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	Jimmie Crutchfield
		Although he demonstrated little power as a hitter Crutchfield was an excellent slap hitter with the ability to place the ball in play behind runners on the basepath.
		After a brief stint with the Indianapolis ABCs Crutchfield jumped to the Pittsburgh Crawfords joining Cool Papa Bell and Ted Strong to form the finest outfield in the Negro Leagues.
		As the Crawfords dynasty began to crumble in the mid-1930s Crutchfield moved on, first to the Newark Eagles and then to the Chicago American Giants.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Crutchfield.html (444 words)

	Crutchfield Resource Page - crutchfiled
		A right outfielder, at 5' 7" tall, and with a small frame, Jimmie Crutchfield made up for any physical shortcomings with a natural talent for the game and speed, both of which were backed up by a hard work ethic.
		In the 1935 game, Crutchfield made an astonishing catch when he chased down a long drive and leapt in the air, catching the ball in his bare hand.
		Renowned for his personality, Jimmie Crutchfield exemplified the "team player" who was a stable and positive influence on the field and in the clubhouse.
	www.globalcpr.com /Crutchfield.html (298 words)

	Crutchfield, Jimmie - Negro Leagues Baseball Player
		He batted.286 his rookie year for the 1930 Birmingham Black Barons, and in 1931 he moved to the Indianapolis ABC's and batted.330, believed to be his career high.
		When the financially troubled ABC's were unable to pay most of their players, Crutchfield jumped to the Pittsburgh Crawfords, with whom he stayed for five years, making the squad for the East-West all-star game three times.
		He played for the Newark Eagles in 1937and Crutchfield made the all-star team in 1941 as a member of the Chicago American Giants.
	www.nlbpa.com /crutchfield__jimmie.html (123 words)

	African American Registry: Jimmie Crutchfield was "the Little Big Man" of Black baseball
		From Ardmore, Missouri, the little 5’ 7" John William “Jimmie” Crutchfield began his 15-year career with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930.
		Although he demonstrated little power as a hitter, Crutchfield was an excellent slap hitter with the ability to place the ball in play behind runners on the base-path.
		You always knew you could count on Jimmie to be on the bright side of everything." Jimmie Crutchfield died: March 31, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/758/Jimmie_Crutchfield_was_the_Little_Big_Man_of_Black_baseball (400 words)

	Chicagoist: Baseball Fan Makes Sure Negro Leaguers Not Forgotten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jimmie Crutchfield, John Donaldson, and Jim "Candy" Taylor, 3 awesome players from baseball's historical Negro League, have been buried for years in unmarked graves out in Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip.
		Crutchfield had a 15-year career with the Birmingham Black Barons, Indianapolis ABCs, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, among other teams.
		Crutchfield was the pride of Ardmore, a coal-mining town where Krock's grandparents had lived.
	www.chicagoist.com /archives/2004/09/28/baseball_fan_makes_sure_negro_leaguers_not_forgotten.php (414 words)

	Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
		Crutchfield played his last game in 1946 and died almost 50 years later.
		When Vincent asked Crutchfield which accomplishment was his proudest, there were plenty to review.
		Crutchfield hit.330 in just his second year, appeared in at least four All-Star Games, stole hundreds of bases and played on the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords, a team that featured Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson and Oscar Charleston and might have been the best ever assembled -- fl or white.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2004/09/28/sports/pro_sports/e8a4613f88ea608086256f1c0080d7b3.prt (537 words)

	The Negro Leagues: Gone But Not Forgotten:Remembering Jimmie Crutchfield
		After a brief stint with the Indianapolis ABCs, the 5-foot-7 inch Crutchfield jumped to the Pittsburgh Crawfords joining Hall of Famer "Cool" Papa Bell and Ted Strong to form the finest outfield in the Negro Leagues.
		In February of 1992, Crutchfield and other representatives of the Negro Leagues Baseball Players Association (NLBPA) were invited to participate at a lecture and reception for Black History Month in the East Room of The White House.
		In 1994, Crutchfield and several other Negro League stars were honored on a poster put together by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
	www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/printer_1671.shtml (492 words)

