How Sam Crawford's Plate Appearances per Strikeout Compares to Similar Players

Sam Crawford posted a career Plate Appearances per Strikeout of 18.27, well above the league average of 7.13 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Plate Appearances per Strikeout season came in 1916, posting 36.8, well above the league average of 10.16 that year. The lowest point came in 1904 at 10.64, above the league average of 8.98 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 23.93 in 1915 to 36.8 in 1916 and 18.67 in 1917. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Plate Appearances per Strikeout profile — ranging from 10.64 to 36.8 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Sam Crawford Lifetime Plate Appearances per Strikeout

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Sam Crawford
Plate Appearances per Strikeout
Career18.27
Season Avg.18.27
162 Game Avg.18.27
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Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout Per Season

Sam Crawford's Plate Appearances per Strikeout for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout per season line chart

Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout by Team

Sam Crawford's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Crawford career Plate Appearances per Strikeout by team bar chart

Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Crawford's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Crawford's seasonal Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Crawford's MLB career with Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Sam Crawford Plate Appearances per Strikeout season-by-season breakdown table