Estel Crabtree
1929–1944 · bats L / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, SHV, St. Louis Cardinals
490G
.281AVG
.339OBP
.382SLG
More career statistics
396H
13HR
142RBI
8SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 109 | 110 |
| Batting · RBI | 142 | 139 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 8 | 9 |
| Batting · Walks | 113 | 114 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490 | 1,554 | 1,408 | 174 | 396 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 142 | 113 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 538 | .281 | .339 | .382 | .721 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1932-07-23 to 1932-08-07
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1931-06-27 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1931-09-20 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1941-05-30 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 246 | 762 | 189 | 7 | 69 | 52 | 54 | .272 | .316 | .386 |
| Away | 244 | 792 | 207 | 6 | 70 | 62 | 56 | .290 | .340 | .378 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 92 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | .222 | .293 | .284 |
| May | 77 | 186 | 50 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 14 | .296 | .344 | .432 |
| June | 92 | 269 | 70 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 18 | .294 | .342 | .374 |
| July | 90 | 279 | 75 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 20 | .288 | .323 | .388 |
| August | 98 | 342 | 95 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 21 | .301 | .336 | .377 |
| September | 97 | 376 | 87 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 31 | .260 | .322 | .395 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 84 | 269 | 76 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 16 | .317 | .372 | .471 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 79 | 243 | 59 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 18 | .263 | .288 | .335 |
| new-york-giants | 69 | 204 | 47 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 23 | .250 | .309 | .372 |
| boston-braves | 68 | 235 | 58 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 16 | .270 | .298 | .372 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 60 | 196 | 48 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 10 | .270 | .311 | .331 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 58 | 184 | 49 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 8 | .293 | .342 | .347 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 54 | 184 | 51 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | .302 | .348 | .402 |
| cincinnati-reds | 18 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 6 | .296 | .487 | .556 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cincinnati Reds | 117 | 443 | 119 | 4 | 37 | 4 | .269 | – | – |
| 1932 | Cincinnati Reds | 109 | 402 | 110 | 2 | 32 | 2 | .274 | – | – |
| 1933 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 34 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | .265 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 167 | 57 | 5 | 28 | 1 | .341 | – | – |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 9 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cincinnati Reds | 95 | 254 | 70 | 2 | 26 | 1 | .276 | – | – |
| 1944 | Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 98 | 28 | – | 11 | – | .286 | – | – |