Frankie Crosetti Stats

Frankie Crosetti was born on Tuesday, October 4, 1910, in San Francisco, California. Crosetti was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 12, 1932, with the New York Yankees. His 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 comprehensive Frankie Crosetti baseball stats page.

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"I wouldn't manage a ballclub for any amount of money. I have the best job in baseball right here and my only ambition is to remain as third-base coach of the Yankees. Anyone who says different is nuts." - Crosetti, Frankie. The Los Angeles Times. Klein, Gary. Staff Writer. Frank Crosetti, 91; Yankee Player, Third-Base Coach. 13 February 2002.

Frankie Crosetti

Frankie 'The Crow' Crosetti Autograph on a 1991 Swell Baseball Greats Baseball Card (#20 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1991swe01' title='1991 Swell Baseball Greats Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Frankie 'The Crow' Crosetti Autograph on a 1991 Swell Baseball Greats Baseball Card (#20 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti
Nickname:   The Crow
Born On:   10-04-1910  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Francisco, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-11-2002 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Stockton, California
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Prep High School (Santa Clara, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   04-12-1932 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-03-1948
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Frankie Crosetti Pitching Stats

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Frankie Crosetti Hitting Stats

1932 22 Yankees 116 398 47 96 20 9 5 0 57 51 3 51 7 0 5 10 .241 .335 .374
1933 23 Yankees 136 451 71 114 20 5 9 0 60 55 2 40 5 0 2 9 .253 .337 .379
1934 24 Yankees 138 554 85 147 22 10 11 0 67 61 0 58 12 0 5 7 .265 .344 .401
1935 25 Yankees 87 305 49 78 17 6 8 1 50 41 8 27 1 0 4 6 .256 .351 .430
1936 26 Yankees 151 632 137 182 35 7 15 0 78 90 0 83 6 0 12 9 .288 .387 .437
1937 27 Yankees 149 611 127 143 29 5 11 0 49 86 0 105 12 0 12 12 .234 .340 .352
1938 28 Yankees 157 631 113 166 35 3 9 0 55 106 0 97 5 0 15 6 .263 .382 .371
1939 29 Yankees 152 656 109 153 25 5 10 0 56 65 0 81 9 0 13 11 .233 .315 .332
1940 30 Yankees 145 546 84 106 23 4 4 0 31 72 1 77 5 0 10 17 .194 .299 .273
1941 31 Yankees 50 148 13 33 2 2 1 1 22 18 2 14 0 0 3 6 .223 .320 .284
1942 32 Yankees 74 285 50 69 5 5 4 0 23 31 0 31 3 0 9 5 .242 .335 .337
1943 33 Yankees 95 348 36 81 8 1 2 0 20 36 0 47 4 0 7 7 .233 .317 .279
1944 34 Yankees 55 197 20 47 4 2 5 1 30 11 3 21 6 0 6 10 .239 .299 .355
1945 35 Yankees 130 441 57 105 12 0 4 0 48 59 5 65 14 0 10 3 .238 .341 .293
1946 36 Yankees 28 59 4 17 3 0 0 0 3 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 .288 .382 .339
1947 37 Yankees 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1948 38 Yankees 17 14 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429
17 Years 1,683 6,277 1,006 1,541 260 65 98 3 649 792 24 799 90 0 114 118 .245 .341 .354

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Frankie Crosetti Fielding Stats

1932 Yankees 2B 1 0 4 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1932 Yankees 3B 33 29 726 79 2.4 75 31 44 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.79
1932 Yankees SS 84 77 1,953 396 4.7 371 155 216 25 49 n/a n/a n/a .937 5.13
1933 Yankees 2B 1 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1933 Yankees SS 132 131 3,096 672 5.1 629 245 384 43 58 n/a n/a n/a .936 5.49
1934 Yankees 2B 2 0 7 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
1934 Yankees 3B 23 16 426 57 2.5 53 20 33 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .930 3.36
1934 Yankees SS 119 118 2,937 633 5.3 598 242 356 35 77 n/a n/a n/a .945 5.50
1935 Yankees SS 87 87 2,301 430 4.9 414 153 261 16 42 n/a n/a n/a .963 4.86
1936 Yankees SS 151 151 4,062 826 5.5 783 320 463 43 95 n/a n/a n/a .948 5.20
1937 Yankees SS 147 147 3,840 823 5.6 780 313 467 43 86 n/a n/a n/a .948 5.48
1938 Yankees SS 157 157 462 905 5.8 858 352 506 47 120 n/a n/a n/a .948 50.14
1939 Yankees SS 152 152 450 809 5.3 783 323 460 26 118 n/a n/a n/a .968 46.98
1940 Yankees SS 145 144 3,600 673 4.6 642 246 396 31 73 n/a n/a n/a .954 4.82
1941 Yankees 3B 13 10 264 40 3.1 38 14 24 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .950 3.89
1941 Yankees SS 32 32 729 179 5.6 169 80 89 10 20 n/a n/a n/a .944 6.26
1942 Yankees 2B 2 1 27 7 3.5 7 3 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.00
1942 Yankees 3B 62 62 1,629 184 3.0 175 70 105 9 14 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.90
1942 Yankees SS 8 7 183 55 6.9 52 22 30 3 11 n/a n/a n/a .945 7.67
1943 Yankees SS 90 87 2,310 480 5.3 454 194 260 26 58 n/a n/a n/a .946 5.31
1944 Yankees SS 55 51 1,290 276 5.0 265 115 150 11 33 n/a n/a n/a .960 5.55
1945 Yankees SS 126 123 3,195 681 5.4 644 264 380 37 86 n/a n/a n/a .946 5.44
1946 Yankees SS 24 16 423 100 4.2 94 32 62 6 15 n/a n/a n/a .940 6.00
1947 Yankees 2B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1947 Yankees SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1948 Yankees 2B 6 0 27 3 0.5 3 1 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1948 Yankees SS 5 1 33 9 1.8 9 5 4 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.36
SS Totals 1,515 1,481 30,867 7,947 5.2 7,545 3,061 4,484 402 944 n/a n/a n/a .949 6.60
3B Totals 131 117 3,045 360 2.7 341 135 206 19 23 n/a n/a n/a .947 3.02
2B Totals 13 1 73 12 0.9 12 6 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.44
17 Years 1,659 1,599 33,985 8,319 5.0 7,898 3,202 4,696 421 968 n/a n/a n/a .949 6.27

