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Carl Crawford
Carl Crawford
	File:Carl Crawford.JPG
Tampa Bay Devil Rays – No. 13
	Left field
	Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
	July 20, 2002, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Career statistics ; (through 2005)
Batting average	.289
Stolen bases	169
Home runs	33
	Stats at Baseball Reference

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Carl Demonte Crawford (born August 5, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is currently the left fielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Major League Baseball team.

Crawford was offered scholarships to play basketball as point guard at UCLA football as an option quarterback at the University of Nebraska. Crawford turned down both offers in favor of a baseball career. He was drafted in the Devil Rays in the second round of the 1999 amateur draft. In 2002 the Tampa Bay chapter of the BBWAA named him the Devil Rays Most Outstanding Rookie and he earned International League Rookie of the Year at AAA Durham.

Crawford entered the major leagues at the young age of 20 and played in 62 games with the Devil Rays in his rookie 2002 season. In 2003, he played nearly every day, batting .281 with 54 runs batted in and led the league with 55 stolen bases. With Juan Pierre Carl was co-winner of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum James "Cool Papa" Bell Legacy Award for 2003.

In the 2004 season, Crawford stole 59 bases, again leading the league and posting the second-highest total in the majors that season, and hit .296 with 11 home runs and 55 RBIs. He was selected for the 2004 All Star Game, played in his hometown of Houston, and was named Devil Rays team MVP in 2004 by the BBWAA. Crawford led the league in triples in both 2004 (19) and 2005 (15).

During a July 27, 2005 game against the Boston Red Sox, Crawford hit a line drive directly to the head of Red Sox starting pitcher Matt Clement. The baseball ricocheted off Clement's head into shallow left field. Clement survived the incident.

Carl Crawford stated during February 2006 that his desire to be the number one fantasy baseball pick motivates him to train harder and play better, making him one of the first baseball players to openly talk about fantasy baseball as a specific goal each season.

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Career statistics from Baseball Reference

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 '''Carl Demonte Crawford''' (born [[August 5]], [[1981]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]) is currently the [[left fielder]] for the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] [[Major League Baseball]] team.
-Crawford entered the major leagues at the young age of 20 and played in 62 games with the Devil Rays in his rookie 2002 season after being called up from the minors during the regular season. In 2003, however, he played nearly every day and was a huge success, batting .281 with 54 [[runs batted in]] and more notably 55 [[stolen bases]], which led the league. In the 2004 season, the speedy Hot Carl Crawford stole 59 bases, the second-highest in the majors, and hit .296 with 11 [[home runs]] and 55 RBIs. He was also selected for the 2004 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All Star Game]], which was played in his hometown of Houston.
-As a young adult, Crawford was offered scholarships from two universities to play sports on their teams. [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] offered him a basketball scholarship, and the [[University of Nebraska]] offered him a scholarship to play football. Crawford turned down both offers and decided that his heart was set on baseball.
+Crawford was offered scholarships to play basketball as point guard at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] football as an option quarterback at the [[University of Nebraska]]. Crawford turned down both offers in favor of a baseball career. He was drafted in the Devil Rays in the second round of the 1999 amateur draft. In 2002 the Tampa Bay chapter of the [[BBWAA]] named him the Devil Rays Most Outstanding Rookie and he earned International League Rookie of the Year at AAA Durham.
+Crawford entered the major leagues at the young age of 20 and played in 62 games with the Devil Rays in his rookie 2002 season. In 2003, he played nearly every day, batting .281 with 54 [[runs batted in]] and led the league with 55 [[stolen bases]]. With [[Juan Pierre]] Carl was co-winner of the [[Negro Leagues Baseball Museum]] [[Cool_Papa_Bell|James "Cool Papa" Bell]] Legacy Award for 2003.
+In the 2004 season, Crawford stole 59 bases, again leading the league and posting the second-highest total in the majors that season, and hit .296 with 11 [[home runs]] and 55 RBIs. He was selected for the 2004 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All Star Game]], played in his hometown of [[Houston]], and was named Devil Rays team MVP in 2004 by the [[BBWAA]]. Crawford led the league in triples in both 2004 (19) and 2005 (15).
 During a [[July 27]], [[2005]] game against the [[Boston Red Sox]], Crawford hit a line drive directly to the head of Red Sox starting pitcher [[Matt Clement]]. The baseball ricocheted off Clement's head into shallow [[left field]]. Clement survived the incident.