Samuel Earl Crawford
In the Majors from 1899 to 1917
Born: April 18, 1880 Wahoo, NE
Died: June 15, 1968, Hollywood, CA
Nickname: (Wahoo Sam)

Outfielder 1899- 1917
Cincinnati (N) 1899-1902
Detroit (A) 1903-1917

BOLD TYPE INDICATES TEAM WIN

WORLD SERIES

1907 1908 1909

Hall of Fame
1957

Chalmers Awards
1911, 1912,1913, 1914

 Samuel Earl Crawford
Nickname: Wahoo Sam Born: April 18, 1880, Wahoo, NE Died: June 15, 1968, Hollywood, CA
Ht-6' 190 lbs Debut September 10, 1899 Bats: Left Throws: Left Position: Outfield

Year Club League Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg
1899 Cincinatti N.L. OF- 31 127 25 39 3 7 1 20 6 .307
1900 Cincinatti N.L. OF 101 389 68 101 15 15 7 59 14 .260
1901 Cincinatti N.L. OF 131 515 91 170 20 16 16 104 13 .330
1902 Cincinatti N.L. OF 140 555 92 185 18 22 3 78 16 .333
1903 Detroit A.L. OF 137 550 88 184 23 25 4 89 18 ..335
1904 Detroit A.L. OF 150 562 49 143 22 16 2 73 20 .254
1905 Detroit A.L. OF 154 575 73 171 38 10 6 75 22 .297
1906 Detroit A.L. OF 145 563 65 166 25 16 2 72 24 .295
1907 Detroit A.L. OF 144 582 102 188 34 17 4 81 18 .323
1908 Detroit A.L. OF 152 591 102 184 33 16 7 80 15 .311
1909 Detroit A.L. OF 156 589 83 185 35 14 6 97 30 .314
1910 Detroit A.L. OF 154 588 83 170 26 19 5 120 20 .289
1911 Detroit A.L. OF 146 574 109 217 36 14 7 115 37 .378
1912 Detroit A.L. OF 149 581 81 189 30 21 4 109 41 .325
1913 Detroit A.L. OF 153 609 78 193 32 23 9 83 13 .317
1914 Detroit A.L. OF 157 582 74 183 22 26 8 104 25 .314
1915 Detroit A.L. OF 156 612 81 183 31 19 4 112 24 .299
1916 Detroit A.L. OF 100 322 41 92 11 13 0 42 10 .286
1917 Detroit A.L. OF 61 104 6 18 4 0 2 12 0 .173

World Series Record
1907 Detroit A.L. OF 5 21 1 5 0 0 .238
1908 Detroit A.L. OF 5 21 2 5 0 0 .238
1909 Detroit A.L. OF 7 28 4 7 1 1 .250

Per "Baseball Encyclopedia 19th Edition", Sam Crawford is the lifetime batting leader for triple hits.
Sam Crawford grew up in Wahoo, Nebraska where his father who was reputed to be the strongest man in town, ran the general store. Sam had been a barber before joining the majors. He wasted no time in reaching the majors. One summer, he and 12 other youths rode a farm wagon across Nebraska playing games against other town teams wherever then could be found. The next year, Sam was in the majors having played only 103 games in the minor leagues. Wahoo Sam was the greatest triple hitter in history with 309. He lashed 26 of them in 1914 for an American League record (tied by Joe Jackson) and led the league six times. He led the National League in home runs with 16 in 1901 and the American League with seven in 1908. Most of the time though, he hit screaming line drives that might have bounced off (or even punctured) modern fences. When League Park was built in Cleveland, they put a 45-foot-high screen atop the right-field wall as a deterrent to Crawford's clouts. Crawford, however, paid little attention to this and simply lofted drivers over the screen.
Sam led the American League three times in the RBI category. Sam left the major league in 1917, just 39 hits shy of 3,000. Back then that was no big deal, or he might have hung around and picked them up.
It is stated in the Total Baseball Encyclopedia's 6th Edition that "Wahoo Sam" played right field beside Ty Cobb on the Tigers, hit behind him and once even pinch hit for Ty, but was overshadowed by him. Cobb disliked Crawford, possibly jealous of his accomplishments, and possibly he envied Sam for being both a great player and a likeable person. Even though Cobb disliked Crawford, he campaigned for years to get Crawford elected to the Hall of Fame. Sam Crawford was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1957.