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  Sam Crawford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crawford played 19 big league seasons, starting his career in 1899 with the Cincinnati Redstockings, before jumping to the newly founded American League's Detroit Tigers in 1903, where he finished out his career.
Crawford twice led the major leagues in home runs, hitting 16 in 1901 and 7 in 1908.
On his passing in 1968, Sam Crawford was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
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 Sam Crawford
Crawford was nicknamed for his hometown of Wahoo, Nebraska, where he was born in 1880.
Crawford led the league with 35 doubles and finished second to Cobb with 266 total bases, 97 RBI, and a slugging average of.452.
But Crawford always maintained that the 87 hits he got in the Western League, which became the American League in 1900, were supposed to be included in his official total under the 1903 agreement between the two leagues.
home.pacbell.net /trh-arch/baseball/crawford.html   (964 words)

  
 SAM CRAWFORD FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel Earl (Wahoo Sam) Crawford (April_18, 1880 – June_15, 1968) was a professional baseball player, primarily playing as a right_fielder.
Crawford played 19 big league seasons, starting his career in 1899 with the Cincinnati Redstockings, before jumping to the newly founded American_League's Detroit_Tigers in 1903, where he finished out his career.
On his passing in 1968, Sam Crawford was interred in the Inglewood_Park_Cemetery in Inglewood,_California.
www.witwib.com /Sam_Crawford   (241 words)

  
 Sam Crawford
Sam Crawford was a power hitter stuck in a scientific age of hitting in baseball.
Crawford led his league in triples 5 times throughout his career, including a personal high of 26 triples in 1914.
Crawford also retired with a lifetime batting average of.309 including a personal high of.378 in 1911, quite a feat when considering he played his entire career in the Dead Ball Era.
members.aol.com /tycobb1911/crawford/crawford.html   (207 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Sam Crawford
Crawford, Sam (1880-1968), American baseball player, and major league baseball’s all-time triples leader.
Crawford teamed with Ty Cobb to form a mighty...
Sam Crawford [National Baseball Hall of Fame ]
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 Sam Crawford - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Samuel Earl (Wahoo Sam) Crawford (April 18, 1880 - June 15, 1968) was a professional baseball player.
Crawford played 19 big league seasons, starting his career in 1899 with the Cincinnati Redstockings, before being traded to the Detroit Tigers in 1903, where he finished out his career.
He retired with a career batting average of.309, and holds the career major league record for triples with 309, a record unlikely to be beaten given the difference in the style of baseball played in the modern era to the dead-ball era of Crawford.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /sam_crawford.htm   (277 words)

  
 Sam Crawford Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sam Crawford was born on Sunday, April 18, 1880, in Wahoo, Nebraska.
Crawford was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1899, with the Cincinnati Reds, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Sam Crawford's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Sam Crawford baseball statistics page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=crawfsa01   (218 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (Final Passage)
Sam and a young friend of his were walking around a tank when the mud gave way and Sam fell in the tank.
The tank is a spring fed tank, and Sam was sucked under the water into a "sink hole" where the spring came into the tank.
Sam was truly a unique little boy who lived life to the fullest.
www.snopes.com /politics/bush/funeral.asp   (1432 words)

  
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When Sam Crawford returned to the truck, Christian asked him why they were not instructed to ground the truck and why they were not told that TCS was highly flammable.
Sam Crawford, a consultant working for Great Lakes testified as a 611(C) witness that he reported the flange incident of 25 April to Boykin in the presence of Pete Browning.
Crawford stated that he did not mention the flange incident to Christian when he discharged him but did tell him he was causing unrest among the men.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/291/291-33.txt   (3481 words)

  
 Sam Crawford | BaseballLibrary.com
Crawford is most famous for hitting triples, 312 of them over a 19-year career, first on the all-time list.
What is often forgotten about Crawford was his power to drive the ball over fences as well as between fielders; he hit 97 career HR, and at his retirement held the AL career record with 70.
Crawford's one shining World Series moment came in Game Five of the 1909 affair when he went 3-for-4 with a double and a homer, but the Tigers lost the game, 8-4, and the Series to Pittsburgh.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Crawford_Sam.stm   (1969 words)

