Roy Crabb
Appearance
Roy Crabb | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Monticello, Iowa | August 23, 1890|
Died: March 30, 1940 Lewistown, Montana | (aged 49)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 10, 1912, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 21, 1912, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 2–5 |
Strikeouts | 15 |
Earned run average | 3.29 |
Teams | |
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James Roy Crabb (August 23, 1890 – March 30, 1940) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched part of one season, 1912, in the majors. He made his major league debut in August for the Chicago White Sox, and ten days later his contract was sold to the Philadelphia Athletics, where he finished the season. Crabb worked as a painter for the nine years prior to his premature death at age 49 of lung cancer.[1]
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
References
- ^ Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862–2014, 2d ed
Categories:
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Chicago White Sox players
- Philadelphia Athletics players
- Davenport Prodigals players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Omaha Rourkes players
- Oakland Oaks (baseball) players
- Peoria Distillers players
- Baseball players from Iowa
- 1890 births
- 1940 deaths
- People from Monticello, Iowa
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Montana
- American baseball pitcher, 1890s births stubs