Evan Crawford (baseball)

Evan Crawford
Toronto Blue Jays – No. 46
Pitcher
Born: (1986-09-02) September 2, 1986 Pensacola, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Left
debut
April 15, 2012, for the Toronto Blue Jays
Career statistics (through June 12, 2012)
Win-loss record	0-0
Earned run average	7.04
Strikeouts	5
WHIP	1.83
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (2012-present)

Crawford pitching for the Lansing Lugnuts, Single-A affiliates of the Blue Jays, in 2010.

Evan Shane Crawford (born September 2, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.

Baseball career

Amateur career

Crawford was born in Pensacola, Florida and went to Prattville High School in Alabama, where he led his team to an Alabama state-record with 47 wins and a state 6A runner-up. He threw 2 no-hitters, was the team's best hitter his senior year, and Perfect Game USA ranked him #88 out of the top 1000 HS players, and was the 8th best left-handed pitcher. Despite this, he was not drafted out of high school, and went on to Auburn University.

In his freshman year at Auburn, in 2006, he went 5-8 with a 4.35 ERA. He played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with Yarmouth—Dennis, going 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA. In his sophomore year, he went 5-6 with a 5.91 ERA. He again played in the Cape Cod League, this time with Harwich, going 1-0 with a 0.67 ERA in 16 relief appearances. In his junior season, he went 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA in 29 appearances, exclusively in relief. He was drafted in the 8th round of the 2008 MLB Draft, 249th overall, by the Blue Jays.

Professional career

He was assigned to the Low-A Auburn Doubledays, going 0-2 with a 3.03 ERA. He played for Auburn again in 2009, going 1-5 with a 4.06 ERA. He started 2010 with the Single-A Lansing Lugnuts, going 3-2 with a 4.01 ERA before being promoted to the High-A Dunedin Blue Jays, where he went 1-2 with a 2.04 ERA and 3 saves.

He played 2011 with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, going 3-5 with a 3.35 ERA and 2 saves. On November 18, he was promoted to the big league roster to be protected from the Rule 5 Draft.

On April 13, 2012, Crawford was called up to the active roster to fill the vacancy created when Sergio Santos took a three day paternity leave. Upon Santos's return, left hander Aaron Laffey was optioned to Triple-A, allowing Crawford to remain on the active roster.

Crawford made his first career appearance on Jackie Robinson day (April 15), pitching a scoreless 9th inning in an 8-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. He recorded his first career strikeout against third baseman Wilson Betemit. After his second appearance on the 19th (another scoreless inning), Crawford was sent down to the minors immediately after the game to make room for Drew Hutchison. However, he was recalled to the big leagues only two days later when Sergio Santos went on the disabled list. Crawford made three further appearances, giving up 2 runs over 2 innings, before being sent to the minors again on May 2.

On May 14, Crawford was called up to the Jays for the third time in just over a month. He got into that night's game, pitching a scoreless inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. After appearing in two more games as a reliever, he was sent down to the minors again on May 25..

On June 11, Crawford was called back up to Toronto for the fourth time in just under two months. He made one appearance on June 12 (pitching 0.1 innings), then was sent back to the minors on June 18.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Auburn Tigers player bio