1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords season
| 1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords | |
|---|---|
| League | Negro National League II |
| Ballpark | Greenlee Field |
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Record | 51–36–2 (.586) |
| League place | 1st |
| Managers | Oscar Charleston (first season) |
The 1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1933 baseball season. The team compiled a 51–36–2 (.586) record and won the NNL pennant.[1]
The team featured a Negro Major League-record seven players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: player-manager Oscar Charleston, center fielder Cool Papa Bell, catcher Josh Gibson, third basemen Judy Johnson and Jud Wilson, pitcher Satchel Paige, and right fielder Biz Mackey.[2] It's also tied with 12 other Major League white teams for the eighth-most Hall-of-Famers on a team.[a][3]
The team's leading batters were:
- Catcher Josh Gibson - .395 batting average with 18 home runs and 74 RBIs
- Right fielder Ted Page - .356 batting average
- First baseman Oscar Charleston - .335 batting average, 615 slugging percentage, and 66 RBIs
- Center fielder Cool Papa Bell - .302 batting average and 16 stolen bases
The team's leading pitchers were Leroy Matlock (10–6, 3.03 ERA) and Sam Streeter (10–4, 2.25 ERA).[5]
Notes
- ^ The other teams are the 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1929 New York Giants; the 1927 and 1928 Philadelphia Athletics; the 1929 New York Yankees; the 1933 St. Louis Cardinals; the 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates; and the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers.
References
- ^ "1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Most Hall of Famers on a Negro Major League (Negro American League, Negro National League I, Negro National League II, East–West League, Negro Southern League, American Negro League, and Eastern Colored League) team in a single season". Stathead. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Most Hall-of-Famers on an MLB team in a single season". Stathead. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.