Sports
Sam Crawford
1880–1968 · baseball player, outfielder
Hall of Fame Tigers right fielder of 1903–1917, Ty Cobb's teammate and rival, who still holds the major-league record for career triples.
- Born
Wahoo, Nebraska- Died
Hollywood, California
aged 88- Birth name
- Samuel Earl Crawford
- Also known as
- Wahoo Sam
- Detroit years
- 1903–1917
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
"Wahoo Sam" Crawford jumped from the Cincinnati Reds to the young American League in 1903 and spent the next fifteen seasons in Detroit, mostly in right field. He played first at Bennett Park, the wooden ballpark at Michigan and Trumbull, and from 1912 at the new concrete Navin Field built on the same corner. Hitting behind or ahead of Ty Cobb, he formed the core of the teams that won three straight American League pennants from 1907 to 1909, though Detroit lost all three World Series. The two outfielders were famously cool toward each other, yet together they made the Tigers the most feared lineup of the dead-ball era. Crawford led the league in triples and runs batted in several times, and his 309 career triples remain the major-league record. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957.
Highlights
- Played for the Tigers from 1903 to 1917
- Major-league record 309 career triples
- Key hitter on the 1907, 1908 and 1909 pennant winners
- Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 2
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1903–1911
Bennett Park (site)
Demolished · 1896–1911
The Tigers' first home at Michigan and Trumbull, torn down after 1911 to make way for Navin Field.
Played here · 1912–1917
Tiger Stadium site (Navin Field), now The Corner Ballpark
Demolished · 1912–1999
Navin Field opened in 1912 on the same corner; as Tiger Stadium it was demolished in 2008–2009, and the diamond lives on as The Corner Ballpark.