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Frankie Crosetti Miscellaneous Stats

1932 Yankees 3 2 .600 2 0 n/a 79.6 7.8 7.0 - - -
1933 Yankees 4 1 .800 2 1 n/a 50.1 11.3 7.5 - - -
1934 Yankees 5 6 .455 2 0 n/a 50.4 9.6 8.3 - - -
1935 Yankees 3 1 .750 0 0 n/a 38.1 11.3 6.1 - - -
1936 Yankees 18 7 .720 0 0 n/a 42.1 7.6 8.1 - - -
1937 Yankees 13 7 .650 2 0 n/a 55.5 5.8 12.5 - - -
1938 Yankees 27 12 .692 0 0 n/a 70.1 6.5 11.5 - - -
1939 Yankees 11 7 .611 0 0 n/a 65.6 8.1 11.7 - - -
1940 Yankees 14 8 .636 0 0 n/a 136.5 7.1 17.6 - - -
1941 Yankees 0 2 .000 6 0 n/a 148.0 10.6 6.7 - - -
1942 Yankees 1 1 .500 1 2 n/a 71.3 9.2 12.4 - - -
1943 Yankees 4 4 .500 4 1 n/a 174.0 7.4 17.4 - - -
1944 Yankees 3 0 1.000 1 1 n/a 39.4 9.4 6.6 - - -
1945 Yankees 7 1 .875 4 0 n/a 110.3 6.8 9.2 - - -
1946 Yankees 0 3 .000 3 1 n/a 0.0 29.5 19.7 - - -
1947 Yankees 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1948 Yankees 0 0 .000 6 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
17 Years 113 62 .646 34 6 n/a 64.1 7.9 9.7 - - -

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Frankie Crosetti Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1932 New York Yankees 5 $8,000.00 n/a Stats
1933 New York Yankees 5 $7,500.00 - -
1934 New York Yankees 5 $7,000.00 - -
1935 New York Yankees 5 $10,000.00 - -
1936 New York Yankees 5 $10,000.00 Stats Stats
1937 New York Yankees 1 $13,000.00 - Stats
1938 New York Yankees 1 $14,000.00 - Stats
1939 New York Yankees 1 $15,000.00 Stats Stats
1940 New York Yankees 1 $16,000.00 - -
1941 New York Yankees 1 $12,000.00 - -
1942 New York Yankees 1 $11,000.00 - Stats
1943 New York Yankees 1 $11,000.00 - Stats
1944 New York Yankees 1 $15,000.00 - -
1945 New York Yankees 2 $15,000.00 n/a -
1946 New York Yankees 2 $16,000.00 - -
1947 New York Yankees 2 $16,000.00 - -
1948 New York Yankees 2 $7,500.00 - -

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Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire 17-year career playing infield for the New York Yankees (1932-1948). The Crow, his nickname, actually began coaching for the Bronx Bombers in 1946, while still playing, and remained a third base coach with the Yanks until 1968!

Did you know The Crow participated in twenty-three Fall Classic with the New York Yankees, and collected a Major League record seventeen rings? The Crow earned eight World Series rings as a player (1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947), then nine more while coaching (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962)!

Did you know that when The Crow struck out 105 times in 1937, it was the most strikeouts by any American League player that season (#2 Hank Greenberg)? Did you know that he reduced his strikeout total to 97 in 1938, but still struck out more often than any other player in the league (#2 Sam Chapman)?

Frank Crosetti was hit by 114 pitches in his career, the first New York Yankees player ever hit by 100-or-more pitches! The Crow once held the Major League record for most seasons (8x) leading a league in hit by pitch, since broken by Minnie Minoso (10x). Two Bronx Bombers reached the 100 HBP mark; Alex Rodriguez (104) and Jason Giambi (109), and one passed his franchise record - do you know who it was? [Answer]