  
 Moonlighting, Sam & Dave
When he finds her together with Sam in a very nice restaurant, his chance to talk with her privately is too brief to get the words out and instead, he ends up crashing Maddie's date.
During their dinner, we learn that Sam is not only very handsome, he's also an astronaut [which is why David refers to him subsequently as "Luke Skywalker"], a brilliant particle physicist with degrees from Yale, financially well-off, a perfect gentleman, and modest and gracious about his many accomplishments.
Sam And Dave was the name of a soul group from the 1960's.
home.earthlink.net /~bcmadsen/Moonlighting/episode36.html   (720 words)

  
 CANOE - The Toronto Sun CareerConnection - Youth Force
Sam was able to build a significant base of knowledge here and as a result, he's very comfortable with his present commitments," says Linda Walker, co-op educator at Danforth Collegiate.
Crawford's work at the high school level earned him a job placement at Donalda Club, where he participated for final credits and culinary apprentice skills from October 2001 until his graduation in June of 2002.
Sam presently performs all duties on the informal menu and is regularly involved in banquets.
www.canoe.ca /CareerConnectionNews/020821_youthforce.html   (761 words)

  
 Sam Crawford : MLB Legends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As one half of the great outfield for the Detroit Tigers with Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford was the premier slugger of the early 1900s, despite only hitting 97 homers in his career.
Sam Crawford was as big a victim of the Dead Ball era as anybody in baseball.
Sam Crawford died on June 15, 1968 in Hollywood, CA.
www.mlb-legends.com /legends/samCrawford.php   (197 words)

  
 Legends of the Game
SAM CRAWFORD Crawford, Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" b: 4/18/1880, Wahoo, Neb. d: 6/15/68, Hollywood, Cal. BL/TL, 6', 190 lbs.
Wahoo Sam considered by baseball experts to be the the premier power-hitter of his day, still holds baseball's career record for triples with 312.
Sam became the first player in the modern era to win homerun titles in both the NL and the AL.
www.deadball.com /crawford.htm   (135 words)

  
 Sam Crawford | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Sam Crawford was one of the top all-around players from the dead ball era.
Combining a powerful stroke and blazing speed, it was with the triple that "Wahoo Sam" would make his mark as he set the major league record with 312, leading the league six times.
Crawford, who teamed with Ty Cobb to lead the Tigers to three straight American League pennants (1907 to 1909), finished his career with 2,964 hits and a batting average of.309.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/crawford_sam.htm   (232 words)

  
 American Heroes
Sam Crawford is ranked as one of the greatest athletics playing in the dead ball era.
In 1901, Crawford led the National League in homers with 16 and in 1916 led the American League with a mere seven home runs.
Sam Crawford played a big role in leading the Tigers to three straight pennants, 1907-1909, but the Tigers were never able to win the world series.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/american_heroes.cfm?page=55   (1036 words)

  
 Sam Chatmon, Mississippi blues musician from Bolton, Mississippi
Sam was born in Bolton, Mississippi, in 1897 on January 10.
Sam worked with Carles Patton (part White, Indian, and Black), The Mississippi Sheiks, Peter "Mississippi Slim" Chatmon and Harry Chatmon, who were all relatives of Sam.
Sam was one of the few white bluesman to perform with Fingers Taylor on the Blues Caravan in the 1970's, and went on tour with Jimmy Buffet.
www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/ChatmonSam.html   (423 words)

  
 CD review: "Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam"
The original producers gave Washboard Sam plenty of room to exhibit his talent, and he responded generously.
Throughout, Sam and Crawford achieve a rhythmic interplay that is always tight and frequently inspired.
Sam's own vocals are most riveting on "Bright Eyes," where he gives a haunting, searing performance.
www.trageser.com /archive/music/album-broonzy-washboard.html   (450 words)

  
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Crawford played 19 big league seasons, starting his career in 1899 with the
Crawford twice led the major leagues in home runs, hitting 16 in 1901 and 7 in
On his passing in 1968, Sam Crawford was interred in the
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Sam_Crawford   (121 words)

