Alvin Crowder Baseball player

Alvin Floyd Crowder (January 11, 1899 – April 3, 1972), nicknamed "General," was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played eleven seasons in the American League with the Washington Senators, the St. Louis Browns, and the Detroit Tigers. In 402 career games, Crowder pitched 2344.1 innings and posted w win-loss record of 167–115, with 150 complete games, 16 shutouts, and a 4.12 earned run average (ERA).

Personal facts

Alvin Crowder
Birth dateJanuary 11, 1899
Birth place
Winston-Salem North Carolina
Date of deathApril 03, 1972

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 24, 1926
Career endJune 26, 1936
batting sideLeft
former teams
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
position
Pitcher
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
throwing sideRight

Alvin Crowder on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745926-2,00.html