 MEM SA P 1 1 3.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 8.11    
1944 29 MEM SA P 35 35 302.7 10 31 2 4 .953 1.22    
1945 30 MEM SA P 35 35 295.0 17 37 2 4 .964 1.65    
1946 31 MEM SA P 33 33 273.0 16 34 0 1 1.000 1.65    
1947 32 MEM SA P 23 23 173.0 6 28 1 1 .971 1.77    
1948 33 LR SA P 29 29 224.3 15 31 2 1 .958 1.85    
1949 34 LR SA P 35 35 266.0 15 39 1 3 .982 1.83    
1950 35 LR SA P 44 44 284.0 14 42 4 4 .933 1.77    
1951 36 MOB SA P 33 33 237.3 12 39 0 2 1.000 1.93    
1952 37 MOB SA P 33 32 227.7 8 35 3 1 .935 1.70    
Career Totals   432 431 3356.0 160 451 18 27 .971 1.64    
Career Highs   44 44 313.0 17 42 4 4 1.000 8.11    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1940 25 MEM SA 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 18 7 2 2 24 3.50 .269 .290 .493 .782
1941 26 MEM SA 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 12 6 3 5 13 6.00 .316 .395 .658 1.053
1952 37 MOB SA 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 9.00 .250 .400 .500 .900
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 4 3 3 0 0 28.0 31 14 5 8 38 4.50 .284 .333 .550 .884
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 25 MEM SA 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1941 26 MEM SA 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1938-5-3.42
1939-7-3.35
1940-5-3.16
1941-2-2.64
1945-7-3.11
1952-9-3.95
CAR-23-3.59
 Wins
1938-10-15
1939-6-18
1940-2-21
1941-6-18
1945-10-16
1946-7-16
1950-8-17
1952-6-20
CAR-12-194
 Losses
1944-10-15
1945-6-15
1949-10-15
1951-2-16
CAR-6-158
 Winning Pct
1938-9-.600
1940-5-.656
1941-5-.667
1946-10-.593
1950-10-.607
1952-2-.769
CAR-34-.551
 Games Pitched
1939-5-34
1940-2-36
1944-10-35
CAR-20-432
 Games Started
1939-5-34
1940-2-36
1944-3-35
1945-5-35
1946-7-33
1949-5-35
1950-1-44
CAR-7-431
Complete Games
1939-5-28
1940-1-32
1941-5-26
1944-8-24
1945-4-24
CAR-14-187
 Shutouts
1938-1-3
1939-5-3
1940-1-4
1941-2-4
1944-5-3
1945-5-3
1950-9-1
CAR-11-23
 Innings Pitched
1940-1-313.0
1944-3-302.7
1945-4-295.0
1946-6-273.0
1949-6-266.0
1950-5-284.0
CAR-9-3356.0
 Hits Allowed
1940-10-266
1944-10-261
1945-7-265
1950-3-294
CAR-9-3071
 Homeruns Allowed
1940-3-41
1946-8-27
1949-10-31
1950-9-33
1951-4-33
1952-8-29
CAR-11-353
 Strikeouts
1939-6-274
1940-1-358
1941-8-280
1944-1-329
1945-6-279
1946-1-263
1949-10-218
1950-5-244
CAR-8-3147
Walks per 9IP
1938-8-2.3
1939-5-2.0
1940-1-1.3
1941-2-1.3
1944-1-1.2
1945-3-1.0
1946-2-1.3
1948-2-1.2
1950-7-1.5
CAR-4-1.6
 Hits per 9IP
1938-6-7.7
1939-7-7.8
1940-7-7.6
1941-2-7.2
1944-5-7.8
1945-8-8.1
1946-7-8.5
1949-10-8.2
1951-8-8.4
1952-8-8.9
CAR-14-8.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1938-5-7.9
1939-8-8.9
1940-2-10.3
1941-4-10.1
1944-3-9.8
1946-5-8.7
1948-6-8.3
1950-9-7.7
CAR-15-8.4
 WHiP
1938-2-1.12
1939-5-1.10
1940-3-1.00
1941-1-0.95
1944-3-1.00
1945-5-1.01
1946-5-1.09
1948-7-1.14
1949-9-1.10
1951-8-1.15
1952-9-1.22
CAR-7-1.09
 OAVG
1938-5-.229
1939-7-.232
1940-7-.229
1941-2-.216
1944-5-.231
1945-8-.238
1946-6-.248
1949-10-.240
1951-9-.247
1952-8-.254
CAR-12-.241
 OOBP
1938-2-.276
1939-4-.274
1940-3-.257
1941-1-.245
1944-3-.259
1945-5-.260
1946-5-.272
1948-5-.282
1949-7-.275
1951-7-.286
1952-7-.295
CAR-7-.273
OSLG
1938-9-.389
1941-6-.369
CAR-35-.425
 OOPS
1938-5-.665
1941-3-.614
1945-10-.654
CAR-27-.698
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 205    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 171)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 59)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Memphis in 1938
Had first career hit (double) on 4/28/1938, off Frank Boughton (LR)
Earned first career win on 4/28/1938
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1938, winning 2 games with a 3.45 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1938, winning 2 games with a 0.56 ERA
Injured on 9/3/1938 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Struck out 15 batters against New Orleans on 5/18/1940
Struck out 15 batters against Nashville on 6/12/1940
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1940, going 6-0, 2.71
Set a new season SA-Record for Strikeouts with 350 on 9/4/1940
Set a new season SA-Record for Strikeouts with 356 on 9/8/1940
Struck out 15 batters against New Orleans on 9/19/1940
Struck out 16 batters against New Orleans on 5/4/1941
Struck out 15 batters against Birmingham on 5/13/1941
Injured on 6/16/1941 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Struck out 16 batters against Nashville on 8/6/1941
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 8/14/1942 to a 1-year deal worth $3,284,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 2/23/1944 to a 4-year deal worth $3,022,100 per year
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1944, off Steven Bell (KNX)
Struck out 15 batters against Nashville on 7/7/1944
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1944, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1945, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 7/8/1947 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 9/8/1947 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Little Rock on 4/22/1948 to a 1-year deal worth $2,256,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Little Rock on 3/5/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $3,400,000 per year
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1949, going 5-1, 1.76
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Mobile on 3/9/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 6/28/1951 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Pitched NO-HITTER against Chattanooga on 8/9/1952, striking out 9
Won Class A Championship with Mobile in 1952
Signed as a free agent by Mobile on 3/15/1953 to a minor league contract
 
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