  
 Artist Profile: Home
In Crawford's words, "It's like those old IBM monitors - cheap and fairly simple - but they can be hard to look at.
Crawford, 31, begins performances in the Dallas area in December.
It often surprises listeners that Crawford does not use MIDI or computers to produce his tracks, only an older keyboard and digital multi-track recorder.
www.broadjam.com /artists/artist_home.asp?artistID=13800   (159 words)

  
 Wahoo, Nebraska - Five Famous Americans From Wahoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Any town in America would be proud of Wahoo's honor roll of native sons: Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Samuel "Wahoo Sam" Crawford; Pulitzer Prize winner, Dr. Howard Hanson; artist and author, Clarence W. "Herk" Anderson; Nobel Prize winner, Dr. George Beadle; and movie maker, Darryl F. Zanuck.
Sam Crawford was born on April 18, 1880, and grew up playing baseball on the streets in Wahoo.
Wahoo residents were saddened by his death on June 15, 1968, for they had been as proud of him as he was of his birthplace.
www.wahoo.ne.us /fivemen.htm   (675 words)

  
 S. Crawford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sam Crawford successfully completed both the optical and mechanical designs for the UnISIS laser guide star wave front sensor.
Sam Crawford's optical design work involved two optimizations: one for a single- Pockel's-Cell system and a second for a double-Pockel's-Cell system.
Crawford is now working in the Interferometer Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA where he has prime responsibility for the design and implementation of the tip-tilt secondary mirrors on the smaller outrigger telescopes which will be part of the larger Keck Interferometer.
www.astro.uiuc.edu /~thompson/crawford.html   (422 words)

  
 USC Trojan Family Magazine - Spring 1999: Baseball: Trojan Memories
The rest of the 1920s belonged to Sam “Wahoo” Crawford, who brought USC baseball to prominence by actively seeking to enlarge the schedule and improve it through tougher competition.
He was a key force in the development of the California Intercollegiate Baseball Association, founded in 1927 by USC, California, St. Mary’s, Santa Clara and Stanford, and led USC to a second-place finish in the CIBA’s initial campaign.
Crawford was 59-46-3 in all games, 55-33 against other college teams and 19-19 in CIBA games.
www.usc.edu /dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring99/baseball/baseball4.html   (1252 words)

  
 VIRTUAL SEASON SEVEN
Sam: I’m here on behalf of NASA to speak at a fundraiser or two, and I just thought it was time for me to drop in on Maddie – check up and see how she’s doing.
Sam Crawford stands on the other side of the door, a suitcase in hand and an irritated expression on his face.
Sam: Oh, but she will…….because when you’ve selfishly taken all the spirit from her, and disappointed her for the thousandth time, she’ll remember how good she and I were together………how well suited we are…and she’ll do anything to get it back.
home.rochester.rr.com /smkmoon/S71.htm   (5517 words)

  
 1909 AL MVP AWARD
Another example about how great Ty Cobb was: Sam Crawford was a great player, make no mistake about it, and he had a fine year.
But Crawford pales in comparison to Cobb, who led the AL with 214 runs produced, 40 more than Crawford, who had the next best total in the league.
On a team with Cobb and Crawford, all he had to do was reach first base to score runs.
webhome.idirect.com /~brettsmith/History/400Pages/al1909.htm   (436 words)

  
 Planet Quest: Missions - Keck Interferometer
Ligon is a member of the JPL Keck team, and Carosi was a visiting summer student in '00.
Sam Crawford (left) and Olga Pevanova at the JPL open house.
Crawford, a member of the JPL Keck team, was answering questions for the scavenger hunt that many kids were let loose upon.
planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov /Keck/keck_gallery.cfm   (599 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sam Crawford
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Sam Crawford
Crawford teamed with Ty Cobb to form a...
Titusville (Pennsylvania), city, Crawford County, northwestern Pennsylvania, on Oil Creek; incorporated as a city 1866.
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 VIRTUAL SEASON SEVEN
David: Sam Crawford, America’s newest hero, was accompanied by Madolyn Hayes, former model and current partner in the Blue Moon Detective Agency.
She appreciated the fact that Sam was so mature and solid, both feet on the ground – not at all like the guys we went to school with.
Sam wanted her to live in a better, more upscale neighborhood – and he wanted her to live by herself.
home.rochester.rr.com /smkmoon/V72.htm   (4180 words)

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