Lester William "Buster" McCrabb (November 4, 1914 – October 8, 2008) was an American starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. The 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 175 lb (79 kg) McCrabb was born in Wakefield, Pennsylvania.
McCrabb's professional baseball playing career began in 1937 and lasted for a dozen seasons. He was obtained by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Wilkes-Barre team (Eastern) as part of a minor league working agreement. He reached the majors in 1939 with the Athletics, spending four consecutive years for them. In his only full season, he went 9–13 for the last-place 1941 A's with 11 complete games, one shutout (a seven-hit, three-strikeout whitewashing of the defending American League champion Detroit Tigers on July 27 at Shibe Park)[1] and two saves. After an eight-year absence, including spending 1942–1947 in the minors, he returned with the club in 1950 for his last Major League appearance, then served the Athletics as a full-time coach from 1951–1954.
At the time of his death, aged 93, McCrabb was recognized as one of the oldest living MLB players. He died October 8, 2008, survived by his wife Gladys Sprout McCrabb.[2]
mccrabb, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2008, lea. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Les McCrabb news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lester William Buster McCrabb November 4 1914 October 8 2008 was an American starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball He batted and threw right handed The 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m 175 lb 79 kg McCrabb was born in Wakefield Pennsylvania Les McCrabbPitcherBorn 1914 11 04 November 4 1914Wakefield Pennsylvania U S Died October 8 2008 2008 10 08 aged 93 Lancaster Pennsylvania U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 7 1939 for the Philadelphia AthleticsLast MLB appearanceMay 4 1950 for the Philadelphia AthleticsMLB statisticsWin loss record10 15Earned run average5 96Strikeouts57TeamsPhiladelphia Athletics 1939 1942 1950 McCrabb s professional baseball playing career began in 1937 and lasted for a dozen seasons He was obtained by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Wilkes Barre team Eastern as part of a minor league working agreement He reached the majors in 1939 with the Athletics spending four consecutive years for them In his only full season he went 9 13 for the last place 1941 A s with 11 complete games one shutout a seven hit three strikeout whitewashing of the defending American League champion Detroit Tigers on July 27 at Shibe Park 1 and two saves After an eight year absence including spending 1942 1947 in the minors he returned with the club in 1950 for his last Major League appearance then served the Athletics as a full time coach from 1951 1954 In a five season American League career McCrabb posted a 10 15 record with 57 strikeouts and a 5 96 ERA in 210 innings including 13 complete games one shutout and one save He surrendered 270 hits and 63 bases on balls At the time of his death aged 93 McCrabb was recognized as one of the oldest living MLB players He died October 8 2008 survived by his wife Gladys Sprout McCrabb 2 References edit Retrosheet box score 1941 07 27 2 Obituary of Lester W Mccrabb Lancaster Online Archived from the original on 2008 10 10 Retrieved 2008 10 11 External links editBaseball Reference nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Les McCrabb amp oldid 1215289835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
