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American baseball player (1961?1993)
Baseball player
Tim Crews
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Pitcher
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Born:
(
1961-04-03
)
April 3, 1961
Tampa, Florida
, U.S.
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Died:
March 23, 1993
(1993-03-23)
(aged 31)
Little Lake Nellie,
Clermont, Florida
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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July 27, 1987, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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October 3, 1992, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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Win?loss record
| 11?13
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Earned run average
| 3.44
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Strikeouts
| 293
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Stanley Timothy Crews
(April 3, 1961 ? March 23, 1993) was an American
Major League Baseball
pitcher
who played six seasons with the
Los Angeles Dodgers
from
1987
to
1992
. Crews was part of the Dodgers team that won the
1988 World Series
. At the end of the 1992 season, he became a free agent and signed with the
Cleveland Indians
on January 22, 1993.
On March 23, 1993, during spring training, Crews and his Indians teammate
Steve Olin
were killed in a boating accident on Crews' property on Little Lake Nellie in
Clermont, Florida
. Another teammate,
Bob Ojeda
, suffered serious head injuries and spent most of the season recovering. An investigation later found that Crews had driven the boat too fast into an unlighted dock and was impaired by a blood alcohol level of 0.14.
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The deaths of Crews and Olin were the first deaths of active MLB players since
Thurman Munson
in
1979
. In their memory, the Cleveland Indians wore a patch on their jerseys bearing both players' uniform numbers during the 1993 season. The Dodgers, Crews' former team, also wore a patch bearing his uniform number during the 1993 season.
In 281 major league appearances, almost all in relief, Crews compiled a record of 11?13 with a 3.44
earned run average
in 423.2 innings. He recorded 15
saves
.
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