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Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti ("The Crow") (born October 4, 1910 in San Francisco, CA - died February 11, 2002 in Stockton, CA) was an infielder for the New York Yankees for his entire career. He mostly played short stop, but often filled in at third base and second base. He batted and threw right-handed. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the city in California. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stockton is a city in California and the county seat of San Joaquin County. ... An infielder is a baseball player who plays on the infield, the dirt portion of a baseball diamond between first base and third base. ... New York Yankees American League AAA Columbus Clippers AA Trenton Thunder A Charleston RiverDogs Tampa Yankees Staten Island Yankees R Gulf Coast Yankees The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... The position of the third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in the sport of baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base, the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in a counterclockwise succession in order to score a run. ... The position of the second baseman A second baseman often ranges onto the outfield grass to field a ground ball A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base. ...


In his career, he had a .245 batting average, 98 home runs, and 649 RBI's. He also had a total of 113 stolen bases, 2225 total bases, 260 doubles, and 65 triples in 6277 at bats. He led the league in stolen bases in 1938 with 27, and led the league in hit by pitches 8 times in his career. He ended his career with an amazing total of 114 hit by pitches (tied for 37th all-time, with Bill Freehan). He was also a two-time all-star (1936, 1939). Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ... RBI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including Reserve Bank of India Run batted in, in baseball Radio Berlin International This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The all-time stolen base leader, Rickey Henderson, swipes third in 1985 In baseball statistics, stolen bases (denoted by SB) is a count of the number of bases successfully stolen by a player. ... In baseball statistics, total bases is the number of bases a player has gained with hits, i. ... In computing, double precision is a computer numbering format that occupies two storage locations in computer memory at address and address+1. ... A triple is a term from mathematics, depicting an n-tuple with n being 3. ... In baseball statistics, an at bat (AB) is used to calculate other data such as batting average. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Ashley Freehan (born November 29, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played his 15_year career with the Detroit Tigers (1961, 1963-76). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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Frank Crosetti - Pacific Coast League (PCL) 2004 Hall of Fame - MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine (351 words)
Shortstop Frankie Crosetti began his baseball career at the tender age of 17 in the spring of 1928.
Crosetti was admitted to the PCL Hall of Fame for a league.320 batting average.
Crosetti was a member of 8 of the greatest World Champion Yankee teams, and played with other Yankee legends Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio (Who was aquired from the PCL Seals in 1936 in much the same way).
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