| Warren Cromartie | ||
|---|---|---|
| Outfielder/First baseman | ||
| Born: September 29, 1954 | ||
| Batted: Left | Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 6, 1974 for the Montreal Expos | ||
| Final game | ||
| September 15, 1991 for the Kansas City Royals | ||
| Career statistics | ||
| AVG | . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 281 | |
| Hits | 1,104 | |
| Runs | 459 | |
| Teams | ||
| Career highlights and awards | ||
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Warren Livingston Cromartie (born September 29, 1953, in Miami Beach, Florida) is a retired American baseball player. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over San Diego Padres (4-1 Alan Trammell, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics (4-0 José Rijo, MVP Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of Baseball in Japan. The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3 Jack Morris, MVP Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each
He debuted with the Montreal Expos of the Major Leagues on September 6, 1974 after being picked 6th in the 1973 amateur draft. Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Expectations were high for the outfielder, but he was, in his own words, "a . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter 300 hitter on a team of superstars. " On December 28, 1983, the then-30-year old Cromartie signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, Japan. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Cromartie was perhaps the most prominent American player still in his prime to sign with a Japanese baseball team. Cromartie spent seven seasons with the Giants. In 1989, he had a . Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) 378 batting average with 15 home runs and 78 RBI and was named MVP of the Central League. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the winner of which plays the Japan Series against the winner of the other league the In 1991, he returned to Major League Baseball, playing with the Kansas City Royals where he hit . Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. 313 in limited action. Cromartie was the manager of the Japan Samurai Bears, an all-Japanese team in the independent U. The Japan Samurai Bears are a defunct traveling professional baseball team that played in the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major S. Golden Baseball League which existed for one season. The Golden Baseball League, based in Dublin California, is a professional independent baseball league with teams in the western United States and Canada
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Popular culture
In 2005, Cromartie sued the makers of a film based on the manga/anime series Cromartie High School in Japanese court. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly (anime in Japanese, by Eiji Nonaka is a Japanese comedy Manga, which was subsequently adapted into an Anime and a live-action movie The series does not feature Cromartie himself but does depict students who "smoke, fight with students from other schools and are depicted as ruffians" which he says defames his character as the school shares his name [1].
A reference to a Warren Cromartie Secondary School appears in the cover art for Rush's 1982 album Signals. Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Signals is the ninth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music)
Bibliography
- Cromartie, Warren and Robert Whiting. Slugging It Out in Japan: An American Major-Leaguer in the Tokyo Outfield, Kodansha, 1991. is the largest Japanese publisher headquartered in ( Bunkyo) Tokyo.
Filmography
- Season of the Samurai (2006) (himself)
Trivia
- Nicknamed "The Crow"
- He mentioned once in an interview that he wanted a candy bar named after him. Shortly afterwards, he got his wish; the Cro-bar was a popular item sold at the Olympic Stadium.
See also
External links
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