Estel Crabtree, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1903
Place of Birth: Scioto County, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 04-Jan-1967
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Estel Crabtree
- Estel Crayton Crabtree (August 19, 1903 – January 4, 1967) was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds (1929; 1931–1932; 1943–1944) and the St.
- Louis Cardinals (1933; 1941–1942).
- His playing career was unusual in that he went eight years between major league appearances.
- He was a native of Crabtree, Ohio, a populated place within Scioto County. Crabtree made his major league debut on April 18, 1929, as a pinch-hitter in a 3–1 loss to the Cardinals at Crosley Field.
- Though his most regular playing time came in 1931 and 1932, his best season was 1941, when he returned to the big leagues at age 37.
- He finished 32nd in voting for National League MVP for playing in 77 games and having 167 at bats, 27 runs, 57 hits, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs, 28 RBI, 1 stolen base, 26 walks, .341 batting average, .439 on-base percentage, .503 slugging percentage, 84 total bases and 2 sacrifice hits. In 1931, he finished seventh in the league with 12 triples, and from 1941 to 1944 finished in the league's top ten in the oldest-player category. In eight seasons, he played in 489 games, had 1,408 at bats, 174 runs, 396 hits, 53 doubles, 25 triples, 13 home runs, 142 RBI, 8 stolen bases, 113 walks, .281 batting average, .339 on-base percentage, .382 slugging percentage, 538 total bases and 23 sacrifice hits.
- Often used as a pinch-hitter during his career, he was an average defensive outfielder for his era, handling 813 out of 833 total chances for a .976 fielding percentage. Crabtree lived in Nelsonville, Ohio, for many years.
- Crabtree, better known as "Crabby", was one of the most highly regarded sports personalities ever to have lived in Nelsonville.
- In addition to being a former major leaguer who played for the St.
- Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds, he was a player-coach for Rochester.
- He retired in 1944 and returned to Nelsonville.
- "Crabby" helped organize Little League baseball for youngsters in the Nelsonville area.
- He was also active in the Nelsonville Band Boosters and served as their president, and was the founder of the annual "Old-Timers Baseball Day" held each year during the Parade of the Hills, an annual festival held each year in Nelsonville.
- Crabtree Field, a baseball field in Nelsonville, is dedicated to him.Crabtree died in nearby Logan, Ohio at Hocking Valley Hospital at the age of 63 after a brief illness and is buried in Nelsonville.
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