1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords season

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1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords

League

Negro National League

Ballpark

Greenlee Field

City

Pittsburgh

Record

51–36–2 (.584)

League place

1st

Managers

Oscar Charleston

Seasons

The 1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1933 baseball season. The team compiled a 51–36–2 (.584) record and won the NNL pennant.^[1]

The team featured seven players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, including player/manager Oscar Charleston; center fielder Cool Papa Bell; catcher Josh Gibson; third baseman Judy Johnson; and pitcher Satchel Paige.^[1]

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

^[2]

The team's leading pitchers were Leroy Matlock (10–6, 3.03 ERA) and Sam Streeter (10–4, 2.25 ERA).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

Pittsburgh Crawfords

Operated 1931–1940
Also know as Toledo Crawfords and Indianapolis Crawfords
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Toledo, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise

Ballparks

Pittsburgh: Greenlee Field
Toledo: Swayne Field
Indianapolis: Victory Field

League affiliations

Hall of Famers

League pennants (3)

Negro National League: 1933
1935
1936

Seasons (10)
1930s	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940

Category

v t e Negro league baseball champions
1920s	1919: Bacharach Giants (East), Detroit Stars (West) 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West) 1921: Bacharach Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West) 1922: Chicago American Giants 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL) 1924: Kansas City Monarchs 1925: Hilldale Club 1926: Chicago American Giants 1927: Chicago American Giants 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East) 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
1930s	1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East) 1931: Homestead Grays 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL) 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1934: Philadelphia Stars 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East) 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West) 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
1940s	1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West) 1942: Kansas City Monarchs 1943: Washington Homestead Grays 1944: Washington Homestead Grays 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes 1946: Newark Eagles 1947: New York Cubans 1948: Washington Homestead Grays 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
Negro League World Series	1924 1925 1926 1927 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Postseason games	1913 1921 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948

1933 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

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