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* Devil Rays Most Valuable Player(2004) |
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* Devil Rays Season Runs Record: 104 (2004) |
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* Devil Rays Season Triples Record: 19 (2004) |
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* Devil Rays Season Stolen Base Record: 59 (2004) |
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Revision as of 20:15, 3 July 2006
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| Tampa Bay Devil Rays – No. 13 | |
| Left field | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
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| 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 | |
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.
Pro Career
Coming out of Jefferson Davis High School in Houston, Crawford was offered scholarships to play basketball as point guard at UCLA or to play football as an option quarterback at the University of Nebraska. Crawford turned down both offers in favor of a baseball career. He was drafted by the Devil Rays in the second round of the 1999 amateur draft (the 52nd overall pick). 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 playing for the AAA Durham Bulls.
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. Along 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 motivation tool.
Awards and accomplishments
- Devil Rays Most Outstanding Rookie(2002)
- International League Rookie of the Year(2002)
- Cool Papa Bell Legacy Award(2003)
- American League Stolen Base Champion(2003)
- American League Stolen Base Champion(2004)
- American League All-Star(2004)
- Devil Rays Most Valuable Player(2004)
- Devil Rays Season Runs Record: 104 (2004)
- Devil Rays Season Triples Record: 19 (2004)
- Devil Rays Season Stolen Base Record: 59 (2004)
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- Carl Crawford at mlb.com
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