1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords season
Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League team season
| 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords | ||||
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| League | Negro National League | |||
| Ballpark | Greenlee Field | |||
| City | Pittsburgh | |||
| Record | 51–26–3 (.656) | |||
| League place | 1st | |||
| Managers | Oscar Charleston | |||
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The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1935 baseball season. The team compiled a 51–26–3 (.656) record and won the NNL pennant.[1]
The team featured four players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: player/manager Oscar Charleston; center fielder Cool Papa Bell; catcher Josh Gibson; and third baseman Judy Johnson.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
- Second baseman Pat Patterson - .386 batting average with 23 extra-base hits and 41 RBIs
- Catcher Josh Gibson - .369 batting average with 10 home runs and 57 RBIs
- Center fielder Cool Papa Bell - .345 batting average and 12 stolen bases
- Left fielder Sam Bankhead - .338 batting average
The team's leading pitcher was Leroy Matlock who compiled an 8–0 record and 1.52 earned run average.[3]
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Pittsburgh Crawfords
- Operated 1931–1940
- Also know as Toledo Crawfords and Indianapolis Crawfords
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Toledo, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana
- Pittsburgh: Greenlee Field
Toledo: Swayne Field
Indianapolis: Victory Field
- Negro National League (II)
- Negro American League
- Negro National League: 1933
- 1935
- 1936
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| 1930s | |
| 1940s |
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