Sam Crawford (pitcher)

Samuel Crawford
Pitcher / Manager
Born: (1892-04-15)April 15, 1892 Dallas, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
New York Black Sox (1910) Chicago Union Giants (1912–1913) Chicago Giants (1914) Chicago American Giants (1914–1915) Dayton Marcos (1916) Chicago American Giants (1917–1918) Detroit Stars (1919) Negro All Stars (1920) Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1923) All Nations (1923) Birmingham Black Barons (1924–1925) Kansas City Monarchs (1925–1926) Chicago American Giants (1926) Chicago American Giants (1932) Kansas City Monarchs (1934) Indianapolis Athletics (1937) Birmingham Black Barons (1938)

Samuel "Sam" Crawford (born April 15, 1892, date of death unknown) was an American pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro Leagues.

Born in Dallas, Texas, he played in the pre-Negro Leagues for the Chicago American Giants off and on from 1914 to 1917, and became a pitcher and eventually manager of the Kansas City Monarchs and J. L. Wilkinson's barnstorming farm-league team All Nations in 1923.

Crawford left Wilkinson's teams in February 1924 to manage the Birmingham Black Barons.

Crawford opened up a news stand, after he left baseball, and made the news in 1955 after he was involved in a shooting. He allegedly shot and killed Pete William DeGraw, telling police that DeGraw came at him in a threatening fashion. Crawford fired shots at DeGraw's friend, who Crawford says had a knife.

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