1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords season
Negro National League II team season
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The 1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1933 baseball season. The team compiled a 51â36â2 (.586) record and won the NNL pennant.[1]
| 1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
|---|---|
| League | Negro National League II |
| Ballpark | Greenlee Field |
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Record | 51â36â2 (.586) |
| League place | 1st |
| Managers | Oscar Charleston (first season) |
The team featured a Negro Major League-record seven players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: player-manager Oscar Charleston, center fielder Cool Papa Bell, catcher Josh Gibson, third basemen Judy Johnson and Jud Wilson, pitcher Satchel Paige, and right fielder Biz Mackey.[2] It's also tied with 12 other Major League white teams for the eighth-most Hall-of-Famers on a team.[a][3]
The team's leading batters were:
- Catcher Josh Gibson - .395 batting average with 18 home runs and 74 RBIs
- Right fielder Ted Page - .356 batting average
- First baseman Oscar Charleston - .335 batting average, 615 slugging percentage, and 66 RBIs
- Center fielder Cool Papa Bell - .302 batting average and 16 stolen bases
The team's leading pitchers were Leroy Matlock (10â6, 3.03 ERA) and Sam Streeter (10â4, 2.25 ERA).[5]
Notes
- The other teams are the 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1929 New York Giants; the 1927 and 1928 Philadelphia Athletics; the 1929 New York Yankees; the 1933 St. Louis Cardinals; the 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates; and the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers.