Warren Livingston Cromartie (born September 29, 1953, in Miami Beach, Florida) is an American baseball player. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Location in Miami-Dade and the state of Florida. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ...

He debuted with the Montreal Expos on September 6, 1974 after being picked 6th in the 1973 amateur draft. Expectations were high for the outfielder, but he was, in his own words, "a .300 hitter on a team of superstars." On December 28, 1983, the then-30-year old Cromartie signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, Japan. Cromartie was perhaps the most prominent American player still in his prime to sign with a Japanese baseball team. Cromartie spent seven seasons with the Giants. In 1989, he had a .378 batting average with 15 home runs and 78 RBI and was named MVP of the Central League. In 1991, he returned to Major League Baseball, playing with the Kansas City Royals where he hit .313 in limited action. Cromartie was the manager of the Japan Samurai Bears, an all-Japanese team in the independent U.S. Golden Baseball League which existed for one season.Warren also drummed for a mildly popular band in japan named Climb. The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 to 2004. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Austin Kearns, an outfielder, catches a fly ball. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Yomiuri Giants ) are one of the popular Central League baseball teams based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In American sports, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests. ... See also: Central League (football) The Central League (セントラル・リーグ Sentoraru Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Pacific League). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Major league affiliations American League (1969–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 5, 10, 20, 42 Name Kansas City Royals (1969–present) Ballpark Kauffman Stadium (1973–present) a. ... The Japan Samurai Bears were a Golden Baseball League based in the Arizona Division. ... The Golden Baseball League, based in Pleasanton, California, is a professional, independent baseball league which operates in the Western United States. ...

Popular culture

In 2005, Cromartie sued the makers of a film based on the manga/anime series Cromartie High School in Japanese court. The series does not feature Cromartie himself but does depict students who "smoke, fight with students from other schools and are depicted as ruffians" which he says defames his character as the school shares his name [1]. Manga )   (pl. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Cromartie High School ), by Eiji Nonaka, is a Japanese comedy manga, which was subsequently adapted into an anime and a live-action movie. ...

A reference to a Warren Cromartie Secondary School appears in the cover art for Rush's 1982 album Signals. Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Signals is the ninth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). ...

The 1992 movie Mr. Baseball, which starred Tom Selleck, was loosely based on Cromartie.. [2] Mr. ...

Bibliography

• Cromartie, Warren and Robert Whiting. Slugging It Out in Japan: An American Major-Leaguer in the Tokyo Outfield, Kodansha, 1991.

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Filmography

• Season of the Samurai (2006) (himself)

External links

• Baseball-reference.com
• Baseballlibrary.com
• IMDB Reference