George Crowe
1947–1961 · bats L / throws L · ASE, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans, Philadelphia Stars
748G
.275AVG
.337OBP
.472SLG
More career statistics
516H
86HR
332RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
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 · Games | 748 | 749 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,878 | 1,869 |
| Batting · Doubles | 76 | 78 |
| Batting · Hits | 516 | 519 |
| Batting · Home runs | 86 | 87 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,083 | 2,077 |
| Batting · Runs | 243 | 239 |
| Batting · RBI | 332 | 320 |
| Batting · Triples | 18 | 16 |
| Batting · Walks | 174 | 179 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 748 | 2,083 | 1,878 | 243 | 516 | 76 | 18 | 86 | 332 | 174 | 246 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 886 | .275 | .337 | .472 | .809 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1947-06-24 to 1948-05-12
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1957-07-04 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1956-04-28 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1958-05-02 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 366 | 1037 | 259 | 47 | 181 | 84 | 130 | .276 | .331 | .488 |
| Away | 383 | 1040 | 260 | 40 | 139 | 95 | 116 | .279 | .341 | .465 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 126 | 31 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 21 | .261 | .294 | .471 |
| May | 136 | 381 | 103 | 19 | 73 | 41 | 29 | .307 | .378 | .515 |
| June | 157 | 449 | 107 | 14 | 61 | 39 | 50 | .269 | .325 | .472 |
| July | 143 | 389 | 116 | 19 | 68 | 26 | 43 | .321 | .365 | .576 |
| August | 146 | 408 | 91 | 15 | 47 | 41 | 62 | .249 | .324 | .414 |
| September | 103 | 322 | 71 | 13 | 52 | 26 | 40 | .247 | .301 | .396 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 105 | 328 | 87 | 15 | 60 | 21 | 49 | .286 | .329 | .516 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 100 | 265 | 73 | 11 | 49 | 20 | 30 | .305 | .351 | .506 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 89 | 243 | 60 | 9 | 33 | 18 | 31 | .267 | .321 | .436 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 86 | 301 | 71 | 13 | 38 | 32 | 37 | .272 | .342 | .464 |
| milwaukee-braves | 75 | 181 | 48 | 12 | 37 | 11 | 21 | .286 | .326 | .548 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 65 | 180 | 37 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 28 | .220 | .272 | .375 |
| new-york-giants | 56 | 159 | 36 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 14 | .255 | .314 | .404 |
| cincinnati-reds | 55 | 118 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 10 | .293 | .381 | .525 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 23 | 67 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .358 | – | – |
| 1948 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 24 | 75 | 28 | 3 | 7 | – | .373 | – | – |
| 1952 | 73 | 217 | 56 | 4 | 20 | – | .258 | – | – | |
| 1953 | 47 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 6 | – | .286 | – | – | |
| 1955 | 104 | 303 | 85 | 15 | 55 | 1 | .281 | – | – | |
| 1956 | 77 | 144 | 36 | 10 | 23 | – | .250 | – | – | |
| 1957 | 133 | 494 | 134 | 31 | 92 | 1 | .271 | – | – | |
| 1958 | 111 | 345 | 95 | 7 | 61 | 1 | .275 | – | – | |
| 1959 | 77 | 103 | 31 | 8 | 29 | – | .301 | – | – | |
| 1960 | 73 | 72 | 17 | 4 | 13 | – | .236 | – | – | |
| 1961 | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | – | – |