Sam Crawford
1899–1917 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers
2,517G
.309AVG
.362OBP
.452SLG
More career statistics
2,961H
97HR
1,525RBI
366SB
4Rare feats
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 · At bats | 9,570 | 9,577 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 30 | 123 |
| Batting · Doubles | 458 | 462 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,961 | 2,959 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 23 | 22 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 104 | 493 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,594 | 10,613 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,525 | 1,559 |
| Batting · Triples | 309 | 311 |
| Batting · Walks | 760 | 770 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,517 | 10,594 | 9,570 | 1,391 | 2,961 | 458 | 309 | 97 | 1,525 | 760 | 104 | 366 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 4,328 | .309 | .362 | .452 | .814 |
Streaks
28longest hitting streak · 1911-07-15 to 1911-08-13
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1909-07-16 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1901-06-27 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1908-07-01 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1251 | 5130 | 1468 | 40 | 784 | 376 | 228 | .318 | .359 | .458 |
| Away | 1266 | 5483 | 1491 | 57 | 775 | 394 | 265 | .301 | .344 | .447 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 202 | 835 | 241 | 7 | 104 | 71 | 26 | .323 | .374 | .478 |
| May | 416 | 1760 | 459 | 12 | 237 | 142 | 81 | .291 | .341 | .396 |
| June | 421 | 1767 | 499 | 19 | 262 | 122 | 92 | .311 | .351 | .459 |
| July | 476 | 2010 | 557 | 23 | 302 | 152 | 95 | .309 | .353 | .473 |
| August | 452 | 1931 | 540 | 20 | 295 | 134 | 97 | .310 | .349 | .455 |
| September | 474 | 2004 | 565 | 16 | 322 | 131 | 90 | .310 | .347 | .462 |
| October | 76 | 306 | 98 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 12 | .350 | .379 | .457 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 312 | 1294 | 373 | 14 | 197 | 114 | 43 | .323 | .376 | .488 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 310 | 1291 | 360 | 7 | 168 | 88 | 67 | .310 | .347 | .435 |
| new-york-yankees | 305 | 1274 | 362 | 14 | 217 | 95 | 51 | .318 | .359 | .480 |
| chicago-white-sox | 298 | 1253 | 351 | 5 | 165 | 87 | 62 | .309 | .350 | .458 |
| boston-red-sox | 298 | 1266 | 349 | 12 | 183 | 82 | 37 | .303 | .340 | .445 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 298 | 1282 | 340 | 9 | 187 | 97 | 80 | .297 | .341 | .416 |
| st-louis-browns | 293 | 1228 | 329 | 9 | 182 | 91 | 34 | .298 | .342 | .414 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 59 | 242 | 67 | 6 | 37 | 17 | 21 | .302 | .347 | .486 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 |  Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 127 | 39 | 1 | 20 | 6 | .307 | – | – |
| 1900 | Cincinnati Reds | 101 | 388 | 101 | 7 | 58 | 13 | .260 | – | – |
| 1901 | Cincinnati Reds | 131 | 514 | 170 | 16 | 104 | 13 | .331 | – | – |
| 1902 | Cincinnati Reds | 140 | 557 | 185 | 3 | 78 | 16 | .332 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Detroit Tigers | 137 | 550 | 184 | 4 | 92 | 18 | .335 | – | – |
| 1904 | Detroit Tigers | 150 | 562 | 143 | 2 | 76 | 20 | .254 | – | – |
| 1905 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 573 | 171 | 6 | 77 | 22 | .298 | – | – |
| 1906 | Detroit Tigers | 145 | 563 | 166 | 2 | 66 | 24 | .295 | – | – |
| 1907 | Detroit Tigers | 144 | 581 | 188 | 4 | 80 | 18 | .324 | – | – |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 591 | 183 | 7 | 79 | 15 | .310 | – | – |
| 1909 | Detroit Tigers | 156 | 589 | 185 | 6 | 104 | 29 | .314 | – | – |
| 1910 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 590 | 170 | 5 | 119 | 20 | .288 | – | – |
| 1911 | Detroit Tigers | 146 | 577 | 217 | 7 | 121 | 35 | .376 | – | – |
| 1912 | Detroit Tigers | 149 | 584 | 188 | 4 | 116 | 43 | .322 | – | – |
| 1913 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 612 | 193 | 9 | 94 | 14 | .315 | – | – |
| 1914 | Detroit Tigers | 157 | 581 | 183 | 8 | 101 | 26 | .315 | – | – |
| 1915 | Detroit Tigers | 156 | 612 | 183 | 4 | 116 | 24 | .299 | – | – |
| 1916 | Detroit Tigers | 100 | 321 | 92 | – | 47 | 10 | .287 | – | – |
| 1917 | Detroit Tigers | 61 | 105 | 18 | 2 | 11 | – | .171 | – | – |