Ray Crone

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1⁄3innings pitched, he allowed only 117 hits. Though he spent time in the minors in 1955, it was a short stint – only four games.

He went 11–10 with a 3.87 ERA in 35 games in 1956. Crone began the 1957 season with the Braves, going 3–1 with a 4.46 ERA in 11 games (five starts). On June 15, he was traded with Danny O'Connell and Bobby Thomson to the New York Giants for Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst. He went 4–8 with a 4.33 ERA with the Giants that year, and went a combined 7–9 with a 4.36 ERA.

Crone played his final major league season in 1958, going 1–2 with a 6.75 ERA in 14 games (one start). On July 15 of that year, he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Don Johnson. He finished the season in the minor leagues, playing his final big league game on July 14. Crone pitched in the minors until 1961, when he was 29 years old. In each of the final three seasons of his minor league career, Crone did not post a winning percentage over .444. [5]

Career totals

Over the course of his five-year major league career, Crone went 30–30 with a 3.87 ERA in 137 games (61 starts). In 546 innings pitched, he struck out 260 batters and walked 173. He allowed 554 hits.

He spent 11 seasons in the minors, going 90–77 in 244 games. Although a .115 hitter (18-for-156) with just 5 RBI in his major league career, he fielded his position well, posting a .993 fielding percentage, committing only one error in 134 total chances.

Longtime scout

A decade after retiring from the mound, Crone became a scout, based in Texas and working for the Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres [6] and, as of 2017, the Arizona Diamondbacks. [7] His son, Ray Jr., is a scout for the Detroit Tigers, and formerly worked in that capacity for the Orioles and Boston Red Sox. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Information at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Wolf, Gregory H. Ray Crone. Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project
  3. ↑ "1954 Milwaukee Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Retrosheet 1954 Milwaukee Braves statistics
  5. ↑ "Ray Crone Register Statistics & History". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ray Crone: Jobs in Baseball". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Arizona Diamondbacks Front Office Directory". MLB.com. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Ray Crone at the SABR Bio Project , by Gregory H. Wolf, retrieved June 11, 2016
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Ray Crone
Pitcher
Born: (1931-08-07) August 7, 1931 (age 90)
Memphis, Tennessee
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 13, 1954, for the Milwaukee Braves
Last MLB appearance
July 14, 1958, for the San Francisco Giants