Troy Channing, who played first base for the Falcons in and later set the career home run record at St. Channing was a freshman that season, three years younger than Crawford. Daniel Buffington, who pitched at Foothill and was two years behind Crawford, similarly recalled his smoothness. Buffington also remembered him showing major-league poise as a fresh-faced teen. He kind of reminded me of Derek Jeter. It was a popup into shallow center field, and Crawford instantly put his head down and started sprinting onto the grass.
Channing remembers the baserunner tagging at third, running down the line … and scrambling to return to the bag when Crawford quickly whirled and made a perfect throw to the plate. The hitter crushed a pitch into the gap. Freitas figured the runner at first would score, but Crawford drifted well into the outfield, took the relay and unleashed another laser-beam throw to nail the runner at the plate.
Foothill eventually won. That play stayed with him so vividly, he flashed back to it during Game 7 of the World Series. Started games, all at shortstop, and had the sixth-best fielding pct. Became the first Giants shortstop to win a Gold Glove since Omar Vizquel won it two years in a row in and Became the first Giants shortstop to hit plus homers in a season since Rich Aurilia in Also became the first shortstop to lead the Giants in home runs for a season since Bill Dahlen in seven homers Selected by the players for the All Star team, his first All-Star selection Drove in a career-best six runs May 16 at CIN, hitting his fourth career grand slam and finishing a triple shy of the cycle Recorded his second career multi-HR game Aug.
Missed 15 games in Aug. Completed his third full big league season with the Giants, batting. His 10 triples were tied for the second-most in the big leagues behind Dee Gordon Struggled against right-handed pitchers, hitting just.
Started of games at shortstop and committed a career-high 21 errors, which ranked as the second-most among big league shortstops WAS's Ian Desmond had 24 and the fourth-most among all players at any position. In his third big league season his second full campaign Crawford appeared in games, making starts all a shortstop and batted. His 15 errors at shortstop were tied for the third-most in the NL. Committed 10 errors in the first half of the season Established a career high with nine home runs entered the year with seven career HRs in two seasons.
Struggled against left-handed pitching, hitting. Was just for Made his second career Opening Day roster and start. Hit a three-run opposite field HR on April 9 vs. Colorado in SF's four-run 6th inning Hit safely in a career-high 11 games from April , batting. Crawford was replaced defensively in the bottom of the fifth inning Saturday, and manager Gabe Kapler revealed after the game that the shortstop is dealing with a wrist issue.
He's considered day-to-day and will be evaluated ahead of Sunday's series finale against the Cubs. Prior to his departure, the year-old went 1-for-1 with two runs and two walks. Crawford went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk in Wednesday's win over Colorado.
The year-old erased a three-run deficit with his sixth-inning blast, which earned him his second homer season. Crawford has stayed hot at the plate in September, going for For the year, the shortstop owns a career-best.
The shortstop drove in Buster Posey with a single in the first inning and later collected two more hits, including a double. He has now collected multiple hits in three of his last four games, batting.
Crawford went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, an RBI, a walk and a caught stealing in Sunday's win over the Dodgers. Crawford walked and scored in the second inning, doubled home a run and scored in the third and singled and was caught stealing in the fifth to reach base three times in consecutive games.
After slumping with just two hits over seven prior games, the veteran shortstop has now gone 5-for-8 in his last two. Crawford will hit the bench Saturday against the Dodgers.
Crawford will rest after starting 18 of the Giants ' last 19 games. He'd got cold at the plate recently, grabbing just two hits over a seven-game stretch, but he appeared to be snapping out of the slump with a three-hit performance Friday.
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