	Commentary: Jim Litke / Grave mistake rectified by marker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Crutchfield played his final game in 1946 and died almost 50 years later.
		Men such as Crutchfield, John Donaldson and Jim "Candy" Taylor, the two other Negro Leaguers commemorated Sunday, once served as a lifeline to the game in fl communities large and small.
		He first heard tales about Crutchfield from relatives when he was young -- "the only guy ever to make it big out of Ardmore, Mo., where my grandparents lived," Krock said -- and couldn't believe it when he finally made the trip up from Peoria and found himself standing over an unmarked grave.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04272/386722.stm (851 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 05/05/2004: "Former Negro Leagues players to be honored in summer ceremony"
		As Crutchfield was overlooked in life by his white baseball-playing counterparts, so he had been overlooked in death.
		People who had known the affable Crutchfield joined the effort, and soon enough money was raised to purchase a plaque for Crutchfield’s gravesite: A marker similar to those that pay tribute to players in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
		The dedication for Crutchfield was originally scheduled for March, but because of the additional grave markers and because of the work that goes into the monuments, the ceremony is tentatively set for July or August.
	www.baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00000783.htm (1114 words)

	27 Sept 2004 - Crutchfield, Donaldson & Taylor get grave markers
		Crutchfield hit.330 in just his second year, appeared in at least four All-Star Games, stole hundreds of bases and played on the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords, a team that featured Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson and Oscar Charleston and might have been the best ever assembled - fl or white.
		Men like Crutchfield, and John Donaldson and Jim "Candy" Taylor, the two other Negro Leaguers commemorated Sunday, once served as a lifeline to the game in fl communities large and small.
		He first heard tales about Crutchfield from relatives when he was young - "the only guy ever to make it big out of Ardmore, Mo., where my grandparents lived," Krock said - and couldn't believe it when he finally made the trip up from Peoria and found himself standing over an unmarked grave.
	www.nlbpa.com /27sept2004.html (901 words)

	Jimmie Crutchfield/Pitch Black Negro Leaguer of the Month
		Crutchfield played right field on some of the great Pittsburgh Crawford teams of the 1930s and what many think was the fastest outfield of all time--he shared the Craw's outfield with speedsters Cool Papa Bell and Sam Bankhead.
		Crutchfield was probably the most underrated Craword, playing in the shadows of Josh Gibson, Bell, Satchel Paige, Judy Johnson and Oscar Charleston.
		Crutchfield and centerfielder Bell both chased the ball and at the last moment Crutchfield leaped in the air and caught the ball in his bare hand!
	www.pitchblackbaseball.com /nlotmjimmiecrutchfield.html (444 words)

	Restoration of a lost legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Krock grew up with the legend of Jimmie Crutchfield, who was from the tiny Missouri coal-mining town of Ardmore, as were Krock’s grandparents.
		When Krock and his family arrived, though, Crutchfield’s headstone was nowhere to be found.
		Donaldson, Crutchfield and Taylor’s headstones were dedicated Sept. 26, 2004.
	archive.columbiatribune.com /2005/Jun/20050611Spor003.asp (2000 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 09/28/2004: "3 Negro League players finally get their due"
		Krock had discovered that Crutchfield was interred at the Chicago-area cemetery, but when he arrived in 2003 to pay homage to his favorite ballplayer, he found nary a trace of the man. Crutchfield had been buried in an unmarked grave, and a cemetery worker had to pace off the site in the snow.
		At the Sunday dedication ceremony, bronze Hall of Fame-style plaques for Crutchfield and Donaldson and a granite marker for Taylor were unveiled.
		Crutchfield and other fl ballplayers may have been invisible to major league owners, ballplayers and myriad fans, but they knew that their skin color had nothing to do with how they could play the game.
	baseballguru.com /archives/entries/00001061.htm (1323 words)

	1994 Inductees
		Jimmie and his cousin Bobby Nash (1982 Famer) ruled the area sports picture during the 30's.
		Jimmie pitched and played first base for the Akron Jays, Stembridge All-Stars and the Avery A.C. When Bobby Nash opted to attend Toledo University instead of trying out for the Pittsburgh Crawfords of the National Negro League, Jimmie took his place and made the team.
		He was known as "Schoolboy Johnson." He played 4 seasons with "Cool Papa Bell", Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Jimmie Crutchfield and other great players.
	www.acorn.net /gabhof/inductees/1994.html (1807 words)

	Jimmie Crutchfield; Baseball Player, 83 - New York Times
		Crutchfield, an outfielder, began his career with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1930, and hit a career-high.330 for the Indianapolis ABC's in his second season.
		After retiring from baseball in 1946, Crutchfield worked for the United States Postal Service in Chicago.
		Last year, he was one of several Negro League players invited by President George Bush to the White House to celebrate African-American History Month.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4DF1E3FF936A35757C0A965958260 (137 words)

	The Virtual Stylus --> Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		“Everybody I called about Jimmie, you could tell they were smiling on the other end of the phone,” said Dr. Jeremy Krock, an anesthesiologist from Peoria who led the drive for the memorials to Crutchfield and two other Negro Leaguers.
		Crutchfield hit.330 in just his second year, appeared in at least four All-Star Games, stole hundreds of bases and played on the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords, a team that featured Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson and Oscar Charleston and might have been the best ever assembled, fl or white.
		He first heard tales about Crutchfield from relatives when he was young “the only guy ever to make it big out of Ardmore, Mo., where my grandparents lived,” Krock said and couldn’t believe it when he finally made the trip up from Peoria and found himself standing over an unmarked grave.
	www.brockportstylus.com /archives/092904/sports.htm (3485 words)

	djournal.com
		He was preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy Lee Justice, and a sister, Sandra Kay Justice.
		She was preceded in death by her husbands, Allen Caldwell and Cecil Edwards; and a son, Larry Caldwell.
		He was preceded in death by his father, Jimmie Crutchfield.
	www.djournal.com /pages/story.asp?ID=188856&pub=1 (3348 words)

	Chicago Reporter April 1991: Sidebar: Early in the Game, Veeck's Eyes Were on Black Prizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1979 former Negro League star outfielder Jimmie Crutchfield wanted to attend a Negro League reunion, but he had no uniform from his days with the Chicago American Giants during World War II.
		Crutchfield and many other fl players have enormous respect for Veeck.
		But Crutchfield said he no longer visits Comiskey and has never been invited back for an old-timers' game or special event.
	www.chicagoreporter.com /1991/04-91/0491SidebarEarlyintheGame.htm (457 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Pittsburgh Crawfords 1935 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lefthander Leroy Matlock assumed the role as ace of the staff and fashioned an outstanding record.
		Flanking Bell in the outfield were Sam Bankhead and Jimmie Crutchfield, giving the Crawfords one of the fastest outfields ever to play baseball.
		The Crawfords easily won the first half title with a.785 winning percentage and defeated the New York Cubans in a seven-game play-off for the Championship.
	www.bonus.com /contour/negro_baseball/http@@/www.blackbaseball.com/teams/pittsburghcrawfords1935.htm (171 words)

	Double Duty Book/First 3 Chapters/Pitch Black Negro League site
		Teammates and opponents in baseball--Marlin Carter, Jimmie Crutchfield, Ray Dandridge, Saul Davis, Joe Desiderato, Howard Easterling and Quincy Trouppe.
		Jimmie Crutchfield, one of my best friends, said he never saw anybody with the control I had.
		I had one player, Jimmie Crutchfield, a good friend of mine, tell me the the most he ever made was $300 a month.
	www.thediamondangle.com /books/dubduty_book.html (10077 words)

	American Heroes
		An all-around outfielder Jimmie Crutchfield was one of the fastest runners in professional baseball and played for some of the best-known Negro baseball teams.
		At age 20 Jimmie Crutchfield joined the Birmingham Black Barons and began a long successful professional career that spanned from 1930 thru 1946.
		Written documents and photos show Jimmie Crutchfield also played for the Indianapolis ABCs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Newark Eagles, Indianapolis Crawfords, Chicago American Giants and also the Cleveland Buckeyes...
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=203 (1005 words)

	Our obituary print-to-screen program
		She was preceded in death by a son, Joey Frazier and her father.
		She was preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle and Charles Gulledge, her husband, Wallace Shaine Barbee, and a nephew, Tracy Benson.
		She was preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle Irene "Crutchfield" Tygress and Archie Lee Tygress; a son, Lonnie Lee Huckaby; a sister, Jewell Russell; and a brother, Horace Tygress.
	www.pryorfuneralhome.com /cgi-bin/pfhread2.cgi (2350 words)

	Negro League Teams
		Although Paige jumped to a white semi-pro team in Bismarck, North Dakota during the season, lefty Leroy Matlock assumed the role as ace of the staff and fashioned an outstanding record.
		When Foster formed the first fl league, the Negro National League, in 1920, his team extended their dominance from the deadball era's independent years on into the era of the "lively" ball and league play by copping the first three league pennants.
		A former pitcher himself, Foster emphasized pitching, speed and defense; outfielders Jelly Gardner, Jimmy Lyons and Christobal Torriente were fleet of foot, as were infielders Bingo DeMoss, David Malarcher and Bobby Williams.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /Negro-Lg/teams.htm (2102 words)

	Bradley Hilltopics Online
		Krock grew up a fan of John William Crutchfield, a 5-foot-7, 140-pound outfielder from Ardmore, Missouri, the hometown of Krock’s maternal grandparents.
		Krock never saw “Jimmie” Crutchfield play nor heard radio broadcasts of the player whose hitting, running, and fielding have been compared to Seattle Mariners’ outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.
		Negro Leaguers was on display at the ceremony in Alsip for Negro League greats “Jimmie” Crutchfield, John Donaldson, and “Candy” Jim Taylor.
	www.bradley.edu /hilltopics/05summer/sports (617 words)

	HILL DISTRICT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Greenlee named the team in 1932 for his nightclub, but unlike Art Rooney's Steelers, he immediately built a successful franchise, raiding the roster of the nearby Homestead Grays and building a team that were the New Negro National League champions in 1935-36.
		Boasting the likes of Oscar Charleston, Jimmie Crutchfield, Judy Johnson, Josh Gibson, James "Cool Papa" Bell and Satchel Paige, the 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords, seen here, is considered by many baseball experts to be among, if not, the finest team to ever play the game.
		Greenlee sold the team and the franchise moved to Toledo in 1939.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06192/703854-341.stm (281 words)

	Brooklyn Cyclones
		Buck hit.333 against the Eagles, along with two home runs (one a grandslam), but his Monarchs fell in seven games.
		Outfielder Jimmie Crutchfield remembers, "I respected Buck in the clutch.
		He was that type of hitter." Crutch added, "You had to pitch very carefully to him.
	brooklyncyclones.com /team/?id=3714 (519 words)

	Josh Gibson
		In a Mexican League season playing with the Vera Cruz team in 1941 Gibson won an additional homerun title and was the league leader in RBI's.
		Former teammate Jimmie Crutchfield recalled, "Josh was a really gifted hitter.
		He swung with terrific power, but he still had complete bat control.
	members.tripod.com /baseball_fan_2/gibsonj.htm (315 words)

	The All-Star Satchel Paige
		After the West had scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth, Satchel went out to pitch the ninth.
		He got Monte Irvin to fly out to Jimmie Crutchfield in left, but then Roy Campanella beat out an infield hit to short.
		It would appear as if Campanella was later thrown out attempting to steal.
	www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/negleg/allsatch.html (1458 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Newark Eagles 1937 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Eagles featured their famous "million dollar infield" consisting of Ray Dandridge, Willie Wells, Dick Seay and Mule Suttles.
		In the outfield they had Jimmie Crutchfield, Ed Stone and Lennie Pearson.
		Leading the mound corps was Leon Day, who had a perfect record and Terris "Elmer the Great" McDuffie.
	www.bonus.com /contour/negro_baseball/http@@/www.blackbaseball.com/teams/newarkeagles1937.htm (89 words)

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