1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords season
Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League team season
| 1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords | ||||
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| League | Negro National League | |||
| Ballpark | Greenlee Field | |||
| City | Pittsburgh | |||
| Record | 48–33–2 (.590) | |||
| League place | 1st | |||
| Managers | Oscar Charleston | |||
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The 1936 Pittsburgh Crawfords baseball team competed in Negro National League (NNL) during the 1936 baseball season. The team compiled a 48–33–2 (.590) record and won the NNL pennant.[1]
The team featured six players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, including player/manager Oscar Charleston; center fielder Cool Papa Bell; catcher Josh Gibson; third baseman Judy Johnson; and pitcher Satchel Paige.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
- Catcher Josh Gibson - .389 batting average, .783 slugging percentage, 18 home runs, and 66 RBIs in 50 games
- First baseman Johnny Washington - .344 batting average
- First baseman Oscar Charleston - .344 batting average and .559 slugging percentage
- Left fielder Sam Bankhead - .333 batting average
The team's leading pitchers were Leroy Matlock (10–3, 3.55 ERA) and Satchel Paige (8–2, 3.64 ERA).[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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