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Jan 4, 2012 · This article was written by Bill Lamberty. Sam Crawford sprung from fertile Midwestern farm soil, and like a storm blowing across his native Nebraska’s prairie swept over the major league baseball landscape for nearly two decades. One of the Deadball Era’s most consistent performers, the powerful Crawford never led his league in slugging ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Samuel W. Crawford. November 8, 1827–November 3, 1892. Samuel W. Crawford was a prominent Union General during the Civil War. Wylie is possibly the only person who was present for the beginning of the war at Fort Sumter and for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House four years later.
Sam Crawford ended his career with 2,961 hits, a record 309 triples and a .309 batting average. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) “He is the most dangerous batter I have to pitch against,” said Walter Johnson, the legendary right-handed pitcher with the Washington Senators, in a 1915 newspaper article.
Sam Crawford. Right Fielder. Class of 1957. Home. Hall of Fame Explorer. Crawford, Sam. About. Stats. Related Hall of Famers. Enlarge Plaque. Sam Crawford holds the MLB record with 309 career triples. 2,517 2,517. Games. 1880 1880. Birth year. About Sam Crawford.
The monument to Brigadier General Samuel Crawford is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Crawford Avenue. ( Crawford Ave & J. Weickert Farm tour map ) The fifteen foot high bronze statue stands on top of a three foot stone base.
Samuel Wylie Crawford, a US Army surgeon and a Union general during the Civil War, was one of the few individuals present at both the opening of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter and also at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Union General Ulysses S ...
Samuel Johnson Crawford (April 10, 1835 – October 21, 1913) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, and the third Governor of Kansas (1865–1868). He also served as one of the first members of the Kansas Legislature.
