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Jan 28, 1902 Society Hill, South Carolina, United States Died on 25 Jan 1994 (aged 91)
American baseball player (1902-1994)
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About Pat Crawford Baseball
- Clifford Rankin "Pat" Crawford, a.k.a.
- "Captain Pat", (January 28, 1902 – January 25, 1994) was a major league baseball player.
- He graduated from Sumter High School, class of 1919.
- Crawford went to Davidson College.
- He played baseball for several semi-pro and minor league teams throughout the 1920s including a stint as the left fielder for the 1922 Kinston Highwaymen in the Eastern Carolina Baseball Association, an independent or "outlaw league" team not affiliated with the National Association.
- Crawford got his big break in 1929 when he made it to the majors with the New York Giants, which were still being managed by the Hall of Famer John McGraw.
- On May 26, 1929, Crawford hit a pinch hit grand slam off Socks Seibold in the sixth inning.
- Les Bell then hit a seventh inning pinch hit grand slam off Carl Hubbell.
- This was the only time in history that two pinch hit grand slams were hit in the same game.
- In 1931 and 1932, he had over 237 and 236 hits respectively for minor league Columbus, Ohio.
- He went in and out of the majors through the 1934 season and was named league MVP of the American Association while playing for the Columbus Senators in 1932.
- In 1934, Crawford found himself playing on the world champion St.
- Louis Cardinals.
- The last two games of his major league career were World Series games.
- His teammates on the Gashouse Gang that year included HOFers Frankie Frisch, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Dizzy Dean, and Burleigh Grimes.
- All told, Pat had a .280 batting average in 318 major league games.
- He was one of the initial inductees in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame on February 11, 1983.
